Gunshot Tracking Cameras to be Deployed in LA

apok04 writes "Get out your tinfoil hats (and ski masks). A USC engineer uses his expertise with nerve cells to create a surveillance system that can recognize the sound of a nearby gunshot - and identify the shooter. In a unique pilot program, L.A. and Chicago will deploy test units in high-crime areas. The creator emphasizes that the system cannot recognize voices or words, but his previous research into speech recognition systems suggests otherwise."

ha ha

[Anonymous Coward]

first gunshot found!

what if

[Anonymous Coward]

what if they shoot the camera?

I wonder...

[Telastyn]

If the surveilance system will determine who fired before it ceases to function due to gunshot damage.

Meanwhile, out in Comptom

[Anonymous Coward]

In unrelated news, sources report that knive sales have skyrocketed in recent days. No plausible explanation could be found.

So many kinds of guns to choose from....

[CarnivoreMan]

Well I guess that just means its time to switch over to my golfball gun or spudgun... Bwa ha ha ha

Keeping score

[levik]

The system operates on a "point" scheme, where each "thug" receives credit for referring "friends" into the system.

The LAPD has also promised a speedy patch to adress the widespread camera control issues in the first release.

Amazing!

[Anonymous Coward]

Brilliant detective work!

An engineer working in the area of sound recognition who's also done work in voice recognition. Boy, you really found the smoking gun!

In other news...

[xv4n]

An increase in gun-silencers sales has been reported.

With this system...

[Anonymous Coward]

hey, at least we could've proved than Han shot first!

Here's Hoping

[techsoldaten]

I just hope they make it multiplayer and include a deathmatch mode. Also, does the system support skinning?

M

Right then.

[laughingcoyote]

Machine sounds are the only ones in SENTRI's vocabulary. It cannot eavesdrop on conversations, the scientist emphasized.

...because we're not done coding that yet, you've got at least another few years.

What about crappy cars?

[Anonymous Coward]

So this thing is going to take my picture everytime my '78 Ford Pinto backfires? Sheesh, I think I really do need a tinfoil hat (or a new car).

The not too distant future...

[Anonymous Coward]

Man on street yells: "Allah Ackbar!!! Allah Ackbar!!!!!"
*Directional Finder*: 1) TRIANGULATING... 2) AIMING... 3) FIRING BULLET!
Man on street: "Allah *BAM* Ackkkkkkbahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhrr!!gurgl..lee..l.. ."

SCENE 2

Woman on street whispers to friend: "I hate that dumb idiot Bush"
*Directional Finder*: 1) TRIANGULATING... 2) AIMING... 3) FIRING MIND CONTROL BEAM!
Woman on street whispers to friend: "I.... I... love Bush... and I love Jesus, SUVs, large corporations, and I agree with the righteousness of preemptively saving the rest of the world from themselves and their oil. Let's go shopping."

Limitations

[kilocomp]

During the initial studies the camera was placed in front of a TV with Star Wars on it. The sophisticated equipment could still not tell who shot first between Greedo or Han.

multiple shootings?

[nizo]

I picture the camera rotating so fast it turns to butter as all the idiots fire their guns up in the air on new years eve.

Lo-tech solution to Hi-tech problem

[neanderdude]

So, how many ventilated cameras do you think they're gonna wind up with?

Not to mention any potential problem they have with backfiring cars...

Guns don't kill people.

[Anonymous Coward]

Americans do.

Re:A better solution.

[Anonymous Coward]

This is not a good idea beacuse the first time I'm in the parking lot waiting for Ms. Dumb Bitch to back her fucking Exhibition into her fucking packing space I swear to god I'm opening fire on her, on her little rugrat, and pretty much everyone else in the fucking vicinity.

Re:Huh?

[sploo22]

Agreed. By that logic, the Wright brothers were experts at the construction of flying bicycles.

All this needs is Combat Robots!

[TheNarrator]

Let's get those combat robots getting sent to Iraq to drive around our cities and automatically counter attack any shooters..... After that all we need is a seriously deranged computer running the whole show and we've got a science fiction movie!

Who let ome rip?

[kin242]

It would be great to have a system like this for farts... Maybe in Singapore...

Or, conversely

[Atario]

What will they do with all those photos of people with wide grins standing next to loudspeakers?

Re:Response Time

[mordors9]

The best thing is they should be able to find all of the shotgun wielding robots that we were worried about last week on /.