Training system in the area of security

• Grant number: 02/12914-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: September 01, 2003
• End date: February 29, 2004
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Valerio Netto
• Grantee: Antonio Valerio Netto
• Company: Cientistas Associados Desenvolvimento Tecnológico Ltda
• City: São Carlos

Abstract

The training systems used today by security businesses and by the civil and military police (state and federal) do not permit much interactivity as they do not convey the sensation of reality with which the professional is going to be confronted. This project aims to remedy this deficiency with the development of a computational system which permits the user to interact with a reality much closer to daily life. This system needs to employ advanced techniques in the area of interactive interfaces, processing and analysis of images and computational intelligence. The starting point is the showing of a film, as a foretaste, which depicts events such as assaults, kidnappings, and bank robberies, among others, with real-size human beings. This will produce, both through the images and the sounds, a sense of physical presence in the training environment. Carrying a real weapon with silicon bullets, the user will have to take decisions, as for example the exact moment at which to draw the weapon and shoot and the point which the shot should hit. Subsequently, the film will be re-run taking account of the user’s decision. In addition, in a second stage, the system is intended to interact by shooting at the user, better preparing him to face risks. (AU)