Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Pocket PC Used To Get Live Video From Surveillance Cameras
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "ARTICLE" @ 11:00 AM
http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend13_20030813.htm
"Six remote-controlled surveillance cameras have been set up to transmit live video images of crowd and traffic conditions to handheld and laptop computers carried by cops...a police officer walking the route and wondering what the commotion is up ahead can radio headquarters and have a live video image streamed to his Pocket PC handheld. Officials monitoring the feeds at a command center can see suspicious people or vehicles and instantly transmit pictures as officers are dispatched to check it out. A split screen can show all six cameras at the same time to provide pinpoint directions on where traffic or crowd problems are occurring."
So, if that policeman in the Krispy Kreme next to you has his Pocket PC out, ask if he is just reading AvantGo or if he is looking for people running red lights at a nearby intersection. :wink:
"Six remote-controlled surveillance cameras have been set up to transmit live video images of crowd and traffic conditions to handheld and laptop computers carried by cops...a police officer walking the route and wondering what the commotion is up ahead can radio headquarters and have a live video image streamed to his Pocket PC handheld. Officials monitoring the feeds at a command center can see suspicious people or vehicles and instantly transmit pictures as officers are dispatched to check it out. A split screen can show all six cameras at the same time to provide pinpoint directions on where traffic or crowd problems are occurring."
So, if that policeman in the Krispy Kreme next to you has his Pocket PC out, ask if he is just reading AvantGo or if he is looking for people running red lights at a nearby intersection. :wink:
