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The company says the Bureau of Customs andBordef Protection, part of the , will expand use of its videpo surveillance technology across America's southern border. It extends ObjectVideo's contractt with the government after successful deployment alonyg theCanadian border. Financial terms of the contractf weren't disclosed. The Department of Homeland Security begantesting ObjectVideo's surveillance systems along the northern borders of Mainr and Washington State last It is currently expanding that deployment to New Vermont, New York, the Great Lakes North Dakota, Idaho and Montana. The deploymenr along the Mexican border will start with key pointws Californiaand Arizona.
ObjectVideo's surveillance system is more than just videoomonitoring equipment. The system uses artificial intelligencer programming to spot potentiallyunusual behavior. The companyh says its system canpick trucks, boats and other objectas out of the background, then check their behavior againsf preprogrammed rules. For example, a small boat loiterinbg near an anchoredNavy ship. ObjectVideo was foundex in 1998 by former scientists who helperd develop a kind of artificial intelligencd knownas "computer vision.
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