DutchNews.nl,
Thursday 11 September 2014
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An
emergency room of the military
police at Schiphol (NOS/ANP)
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The cameras
can not only identity obvious gestures such as wild arm movements or people who
run through a departure lounge but more subtle behaviours such as ‘spending too
long in the toilet, a group of people which divides up or someone who leaves a
suitcase unattended,’ the NRC said.
This, the
police hope, will allow them to trace criminals and prevent attacks.
The cameras
are being installed by The Hague company Qubit Visual Intelligence using
research carried out by the Dutch TNO institute.
US defence
department
The NRC
says TNO has been researching intelligent cameras for years on behalf of the US
defence department. Neither company would comment on the reports.
Publically
available information gives some insight into how the cameras work. ‘We know
that pickpockets often hover at the back of the same queue at a ticket machine
several times without ever buying a ticket,’ TNO has said in a paper.
TNO is also
researching techniques to identify if people are nervous using heat sensitive
cameras and radar – such as a raised heartbeat or cold nose. It is not clear if
this technology will be used at Schiphol, a spokesman said.
The justice
ministry would only state: ‘we are continually involved in improving monitoring
and security together with Schiphol. We are trying to do this more
intelligently so that staff can do their jobs better’.
A similar
project is to start at another location in the Netherlands soon but the
location is being kept secret, the NRC said.
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