Context :
Mumbai: 470 CCTV cameras with face recognition to help fight crime on WR
Extract :
The CCTV cameras on the Western Railway will now be used to
fight crime too. 2,600 cameras have been installed on the line. Of these, 470
are equipped with facial recognition technology. The Mumbai police, Railway Protection Force
(RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) have started feeding the data of
history sheeters in it. "The CCTV cameras with face recognition will help
detect criminals and send an alert. This will keep the railway premises
safe," said a WR official.
The Russian-made cameras can simultaneously
identify 50 people in a single frame.
They have heat sensing technology to identify locations with a large gathering on
the station premises.
The cameras will also be used to search for missing people.
The rejigged surveillance and video analytics will cover the platforms,
entry/exit points at stations, foot over bridges, concourse area and
compartments.
It will also help keep
the premises clean with colour-coded indicators. Data will
be fed on the expected parameters of cleanliness. If the levels drop, it will
beam a certain colour to alert the
officials.
Such data can also be monitored at the centralised command
center at Mumbai Central, which is being set up at cost of Rs 5 crore.
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Additional input from Times of India ( 05 Sept 2021 ) :
Ø
Total
No of Cameras……………………. 2,729
Ø
Full
HD fixed………………………………… 2,029
Ø
4K
fixed………………………………………… 521
Ø
Full
HD PTZ………………………………………179
FEATURES :
Ø
Facial Recognition System
It captures multiple samples of face and matches with
BLACKLISTED PERSONS. Catches crime suspect’s face from pre-recorded CCTV feeds
and has PHOTOS of CRIMINALS obtained from law enforcement agencies
Ø
Intrusion Detection
Alarm is generated if system detects people crossing
tracks at PLATFORM ENDS, people entering railways operation areas, objects on
tracks
Ø
Left Object Detection
Overcrowding / Alarm is generated as soon as people
converge at a single place, above a threshold
MY TAKE :
Ø
In
thousands of cities around the world, Police Departments have installed CCTV to
catch criminals
( see link below )
Ø
Mumbai
Police should use these CCTV cameras to identify persons running high
temperature ( one of the early symptoms of COVID ), as suggested in :
Marriage of
Technologies to contain Corona ? Yes ! ( 15 Mar 2020 )
Every year, hundreds of people die ( get crushed under local trains )
in Mumbai , while crossing tracks, not only at “ Platform Ends “ but
also along 100 + km of tracks
I urge Railway Authorities to install such CCTV cameras all along the
full length of the tracks to save such reckless persons, using the
EMP technology described at :
# Indian Railways : A
Trillion Dollar Opportunity [ 03 Sept 2016 ]
# Not so Futuristic ?..........................................
[ 11 Sept 2016 ]
# A Prabhu – on –
Earth ?..................................
[ 19 Aug 2017 ]
#
Killer Tracks of
Mumbai Locals ………………………..
