IBM technology fighting crime in Chicago
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Video surveillance technology developed at IBM Research labs here in Westchester County is being deployed in the city of Chicago. The Armonk-based computer giant said that Chicago’s Operation Virtual Shield is now using IBM’s artificial intelligence technology for analyzing video to further improve what Big Blue is calling â€Ε“the most advanced and sophisticated digital video surveillance system ever deployed in a U.S. city.â€?
IBM’s Smart Surveillance Solution will help Chicago city officials detect suspicious activity and public safety concerns. Sam Docknevich, who leads IBM’s digital video surveillance practice, said Chicago is way ahead of other U.S. cities when it comes to using their camera network in a way to actually makes citizens safer by analyzing the video in real time. For example, if a car is involved in a criminal incident, IBM’s technology can help identify where the car was in the hour before the event by searching the video database for its license plate.
IBM and its business partners have been working with engineers from Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications for several years to design and deploy the infrastructure to capture, monitor, record and analyse video from thousands of cameras.
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