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Airport Video Surveillance Goes Hi-Tech

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-what-do-you-think-you're-doing-dave dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has a piece on new tech used in the airport of Helsinki to monitor behavior and alert people when predefined situations arise. From the article: "The system can alert staff to events which may need further investigation without the need for every camera to be observed by staff. For example, suspect packages or vehicles left unattended will be flagged up and staff alerted. Similarly if the system detects queues growing beyond a pre-defined length in the security zone staff will be alerted of the need to open another lane""

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  1. Huh? by mingot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Similarly if the system detects queues growing beyond a pre-defined length in the security zone staff will be alerted of the need to open another lane.

    Can't the actual human employees at the head of the line make this determination and alert whomever has the authority to open another lane? Seems like a solution looking for a problem if you ask me.

  2. I'm always amused at the airport... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... when I see a line of 500 densely-packed people waiting to go through an X-ray machine intended to prevent somebody from blowing up a plane loaded with 200 densely-packed people.

    "Security theatre," indeed.

  3. Re:it doesn't work by old+man+moss · · Score: 3, Insightful
    "I don't see big problem here."

    How about: lighting changes (sun comes out / goes in), shadows cast by passing objects, reflections from moving objects, camera auto-gain triggered by scene composition changes, camera noise, white-out.

    Big problem. You can make it work some of the time...

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    rt