Volume 10
Feb 2017 Edition
TASER is Bringing ‘ AI ’ to Transform Law Enforce Video & Dig Evid Mgmt
Agencies & departments will have the ability to quickly isolate and analyze the most important seconds of footage from massive amounts of video data
TASER International , today announced two acquisitions to launch a new artificial intelligence group called “ Axon AI .”
The acquired technologies and team of around 20 researchers and engineers will accelerate the introduction of new AI-powered capabilities for public safety .
TASER acquired Dextro , the first computer-vision and deep learning system to make the visual contents in video searchable in real time , using machine learning .
Agencies and departments will have the ability to quickly isolate and analyze the most important seconds of footage from massive amounts of video data . the computer vision team that was part of Fossil Group ’ s acquisition of Misfit , Inc .
The team includes machine-vision researchers focused on improving the accuracy , efficiency and speed of processing images and video .
Together , these acquisitions will broaden TAS- ER ’ s industry-leading DEMS ( Digital Evidence Management System ) to enable customers to gain more insight from video , photos and audio to improve training , operations and community engagement . Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed .
The Axon network connects devices , apps and people for more than half of the nation ’ s major city police agencies . Machine learning for understanding video
This acquisition will form the technology backbone of the new Axon AI platform .
TASER has also acquired from Fossil Group , Inc .
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Axon AI will extend TASER ’ s research and development efforts and significantly expand the capabilities of the Axon network .
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