Image acquisition and analysis has been an active area of AI research within the computing community for decades, with military and intelligence uses from the very beginning. However, with the advent of wireless communications, low cost CCD cameras and pervasive computing, a wide variety of new non-military uses are being discovered for these technologies.
One
of the key public uses for such technologies is the automatic
acquisition of vehicle identification and location data.
Collection can be from mobile units
(typically patrol cars) or fixed points (toll booths, intersections,
driveways)
and can be matched in realtime against target lists. The realtime
processing of vehicle
identification information is critical because it allows for privacy
protection
in that non-matched ids do not need to ever be stored, resulting in
information
reporting solely on prior identified targets.
Uses vary from passive fleet management, to asset retention and
criminal
apprehension.
We can offer full turnkey solutions, or simple consultancy services in this area.
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