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FOVEA helps responders quickly analyze video to ID potential suspects by allowing users to tag a person to a left-behind item and reconstruct that individual s path across multiple camera views .

that facilitates saving the day ; it is a technologically advanced reality being demonstrated right now thanks to tools in development by the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) Science and Technology Directorate ( S & T ).

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The FOVEA ( Forensic Video Exploitation and Analysis ) Tool Suite is an add-on suite of analytic tools for the forensic review of video in large-scale surveillance systems , developed by MIT Lincoln Laboratory under the DHS S & T Office of Mission and Capability Support ( MCS ) Surface Transportation Explosive Threat Detection ( STETD ) Program .

While significant investment has been made toward improving camera coverage and quality , the burden on video operators for reviewing and extracting useful informa-

FOVEA helps responders quickly analyze video to ID potential suspects by allowing users to tag a person to a left-behind item and reconstruct that individual s path across multiple camera views .
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