Update on Video Analytics: FBI Expert Sees No Point in Facial Recognition
Posted on Nov 05, 2009
Excerpt: "The FBI comments on facial recognition: "The algorithms just do not exist to deliver the highly reliable verification required. This is even though the FBI h..."
Other Updates on Video Analytics
Video Analytics Company Says They Are Not Video Analytics
on Jan 28, 2010
The poor state of video analytics is exemplified by video analytic manufacturers that deny they a...
False Alarms are Through the Roof
on Jan 21, 2010
We repeatedly stress how false alarms are the most important weakness of the video analytics mark...
What does the DVTel-ioimage deal say about the video analytics market?
on Jan 14, 2010
IP Video Market poll respondents are heavily divided about the meaning of the DVTel-ioimage deal ...
Is Bundling Video Analytics a Good Strategy?
on Jan 12, 2010
While increasingly adopted, we believe bundling video analytics with cameras and recorders is a r...
Can Video Analytics Stop Suicide?
on Jan 06, 2010
A metropolitan subway station is evaluating the use video analytics to identify and sto...
Samurai UK Video Analytics Project Examined
on Dec 23, 2009
Samurai is a UK based project to develop behavioral / advanced video analytics to detec...
Fragility of Video Analytics
on Dec 23, 2009
The December 2009 uproar over 'racist' facial recognition from HP demonstrates an important risk ...
Video Analytics to be $1 Billion in 2012
on Dec 19, 2009
An extremely bullish but wildly misleading projection for the video analytics market has been mad...
Long Term Video Analytics Outlook Examined
on Dec 09, 2009
With the market perception of video analytics severely weakened (see our polls and discussions), ...
High Accuracy Facial Surveillance Face Finder
on Dec 07, 2009
Sagem Securite's Safran Group announced a new product that can significantly increase face findin...
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