On the buses

摘要

Network monitoring has other applications beyond cleansing internet traffic. CSIT at Queens University Belfast is also running a video analytics project to help combat anti-social behaviour on buses.rnA prototype system is attempting to perform behavioural analysis on the video stream from a bus's CCTV cameras. "By the end of the six-year project we would like to demonstrate real-time alerts," says research director Paul Miller.rnThe system is designed to identify trouble-makers or potentially volatile situations automatically, and decide when to flag up the situation to an operator. The techniques used are analogous to tracking events using networking monitoring software.