The CCTV will be right with you

摘要

Are you enjoying your shopping experience? Video surveillance systems might soon be answering that question for you. CCTV security cameras are a familiar fixture in shops, but the same cameras can also be used to track and analyse your browsing habits. Mirela Popa at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and colleagues are developing software that can automatically categorise shoppers'behaviour using video footage from the fisheye cameras that many retail outlets have on their ceilings.