A French company has designed a camera that recognizes faces and tells people if a stranger has entered their home.
一家法国公司设计了一种可以识别面孔的摄像头,如果有陌生人闯入家里就能告诉人们。
Many homes now have security cameras that tell owners if someone has entered. But the cameras do not know if the person is a family member, friend, delivery person or a criminal.
许多住宅现在都安装了安全摄像头,如果有人闯入就会通知业主。但是这些摄像头无法分辨闯入者是家庭成员、朋友、快递员还是罪犯。
But a new camera made by a company named Netatmo has facial recognition software that can tell parents at work that their children have returned from school, or that a package has been delivered to their home. It can also tell them if a stranger has entered their home.
但是Netatmo公司制造的新型摄像头拥有面部识别软件,可以通知工作中的家长他们的孩子放学回来了,或者是有快递包裹被送到家里。如果有陌生人闯入他们的家里也能通知他们。
Janina Mattausch is a product marketing manager for Netatmo.
Janina Mattausch是Netatmo公司的产品营销经理。
"Current security cameras are not that smart. So, they can tell you if something is moving but they don't necessarily know if it's a human being or, ah, if it's your kids -- they don't know the difference, so they will alert you all the time."
他说,“目前的安全摄像头没那么聪明。如果有物体移动它们会通知你,但是他们不一定知道这是否是一个人,是否是你的孩子。它们不知道其中的差别。所以它们会不停提醒你。”
When family members enter a home, the smart camera "recognizes" them and sends information to the owner's smartphone. The owner can choose to see the video then or later. But if an unknown person enters a home, the camera will send the owner an alert that will cause an alarm to sound on the owner's smartphone.
当家庭成员进入家里,智能摄像头识别出他们并向业主的智能手机发送信息。业主可以选择观看视频或稍后再看。但是如果是陌生人进入家里,摄像头就会向业主发出警报。
That is what happened recently to a smart home camera owner named Damien. He lives in Paris.
以下是Damien这位智能家居摄像头拥有者最近的经历。他住在巴黎。
"On a Friday I was at work, attending a big monthly meeting when my phone vibrated. At first I told myself ‘Oh, it must be a wrong alert, maybe I have to do some adjustments' -- but the notification on my phone was telling me that there was a movement in my flat and also a face that the app did not recognize."
他说,“某个周五我正在上班,参加一项大型的月度会议,这时我的手机开始震动。最开始我对自己说,‘这可能是误报,也许我要做出一些调整。’但是我手机上的通知告诉我,我的公寓里有物体移动,该应用软件也无法认出这张面孔。”
He watched the video and was very surprised by what he saw.
他观看了视频,看到了非常惊讶的内容。
"I saw a person I did not know with his shoes on, which is totally forbidden in my apartment. I was watching it live on video. So I felt totally frozen, stupefied. I asked a colleague to take me back home as fast as possible and I called the police on the way."
“我看到一个不认识的人,他穿着鞋,在我的公寓里这是完全是被禁止的行为。我观看着视频直播,完全被惊呆了。我叫了一个同事尽快送我回家,并且在路上打电话报了警。”
Damien showed the video of the intruder to the police. The criminal was found later that day. He was sentenced to nine months in jail.
Damien向警察展示了闯入者的视频。这名罪犯当天晚些时候被抓到并被判入狱九个月。
I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.
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By VOA08 May, 2016
A French company has designed a camera that recognizes faces and tells people if a stranger has entered their home.
Many homes now have security cameras that tell owners if someone has entered. But the cameras do not know if the person is a family member, friend, delivery person or a criminal.
But a new camera made by a company named Netatmo has facial recognition software that can tell parents at work that their children have returned from school, or that a package has been delivered to their home. It can also tell them if a stranger has entered their home.
Janina Mattausch is a product marketing manager for Netatmo.
"Current security cameras are not that smart. So, they can tell you if something is moving but they don't necessarily know if it's a human being or, ah, if it's your kids -- they don't know the difference, so they will alert you all the time."
When family members enter a home, the smart camera "recognizes" them and sends information to the owner's smartphone. The owner can choose to see the video then or later. But if an unknown person enters a home, the camera will send the owner an alert that will cause an alarm to sound on the owner's smartphone.
That is what happened recently to a smart home camera owner named Damien. He lives in Paris.
"On a Friday I was at work, attending a big monthly meeting when my phone vibrated. At first I told myself ‘Oh, it must be a wrong alert, maybe I have to do some adjustments' -- but the notification on my phone was telling me that there was a movement in my flat and also a face that the app did not recognize."
He watched the video and was very surprised by what he saw.
"I saw a person I did not know with his shoes on, which is totally forbidden in my apartment. I was watching it live on video. So I felt totally frozen, stupefied. I asked a colleague to take me back home as fast as possible and I called the police on the way."
Damien showed the video of the intruder to the police. The criminal was found later that day. He was sentenced to nine months in jail.
I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.
VOA Correspondent Zlatica Hoke reported this story from Washington. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted it for VOA Learning English. Hai Do was the editor.
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Words in This Story
alert – v. to give (someone) important information about a possible problem, danger, etc.; to warn (someone)
facial recognition – n. the ability to recognize different faces
vibrate – v. to move a device back and forth or from side to side with very short, quick movements
adjustment – n. a small change that improves something or makes it work better
flat – n. (Chiefly British, European) an apartment typically on one floor
app – n. abbreviation for "application," a computer program that performs a particular task (such as word processing)
forbidden – adj. not permitted or allowed
frozen – adj. to become unable to do or say anything
stupefy – v. to shock or surprise (someone) very much; to cause (someone) to become confused or unable to think clearly
intruder – n. a person who enters a place illegally