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wait... the concept was to have video cameras on the ground point upward in a supermarket setting? Did anyone involved in this ever stop to think "what would a
by black_puppydog 7y ago
wait... the concept was to have video cameras on the ground point upward in a supermarket setting?
Did anyone involved in this ever stop to think "what would a person wearing a skirt say to this?" It's not exactly the kind of thing you'd expect to be able to explain away with "oh no but we really don't use it for that" no?
- derivagral 7y agoA more charitable reading is that the cameras are at ground level and stay aimed at ground level. I got the impression he's not talking about the main basket of the shopping cart, but the storage right above the wheels where you might forget pet food or bulk paper goods.
- black_puppydog 7y agookay, that might be my non-native English comprehension. I parsed "bottom of the basket" as the flat underside of the main part of the cart. And you'd have to point the cameras upwards to see that. If it's horizontal, that's a different topic.
- dr_zoidberg 7y agoI had the same impression upon first read. And from a programmers perspective of what the ideal conditions for such a software would be, I also thought of a ground placed camera, pointing upwards in a way in which id could see the basket an find items that were "forgotten" in it.
- coredog64 7y agoHorizontally aligned, pointing into the space where your cart goes when you check out. Unless we’re worried about blurry pix of well-turned ankles showing up on the web, I don’t think there’s cause for concern.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoUntil the first horny teen working a station gets an idea into their head.
- karlkatzke 7y agoThe cashier can’t see the camera. The camera is watched by object recognition software that can talk to the point of sale. If object recognition algorithms develop the ability to be aroused by human underwear, we have -other- problems.