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Techcrunch article with additional technical details: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/21/inside-amazons-surveillance-powered-no-checkout-convenience-store/ https
by heinrichf 9y ago
Techcrunch article with additional technical details: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/21/inside-amazons-surveillance-powered-no-checkout-convenience-store/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/21/inside-amazons-surveillanc...
> ordinary RGB cameras, custom made with boards in the enclosure to do some basic grunt computer vision work, presumably things like motion detection, basic object identification, and so on. They’re augmented by separate depth-sensing cameras (using a time-of-flight technique, or so I understood from Kumar) that blend into the background like the rest, all matte black. The images captured from these cameras are sent to a central processing unit.
> In addition to the cameras, there are weight sensors in the shelves, and the system is aware of every item’s exact weight
- srtjstjsj 9y agoImagine when Amazon sells this system to Palantir and police departments for use all over town.
- callumjones 9y agoAnd does what with it?