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Ask HN: What do you think about security camera blurring faces?

Posted by Huongngtm on Monday April 26, 2021 @06:20AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I feel a bit uncomfortable with my face shown in videos captured by my home security cameras. Partly because I am camera shy, and partly due to privacy reason. So I think it would be nice to have my face or certain faces blurred by default in camera footages. This could be done with current technology. I am thinking to develop this feature for the security camera application that I am working...

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Re:Show HN: Turn your phone into a privacy-first, AI smart security ca... on Sunday April 04, 2021 @03:32AM (#26687587)
I think there are use cases that requires a specialized hardware. Such as the one you mentioned: outdoor, no power, multiple cams. And there are use cases that using a phone is more appropriate. Like when you have an unused phone lying around. Or when you are often on the go and want a security camera to carry with easily.
Re:Show HN: Privacy-first home security on mobile with smart alerts on Sunday February 14, 2021 @12:34AM (#26129959)
Thank you for sharing. Interesting project!
Re:Show HN: Privacy-first home security on mobile with smart alerts on Saturday February 13, 2021 @09:28AM (#26123764)
This app lets you turn your unused phone into a security camera. It has AI event detection (person, face, animal) and smart alerts, but the smart functionality runs offline. No footage is sent to our server. Actually we don't have a server. You don't need to sign up or create a profile. Notification is sent through Apple's server (we currently have only iOS app).

We are doing beta program (free). We'd love to hear your feedback, and especially learn about your use case.

Re:Ask HN: What do you want your camera to understand? on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @03:07AM (#25343036)
I'm just curious what we would love to use object recognition for, in a context as broad as possible. Plant identification is a convincing use case.

By the way, storing images with face recognition is quite convenient using Google Photos too.

Ask HN: What do you want your camera to understand?

Posted by Huongngtm on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:23PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm thinking over the question how broad computer vision can be applied. Or whether it is more valuable within certain fields. So, I'd like to know what's your imagination about it. If your phone camera can recognize anything and give you information about it, what do you want it to be?Let's limit within object recognition only, for the sake of simplicity. A few examples are coffee beans, plant...

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Re:What do you want your camera to understand if it can understand eve... on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:21PM (#25298195)
My hypothesis is that we will first use visual recognition for a few highly relevant fields. But after that we'll expand to almost all objects.

What do you want your camera to understand if it can understand everything?

Posted by Huongngtm on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:02AM
from the self-post dept.

I'm thinking over the question how broad computer vision can be applied. Or whether it is more valuable within certain fields. So, I'd like to know what's your imagination about it. If your phone camera can recognize anything and give you information about it, what do you want it to be?Let's limit within object recognition only, for the sake of simplicity. A few examples are coffee beans, plant...

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Re:Show HN: App to create object detection projects without coding on Friday October 16, 2020 @11:42PM (#24807317)
Thanks, nice suggestion!
Re:Show HN: App to create object detection projects without coding on Thursday October 15, 2020 @11:44PM (#24797232)
App creators own the data and decide who get access or get to use their search model. We don't. But yes, the more recognition models are made, the more benefit public users will get out of it.
Re:Show HN: App to create object detection projects without coding on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @11:42PM (#24784683)
Hi all!

My team has been working on a B2B visual recognition startup, but we think we may make our platform available for anyone. The idea is that anyone can make an image recognition app without coding. The app could be used as an object recognizer or a visual dictionary.

The app has image management and content management features for creators. Then public users can use its search function. If you have a team, you can manage access control within the app.

We are not in the situation where we can make automatic sign-up yet. Though the product is ready, our idea in terms of business is still very early. For now, you all can try our app, just give me an extra step to create an account for you.