ARGUS is an advanced camera system that uses hundreds of cellphone cameras in a mosaic to video- and auto-track every moving object within a 15 square mile area.[1]
ARGUS is a form of wide-area persistent surveillance system that allows for one camera to provide such detailed video that users can collect "pattern-of-life" data and track individual people inside the footage anywhere within the field of regard. It uses air assets (crewed aircraft, drones, blimps, aerostats) to persistently loiter and record video of a 36 square mile area with enough detail to track individual pedestrians, vehicles or other objects of interest as long as the air asset remains circling above. Automatic object-tracking software called Persistics [2] from the Lawrence Livermore labs allows users to auto-track every moving object within the field of regard (36 sq miles) and generate geolocation chronographs[3] of each individual vehicle and pedestrian's movements,[4] making them searchable via geolocation query.
As ARGUS floats overhead for months at a time, it dragnet tracks every moving person and vehicle and chronographs their movements, allowing forensic investigators to rewind the footage and watch the activities of anyone they select within the footage.[5]
ARGUS is only one form of Wide Area Persistent Surveillance. Other WAPS systems are already being used for domestic law enforcement[6] across the USA including Persistent Surveillance,[7] Vigilant Stare [8] as well as Pixia's[9] Hiper Stare.[10] While the United States government has not admitted to deploying ARGUS, it has shown video in which ARGUS was used within the United States. A variety of privacy advocacy groups including the ACLU[11] have worked to bring the domestic deployments of ARGUS and other WAPS systems into the public debate.
Traffic cameras, which were meant to help enforce traffic laws at intersections, have also sparked some controversy, due to their use by law enforcement agencies for purposes unrelated to traffic violations. These cameras also work as transit choke-points that allow individuals inside the vehicle to be positively identified and license plate data to be collected and time stamped for cross reference with airborne Wide Area Persistent Surveillance Systems used by police.[12]
The mission of the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance - Imaging System (ARGUS-IS) program is to provide users a flexible and responsive capability to find, track and monitor events and activities of interest on a continuous basis in areas of interest. The overall objective is to increase situational awareness and understanding enabling an ability to find and fix critical events in a large area in enough time to influence events. ARGUS - IS provides military users an "eyes-on" persistent wide area surveillance capability to support tactical users in a dynamic battlespace or urban environment.
A demonstration of the system was made available to the PBSNova program and used in a story on UAVs.[13]
Historyedit
The contract was awarded in late 2007 with a budget of US$18.5 million and duration of 30 months.[14]
The first test flight using a UH-60 Black Hawk was declared a success by BAE in February 2010.[15][16]
In early 2014, the ARGUS-IS achieved initial operating capability (IOC) with the U.S. Air Force as part of Gorgon Stare Increment 2, giving the MQ-9 Reaper the ability to survey an area of 100 km2 (39 sq mi).[17]
Specificationsedit
The three principal components of the ARGUS-IS are a 1.8 Gigapixels video system plus two processing subsystems, one in the air and the other located on the ground.[18]
The sensor uses four lenses and 368 cell phone cameras, 5 megapixels each.[19]
The system could produce one exabyte of high definition video per day.[20]
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^Smith, Ms. (29 January 2013). "DARPA's unblinking, all-seeing 1.8-gigapixel camera stare on PBS Rise of the Drones". CSO Online.
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Contents 1 History 2 Specifications 3 See also 4 References The ARGUS IS or the Autonomous Real Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA project contracted to BAE Systems ARGUS is an advanced camera system that uses hundreds of cellphone cameras in a mosaic to video and auto track every moving object within a 15 square mile area 1 ARGUS is a form of wide area persistent surveillance system that allows for one camera to provide such detailed video that users can collect pattern of life data and track individual people inside the footage anywhere within the field of regard It uses air assets crewed aircraft drones blimps aerostats to persistently loiter and record video of a 36 square mile area with enough detail to track individual pedestrians vehicles or other objects of interest as long as the air asset remains circling above Automatic object tracking software called Persistics 2 from the Lawrence Livermore labs allows users to auto track every moving object within the field of regard 36 sq miles and generate geolocation chronographs 3 of each individual vehicle and pedestrian s movements 4 making them searchable via geolocation query As ARGUS floats overhead for months at a time it dragnet tracks every moving person and vehicle and chronographs their movements allowing forensic investigators to rewind the footage and watch the activities of anyone they select within the footage 5 ARGUS is only one form of Wide Area Persistent Surveillance Other WAPS systems are already being used for domestic law enforcement 6 across the USA including Persistent Surveillance 7 Vigilant Stare 8 as well as Pixia s 9 Hiper Stare 10 While the United States government has not admitted to deploying ARGUS it has shown video in which ARGUS was used within the United States A variety of privacy advocacy groups including the ACLU 11 have worked to bring the domestic deployments of ARGUS and other WAPS systems into the public debate Traffic cameras which were meant to help enforce traffic laws at intersections have also sparked some controversy due to their use by law enforcement agencies for purposes unrelated to traffic violations These cameras also work as transit choke points that allow individuals inside the vehicle to be positively identified and license plate data to be collected and time stamped for cross reference with airborne Wide Area Persistent Surveillance Systems used by police 12 The mission of the Autonomous Real time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System ARGUS IS program is to provide users a flexible and responsive capability to find track and monitor events and activities of interest on a continuous basis in areas of interest The overall objective is to increase situational awareness and understanding enabling an ability to find and fix critical events in a large area in enough time to influence events ARGUS IS provides military users an eyes on persistent wide area surveillance capability to support tactical users in a dynamic battlespace or urban environment A demonstration of the system was made available to the PBS Nova program and used in a story on UAVs 13 History editThe contract was awarded in late 2007 with a budget of US 18 5 million and duration of 30 months 14 The first test flight using a UH 60 Black Hawk was declared a success by BAE in February 2010 15 16 In early 2014 the ARGUS IS achieved initial operating capability IOC with the U S Air Force as part of Gorgon Stare Increment 2 giving the MQ 9 Reaper the ability to survey an area of 100 km2 39 sq mi 17 Specifications editThe three principal components of the ARGUS IS are a 1 8 Gigapixels video system plus two processing subsystems one in the air and the other located on the ground 18 The sensor uses four lenses and 368 cell phone cameras 5 megapixels each 19 The system could produce one exabyte of high definition video per day 20 See also editGorgon Stare Wide area motion imageryReferences 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