[ 23 Mar 2018 ]
Ø
The news report talks about a rather “ novel application “ of those CCTV
cameras on Railway Stations ( approx. 100 / Station ) , which will “ alert “
the railway officials of any portion of the platform which is “ dirty “ ( below the
expected parameters of cleanliness )
Even though, to begin with, we may not want to punish ( and / or “
reward “ ? ) the Station Master for
platform, I urge the Authorities to, at least EVOLVE ( totally
automatically) and publish such an INDEX ( on “ Train Arrival
Indicators “ ) , as described at :
2 DOWN : 1 TO GO ! …………………………………….[ 11 Dec 2015 ]
Extract :
After installing those 50,000 video cameras , use following
software ( embedded in a computerized
compute the monthly salary of each ward officer :
Salary Payable ( divided by ) / Payroll Salary =
( Length of footpath in his ward clear of encroachment x
Percentage of time free
of encroachment )
divided by
(
Total Length of footpath x Total Hours in that Month )
ie: Ratio of " Clear
Kilometer*Hours / Total Kilometer*Hours "
Ø Of late, Supreme Court is hearing a PIL ( filed by
Shri Prashant Bhushan ? ) re: the legality / the procedure to be followed /
govt. agencies responsible etc., to authorize , “ PHONE TAPPING “
Now a CCTV network carries out FACE-TAPPING ( of millons of citizen / 24x7 / without any agency to authorise )
Although high profile Politicians – Stars – Celebrities
– Industrialists – Businessmen – Religious Leaders etc., do not travel by
trains ( - hence never visit a railway platform ), they ALL do travel by Planes
World-over ( and a beginning has also been made in
India ), airports are installing devices for “ Automatic
Check-in Using Facial Recognition “
In course of time, these devices may require the
traveller to bring his mobile phone in close proximity to that Face Recognition Check-in Device (
- even this may not be required with BlueTooth / NFC )
When that happens, it would be possible for that
DEVICE to pick-up the full Contact
Details stored on that mobile. Also entire CALL HISTORY
Who knows, like a DATA BLACK-HOLE, that Airport Check-in device can even “ suck in “, your entire CONVERSATION AUDIO LOG ( pulled from the
servers of Mobile Service Providers )
No need for any Government Law Enforcement Agency
to request GEO-FENCING
!
All without any government Agency needing to
AUTHORISE any phone-tapping !
The Petitioners / Supreme Court / Lawyers / IT Minister etc., should
take cognizance of this ,
“ Shape of Things to Come “
IT IS ONLY A
MATTER OF ( SHORT ) TIME BEFORE WHAT I DESCRIBED ABOVE HAPPENS
And when that happens ( no question of “ if “ ), some
Indian Geek would have made this possible
Those who have doubts, should read :
This new AI tool from
Google could change the way we search online
Extract :
Ø We first heard about MUM back at the Google I/O
developer’s conference in the spring, when Prabhakar Raghavan,
senior vice president at Google,
unveiled it.
Ø The new tech is the natural evolution of machine-learning based search that Google has been refining and modifying over the last decade.
Google boasts that MUM
is able to acquire deep knowledge of the world, understand language and
generate it, and train across 75 languages at once.
Ø There’s also internal pilots testing if it can be
multimodal—that is, able to simultaneously
understand different forms of information like
text, images, and video.
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 07
Sept 2021
RELATED
READINGS :
Beware ! Employees of popular apps have access to your
data /
BL / 06 Sept 2021
Extract :
Ø
While it is
an open secret that most new-age Internet companies have access to our data,
little is known about who is getting to see that data, and how much data they
have.
An Even ‘Hacking’ Field – Government Surveillance Bill Passed by
Parliament / National Law Review / 31 Aug
Extract :
The new warrants provide the Australian Federal
Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission with the power to:
1.
Modify or delete the data of suspected
offenders (data disruption warrants)
2.
Collect intelligence on criminal
networks (network activity warrants), and
3.
Take control of a suspected offenders’
online account (account takeover warrants).
Chennai has the most number of CCTV cameras per sqkm in the world /
TOI / 07 Jan 2021
Extract :
Ø Number of CCTV cameras :
# Beijng………………..
10.1 Lakh ( 278 / Sq Km )
# London……………….. 6.6
Lakh ( 399 / Sq Km
)
# Hyderabad…………… 3.0
Lakh ( 480 / Sq Km
)
# Chennai………………….2.8 Lakh
( 657 / Sq Km )
Ø CCTV undoubtedly plays a crucial role in solving crimes now, as with any crime the first thing that is taken into account is the CCTV camera footage.
Delhi also features
in the top ten list with 289 CCTV cameras per sqkm. While Chennai has 25
cameras per 1000 people, Delhi has only 14 cameras per 1000 people. These
numbers are low when compared to London, and Beijing.
The CCTV cameras certainly add to the safety of
any city, however there comes the question of privacy.
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Mangroves
across Mumbai to get CCTV cameras / HT / 07
Sept 2021
279 CCTV cameras will be set up in Mumbai Metropolitan Region in three
phases, which is expected to cost ₹35 crore over the next five years