Zdenek Kalal's Predator object-tracking program is roughly uncanny. Show anything to its all-seeing camera eye, and it will rapidly pick up to agree to it and then follow it, either it fades in to the distance, hides amongst other identical objects or - in the box of faces turns sideways.
It unequivocally lives up to its name, reminding us of the Predator's HUD-enhanced prophesy in the film of the same name.
Kalal is a Ph.D. tyro at the University of Surrey in England, researching projects that make computers see. His Predator algorithm is both swift and powerful.
After revelation it what to look for (by boring a box over the onscreen image) the Predator gets to work. Within seconds it can agree to patterns, objects and faces and follow them as they shrink, blossom and rotate. When Kalal hides from the camera and binds up a piece of paper with his print amid a patchwork of thumbnails, Predator picks his face out immediately.
Four mins might appear similar to a long time in today's attention-starved world, but you should watch Kalal's demo video. It's value it only to see him scooting hyperactively around on his office chair.
Keep examination past the credits and you'll see lots of other uses, such as tracking particular animals for research, and chasing cars and people opposite multi-part safety cameras. It's not hard to suppose more.
Remember the gangland slaying of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai final year? The Dubai authorities tracked the assassins - may Israeli Mossad agents - opposite hours and hours of city-wide safety footage. Predator would expected make that a lot easier.
I have another, municipal use for this algorithm. Imagine a Nerf-shooting, camera-equipped aerial worker that could acquire and close onto targets, and then sleet holy prohibited froth onto them from above. That would be a flattering overwhelming add-on to your office crusade arms depot , right?
Surrey tyro hailed as P.C. technology colonize [University of Surrey]
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