CCTV AI tool could make finding criminals in security footage 'as easy as Googling their name'

A new search tool could make scanning through CCTV footage for a criminal as easy as Googling their name. The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically match targets in video footage to their description. This means security system could one day find a suspect by simply searching'short woman, green coat', or'tall man, red shoes.' Combined with eye-witness reports, the tool would speed up the time it takes to pick out criminals in security footage - an arduous task that normally requires police to manually comb through hours of video. Researchers from the Ahmedabad University and Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering in India built the new tool.