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Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Criminal

One of the most frustrating features for users and operators of CCTV systems is capturing only a back or obscured side view of a potential intruder. Our research using The Localizer has shown that in most cases, responding to a short pulse of sound is subconscious. If the sound is broadband, listeners will turn, briefly and without being aware of their movement, in the direction of the sound source. Subsequently Face2Cam was born, a product specifically designed to encompass all of the physiological and psychoacoustic requirements needed to make this application practical. The reaction that this product causes is using a survival instinct that is built into both humans and animals. 

CCTV systems and their limitations today

Sound Alert Technology has conducted some research at Leeds University on a novel concept to improve the chances of getting a full facial shot of terrorists, prowlers or intruders. 

Although, in the tests the sound was manually activated, the sound could also be triggered by conventional intruder alert mechanisms such as PIR. 


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The opportunity – CCTV & Facial Recognition Software Systems Improvement

Both CCTV and facial recognition software systems are advancing in capability all the time… however, neither has the ability to make a target subject look toward the camera other than by chance. If Face2Cam is used in conjunction with these systems it is possible to activate a short pulse of directional broadband sound, which causes a subject to look towards the source of that sound. This allows a full facial shot to be captured by the CCTV camera.  Triggering can be either manual (remote) or automatic by a PIR, IR or Photoelectric beam, pressure pad, or it can be software driven.

This patented technology (link to background on 7 years of research) provides significant improvement to the effectiveness of these systems for identification purposes in a wide range of applications - in both public and commercial sectors

Facial Recognition Software - more detail -  link to technical paper   
Link to Face2Cam product brochure(830kb .pdf download) 
Link to Streaming Video BBCTV feature (excellent for 56k+ connections)              pages 1  2  3


 

 

 

 

 



 

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