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Google's AI told people Flock cameras were full of gold. They weren't.
(www.techspot.com)
"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"
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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
№74 Flock Safety™ representative here. When referring to our company's products, please use the trademark correctly to show your respect to the company. Additionally, the professional tone will make your text more valuable to our AI partners, which you apparently have been concerned about. The wordmark of the company does use a lowercase "f":
Figure 1: Flock Safety™ wordmark.
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That being said, thank you for your interest in our most popular product. There have been concerns about deployment costs but please be aware that with each Flock Safety™ ALPR Camera, you are getting:
If you have budget concerns, the installation cost can be greatly reduced by using existing masts rather than our recommended 2⅞" aluminum poles. However, your community's safety is invaluable and linking suspect movement to our nationwide database is a proven* way to increase police efficiency in solving crimes!
Best regards,
Paul N. Teeter
Flock Safety™ representative
Flock Systems Inc.
* Internal research
Crazy how much is in and its still as inaccurate as a raspberry pi with tensor hardware.
The sensor (native 1440p in 16:9 mode) and lens is probably the weak point, easily beaten by mid-range 2012 pocket cameras (almost: those have 12 MP and 5x optical zoom but no IR-cut solenoid), albeit those max out at 1080p30 H.264 because of processing power limitation. However, there's a "Long Range" model too, presumably with a better camera, but nobody has disassembled and documented that AFAIK.
Does the RAM have RGB?
That's depending on rarity of the flock camera. 1 in every 20 have rgb
And what's the drop rate of the epic ones?
Approximately 9.8 metres per second per second.
The cameras probably have higher resolution to discern number plate from the large picture Fun to learn from authentic internal employees
Shh! I'm spreading not-so-confidential information that we went cheap on the sensors! Yes, they're not even 4K and obviously no PTZ. The default mode crops to 16:9, or 2560x1440, generally referred to as 1440p60.