The current demand from the government for real-time detection technology mainly focuses on road monitoring and security.
Road monitoring is the most convenient aspect, as the government has already deployed numerous road cameras on highways, overpasses, and important intersections.
The scene for this demand is very fixed, with stationary cameras capturing continuous traffic flow, occasionally including pedestrians or non-motorized vehicles.
On highways and overpasses, it is even simpler as there are only vehicles passing by, making it easier to handle.
However, the government's requirements for these images are different.
The basic technology provided by Meng Fanqi involves selecting and labeling objects in the images.
But the government's main focus for road detection is not this. Why should I label all these vehicles when it's obvious that they are cars?
What's the point of labeling them? I already know there are cars on the roads.
So, although the government is currently very positive and optimistic about Baidu, Baidu is extremely anxious and busy. Li Yanhong and Yu Kai haven't had a good night's sleep in days.
This is a huge opportunity, but also a huge challenge.
If they can meet the requirements in a short period of time, the number of orders for all the road surveillance cameras in the country would be enormous.
Of course, Li Yanhong is also familiar with the fact that there will definitely be pilot projects and a gradual process of implementation. But he is confident that as long as the first order goes smoothly, the subsequent progress will be unstoppable.
Because the modernization and intelligence of this technology will be a significant political achievement, Li Yanhong is well aware of what motivates government officials the most.
Political achievements plus Baidu's assistance in publicity, Li Yanhong can't think of any reason why they wouldn't actively promote it.
But no matter what, there is currently a major challenge, which is that Baidu doesn't know how to proceed.
They have just taken over Meng Fanqi's code, and although they have understood the general approach, they still lack a deep understanding of why certain things are done this way and the pros and cons of alternative methods.
If Meng Fanqi were to understand the government's requirements for road detection, he would be quite familiar with them, especially the key points of speed detection and violation detection.
Among them, speed detection is the main requirement, which is essentially calculating the real-time speed by comparing the position changes of vehicles between different frames of the video.
Since the camera angle is fixed and the interval between frames is also fixed, as long as the distance traveled by the vehicle can be calculated from the position changes, the speed can be determined.
But there is a difficulty here, which is how do you know which vehicles in different images are the same? This involves object tracking technology.
The government is not clear about the technical differences and difficulties involved. They think your detection is quite intelligent, just test the vehicle speed, no problem.
They are overly optimistic about Baidu. Baidu is currently unable to add these functions to Meng Fanqi's code.
On the other hand, violation detection is just an additional feature, not a core requirement.
Violation detection simply involves adding some detection for traffic rule violations, such as whether the seatbelt is fastened or not.
For most cameras, they don't have this capability. They are too far away and mounted too high to capture clear images of seatbelts. This aspect will only be needed when the equipment is upgraded in the future, so it doesn't need much attention for now.
Road detection is not easy to do, and the leaders are also troubled by it. As a worker like Wang Kai, he is mainly responsible for promoting security-related scenarios.
Many of the functions in this part are already included in the version provided by Meng Fanqi, and some only require minor adjustments to be implemented.
For example, monitoring specific areas and alerting if there are people.
Although there is monitoring, security personnel cannot stare at the screens all the time. Many important institutions have dozens of cameras, and even if they want to watch, they can't keep up.
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By incorporating real-time detection technology, this burden can be greatly reduced. Wang Kai's purpose in this visit is to promote this feature.
However, he has been sitting in the Changping Sub-bureau of the Yanjing Police Department for quite a while, but no one has paid attention to him.
Only initially, a police officer gave him a cup of water, and there has been no further communication.
Wang Kai's patience is not that good, but he knows that he can't make demands in this situation. In the bureau, he doesn't have the courage to say anything.
After waiting for over an hour and still no one paying attention to him, Wang Kai couldn't hold it in any longer.
He had made an appointment with their leader in advance for this visit, it's not like he's selling insurance door-to-door.
Unable to resist, he walked in and found that the police officers were grouped in threes, staring at the surveillance videos on the monitors. There were even a few lying on military beds resting, clearly exhausted and taking a break.
"Director Tian, what's going on here?"
Although Baidu's headquarters is located in the HD District, it is also very close to the Changping District. The development of the science and technology park led by Baidu has brought significant benefits to the Changping District, especially in terms of employment.
In most big cities, the director of the public security sub-bureau is likely to concurrently serve as a member of the district committee. Therefore, the current director of the Changping Public Security Bureau and member of the district committee, Tian Yunsheng, is very supportive of Baidu's work."Ah, Mr. Wang." Tian Yunsheng is a middle-aged man with a round face and a bit of a plump figure, wearing a pair of half-rimmed thin glasses. "Something urgent came up here, and we forgot to cancel this meeting with you."
Although it's Yan Jing, many places within the jurisdiction of Changping District are quite remote. The occasional cases that occur in these secluded areas are quite challenging to resolve.
However, this case surprisingly took place within a school, which quickly sparked public attention and discussion. The impact of the incident was extremely detrimental.
New Oriental Foreign Language School in Changping District is close to the Sixth Ring Road, but there are still many universities and companies around. Next door are Yan Jing University of Information Science and Technology, Yan Jing Normal University, and Yan Jing Aerospace.
"According to the victim's friends and teachers, at the school's freshman welcome party in September, the host, Xiao Yao, caught the attention of Wang. After the party, Wang asked for Xiao Yao's WeChat from a classmate and added her as a friend. They chatted occasionally, but their contact was not frequent. The following month, Wang expressed his feelings to Xiao Yao, but she rejected him, citing her studies."
A police officer next to them briefly introduced the background of the incident to Wang Kai.
"Who would have thought that Wang, after being rejected, would do something so despicable."