| Don't look now! Someone's staring at you
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| | preventing a repeat of large-scale
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| from that far wall behind the artificial
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| | terrorism after the 9/11 attack at the
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| potted plants in this busy hotel lobby.
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| | World Trade Center. These developers are
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| But there's no need for that furtive
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| | working hard to develop programs for
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| glance like you have some lint on your
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| | surveillance systems, among them an
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| shoulder. There's no need for those tiny
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| | important feature known as face
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| furtive steps either. No one's stalking
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| | recognition.
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| you. It's just the hotel's CCTV
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| | With face recognition installed in CCTV
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| surveillance system. The hotel has
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| | surveillance systems, it is now easy to
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| recently been caught up in the wave of
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| | recognize certain key features in the
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| video surveillance. That someone staring
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| | face of an individual. This face will be
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| at you from across the room is just the
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| | compared to a host of faces from a
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| camera from the newly installed CCTV
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| | database of mug shots and photographs. A
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| surveillance systems. In hotels and in
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| | person flagged as dangerous can then be
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| places where there is high human traffic,
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| | prevented from gaining access to
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| state of the art CCTV surveillance
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| | buildings or public transportations, thus
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| systems have been mounted for purposes of
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| | thwarting any planned attack or escape.
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| safety and as crime deterrents.
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| | Big Investment That Pays Off
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| That Constant Fear
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| | CCTV surveillance systems today now boast
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| The world, it seems, is gripped by fear
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| | of functionalities not seen in the video
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| of terrorist attacks. In fact, after 9
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| | surveillance systems of the past. This
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| 11, it seems to be a Herculean effort to
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| | time, CCTV surveillance systems have
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| make life go on - do business, travel,
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| | 1. motion detection. This means that the
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| interact with others in densely populated
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| | surveillance system only records footage
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| places. After all, if there's anything 9
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| | when movement triggers the surveillance
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| 11 has shown us, it is that a bomb could
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| | system.
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| go off in a sidewalk while you are having
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| | 2. resolution as clear as day. Grainy
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| an al fresco lunch with a colleague, or
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| | footage is not a problem anymore with
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| blow up the trans-continental plane you
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| | some video surveillance cameras featuring
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| are in while it's in in the air, cruising
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| | 1600 x 1200 dpi, or even more,
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| at 125,000 feet.
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| | resolution.
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| The security guys you see milling about
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| | 3. night and infrared vision. Even with
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| do not reassurance you. You have always
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| | low or minimal lighting, these new
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| felt that security guys patrolling public
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| | surveillance systems can record images
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| places have a very limited capacity for
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| | with infrared technology.
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| preventing crime. They only act when
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| | Government administrators are seeing the
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| something happens in their line of sight.
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| | positive side of surveillance systems. In
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| By then, however, you'd be beyond help.
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| | fact, after 9/11, federal budget is
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| You're Safe Now
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| | flowing in for these new security
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| Installed in a strategic spot and
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| | measures. There are states which require
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| equipped with cutting edge technology in
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| | the installation of surveillance systems
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| surveillance cameras, CCTV surveillance
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| | in business establishments before these
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| systems can record everything that goes
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| | businesses can operate.
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| on in its line of focus. These recordings
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| | So, there is really no need to be afraid.
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| can later be retrieved and analyzed to
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| | CCTV surveillance systems, those new
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| recreate scenes.
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| | security guys, have your back. They are
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| Software developers now see the potential
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| | always watching.
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| of CCTV surveillance systems in
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