Singapore Upgrades AI Smoker Detection System to Better Enforce No-Smoking Zones
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Singapore has upgraded its AI system, Balefire, to better detect smokers in prohibited areas and assist with enforcement.
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Balefire uses a 5-step processing pipeline involving head detection, filters, tracking, classification, and reidentification to spot smokers quickly and accurately.
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Version 3.0 builds on existing models trained on camera footage from Balefire's current and past versions. Sources of errors in previous versions were corrected to improve performance.
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The goal is to maximize detection of smokers while minimizing false positives, helping optimize enforcement officer efficiency.
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Balefire aims to ensure the NEA's efforts to catch smokers don't "go to ash."