Cameras based on artificial intelligence (AI) began to be used in London and other cities
But when the quarantine regime was introduced in the country in March,Vivacity has added an additional feature to its AI scanners that allows it to register the distance between pedestrians. These data are reported to the government in a monthly report. The Vivacity lab said they have installed over a thousand cameras throughout the UK, in cities such as London, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge and Nottingham.
Vivacity Chief Operating Officer Peter Mildon said the data is potentially "useful for policy decisions" on movement restrictions.
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He stressed that cameras are not part ofCCTV systems - they work like a data collection device, not like a camera that stores footage. “They don’t record video, they don’t stream it, and nobody actually watches it,” the engineer said.
The researchers also note that their datacompletely anonymous and does not differ from the data on how a particular road is used. But based on this information, the authorities can both improve the space and make it completely safe.
“The idea is to provide an evidence base to verify that the restrictions being implemented work and that the population is complying with them,” the researchers noted.
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