Covert camera for screening of vehicle interiors and HOV enforcement

Jack W. Wood; Gary G. Gimmestad; David W. Roberts

doi:10.1117/12.498755

22 September 2003 Covert camera for screening of vehicle interiors and HOV enforcement

Jack W. Wood, Gary G. Gimmestad, David W. Roberts

Proceedings Volume 5071, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Defense and Law Enforcement II; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498755
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a covert means of photographing the interiors of moving vehicles at all times of the day or night through clear or tinted windows. The system is called the Georgia Vehicle Occupancy System (GVOS). It utilizes an infrared (IR) strobe light to illuminate passenger and cargo compartments through side windows or the windshield. A high-speed, digital, infrared camera records the images and is capable of providing clear, stop-motion images of the interiors of vehicles moving at highway speeds. A human screener can view these images, or pattern recognition algorithms can be used to count the number of passengers, identify particular individuals, or screen the types and placement of cargo. Examples of vehicle interior images recorded at highway speeds are shown. For homeland security, such a system can be used to screen vehicles entering military bases or other sensitive sites or it can be implemented on highways for identifying and tracking suspicious individuals.

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Jack W. Wood, Gary G. Gimmestad, and David W. Roberts "Covert camera for screening of vehicle interiors and HOV enforcement", Proc. SPIE 5071, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Defense and Law Enforcement II, (22 September 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.498755

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