2012-05-31 22:42:31
I invite you to imagine a situation that you may be tired of seeing in the movies. Imagine yourself in a building, equipped with high security, with a control room in which one or two people carefully monitor the images offered by a dozen television monitors. Each monitor is connected to one or more cameras, distributed at strategic points outside and inside the building. If you want to add more excitement, add to the scene a data panel connected to a good number of motion sensors, thermal sensors, volumetric sensors and a whole series of devices ready to sound the alarm when an intruder arrives.
If you are not given to big blockbusters, imagine something more modest, for example, an industrial warehouse that has several surveillance cameras around the perimeter to prevent theft, or a parking lot with cameras strategically arranged to detect friends of other people’s property. Be that as it may, the truth is that, regardless of how you have imagined it, you will agree with me that we are not inventing anything, the reality is like that, we live in a world full of all kinds of devices designed to put us on guard against abnormal situations. There are sensors of all kinds around us, some detect when an item leaves a store without having previously checked out, others film us when we approach a bank or a public building, etc.
Looked at closely, what all that multitude of electronic gadgets does is imitate, as best they can, our senses. I say “the best they can” because, although they may occasionally be more sensitive in some aspects, our senses are much more versatile, they collect immense amounts of information and function in very diverse environments. Our eyes are offering continuously moving three-dimensional images and the rest of the senses provide data that informs us about the sounds, smells, flavors or texture of the objects that surround us… The amount of data they provide is such that They would be absolutely useless if our brain were not so clever. An immense amount of information is of no use if you do not have a mechanism capable of filtering it and separating the chaff from the grain. In that sense, our brain is a wonder to imitate.
With such a sophisticated natural warning system, it is not surprising that we are trying to imitate it by creating alarm and control systems adapted to the most diverse circumstances of modern life. But, as happens with our senses, it is not enough to detect the information; more or less intelligent systems must also be designed capable of processing it to extract the most relevant. That, which seems so natural to us, is an impressive challenge faced by researchers like Mr. Antonio Fernández Caballero, our guest on today’s program.
D. Antonio Fernandez Caballerois a professor of the UCLM and group director n&aIS in the User Interaction and Software Engineering Laboratory at the Albacete Computer Research Institute . There, research is carried out on the multisensory interpretation of behaviors and situations are analyzed that, because they take place in complex and dynamic environments, require the development of systems that provide intelligent intervention, especially indicated for the detection of anomalous situations. In some cases, a mobile robot (with autonomous navigation capability) is used to move to the place where an anomalous event occurs.
Artificial vision, pattern recognition, human-machine interaction and multi-agent systems are among the research fields of D. Antonio Fernández Caballero
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n&aIS. Natural & Artificial Interaction Systems
LoUISE. Laboratory of User Interaction and Software Engineering
Albacete Computer Research Institute
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