Can we say profiling?
Tom
Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, Gerry Leary wrote:
> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:25:48 -0600
> From: Gerry Leary <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: (BlindTech) Facial Recognition Glasses Allow Blind Avoid
> ObnoxiousPersons
>
> Hmmm, there has got to be an old western approach to this.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 9:56 AM
> Subject: (BlindTech) Facial Recognition Glasses Allow Blind Avoid
> ObnoxiousPersons
>
>
> > Sorry, I'm a day late on this.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> In another advance for the independence of blind people, the American
> >> Printing House for the Blind has announced a prototype of a facial
> >> recognition system
> >> that will warn users of the approach of obnoxious persons. The system
> >> consists of glasses embedded with a tiny camera, a belt-worn processing
> >> unit, and
> >> an earpiece. The system will recognize the faces of people preprogrammed
> >> into the unit and will use synthetic speech to warn the blind user of
> >> their approach.
> >>
> >>
> >> "We continue to work on leveling the playing field," said an APH
> >> spokesman. "Sighted people have the advantage of being able to dodge
> >> overbearing relatives,
> >> endlessly chatty landlords, and neighbors trying to invite them to sales
> >> parties for products they don't need. We hope soon that blind folks will
> >> have
> >> the same freedom."
> >>
> >> A planned second-generation prototype will be able to use artificial
> >> intelligence to recognize obnoxious persons automatically, without
> >> requiring pre-programming.
> >> Algorithms are being developed to recognize such persons as
> >> bad-joke-telling bosses, pushy sales people, and that guy who just won't
> >> take no for an answer.
> >>
> >>
> >> There is no word when the unit might be commercially available.
> >>
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