To make this “ happen “, just “ imagine “ this :
Ø For decades , militaries around the world have
been using ‘ Night Vision Binoculars “ to
detect enemies from a long distance , using “ Thermal
Imaging “ technology
Ø For
a couple of years now, governments ( mostly, police departments ) around the
world have been using CCTV
cameras located all over a city, to catch suspected persons, using “ Facial Recognition “ technology
I imagine that , one day soon, some tech Startup [ or ”
L&T Smart
World and Communications “ which was
responsible for installation of the first 10,000 CCTV in Hyderabad ], will
find a way to combine both
these technologies so that those ubiquitous CCTV cameras will catch, not
only the facial images of thousands of citizen
walking on the roads but also measure the Body
Temperature of the persons ( as being done currently , using a small
hand-held device at airports )
Then send out “ Corona Catch Team Volunteers [ CCTV ] “
to the residence of the person found to be running high temperature !
[ Facial
Recognition Tech would connect with Master Database of Citizen, comprising Name / Aadhar No /
Contact Details / Addresses etc ]
I believe. Telengana
would be the world-pioneer
to pull this off
Here is why :
Extract :
Ø In
six months, the command and control building will be ready. One
lakh cameras will be processed in under a minute.
If you got out for work, by the time you
are back 50 cameras can spot you. Every
inch of the state will be under
police radar.
If a crime happens anywhere, there will be
information immediately
Ø One
of the large towers.., would house the Telangana Police’s state Technology Centre and
Data Centres. One entire wing,
with a centralized hub of sorts, where the police could access an initial six
lakh CCTV cameras, which could potentially rise to ten lakh by the end of 2020.
Ø A
simple back of the envelope calculation would suggest that Hyderabad (which has
40% of the population of Telangana — 3.52 million people) would have one
camera for every 46-47 citizens. But this is not where it ends.
Hyderabad, as part of its safe and smart
city project, has also deployed an,
Internet
of Things-enabled sensors to detect traffic violations and streamline
everyday traffic in key junctions of the city.
Ø Today,
Telangana police officials claim a 40% reduction in crime rate across the state, with heinous
crimes like chain-snatching reducing 98% from 2014. From an investigation point
of view, these officials add, that 99% of suspects are nabbed “within 24 hours of the
crime,”
At
the back-end, the technology it uses includes,
# Artificial
intelligence,
# Deep tech and machine
learning
# Computer vision
# Geospatial analysis
# IT process automation.
Collectively, it is referred to as Augmented Intelligence.
This is basically AI with
Human at the centre
Ø A
proprietary AI algorithm, which uses machine learning (image recognition), helps you solve
things faster
Ø Last
Thursday, at the facial recognition unit at Command and Control Centre
of the Hyderabad police, an operator zooms into a “ hit ” ( a
successful match ) he just received — an accused walking out of
the Secunderabad railway station, was matched with a database
of mugshots of known criminals the police already had, with an accuracy of
near 95%. It is all in real-time.
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Dear Shri S N
Subramaniam
Ø If
any organization can do this, L&T is the one
Ø Consider
doing this , less as a Business Opportunity , and more as a Social Responsibility – in order
to save India from Corona Virus ravaging the world
Ø When
( - and not “if “) successful, this marriage of technologies, will be copied by
all governments around the world
Ø This
will become the MOST POWERFUL “ Disease Detection Network
“ ( not confined to detection of only Corona Virus but all kinds of
diseases which raise body temperature ) that the world has ever seen
Ø Even
those who are vehemently opposing CAA-NPR-NRC etc., will welcome this surveillance
!
With regards
,
H C Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com
16 March 2020
