Amazon’s patent, filed in May of 2018, will allow users to “flag” suspicious persons like someone breaking a neighbor’s window or a hostile co-worker. Aside from what their cameras have captured, users can upload images of the person from other sources. From there, users can receive alerts about the suspicious persons, even if they’re not in any criminal databases. On the other hand, users can flag people as authorized persons who can also be added to the neighborhood database.
Aside from identifying people as suspicious or authorized, the patent allows cameras to recognize suspicious behavior. Algorithms can account for factors like loitering times and the software can recognize suspicious activities like concealing objects, running, or crouching. Subjects’ behavior can be compared to databases for further identification.
A neighborhood database of suspicious persons could unfairly target people who have been wrongfully arrested or imprisoned.
— source securitybaron.com | Dec 19, 2018