The UNVEIL project aims to develop an advanced video analytic interoperable forensic software platform to help law enforcement agencies solve crimes more proactively. The platform will be deployed at crime scenes, custody suites, homes, and digital forensic laboratories to efficiently visualize crime scenes, collect and analyze video material from sources like body cameras and CCTV. It will include an advanced video analysis toolbox to facilitate live crime scene analysis, identification, tracking, and video-assisted interviewing. The goals are to reduce the delay between evidence gathering and offender identification, while meeting legal and privacy standards.

1. UNVEIL
Video Analysis for legal investigations
A B S T R A C T
Criminal activities are becoming
increasingly sophisticated. While forensic
science has made significant
advancements in recent years, law
enforcement agencies remain challenged
in obtaining information proactively
rather than reactively in solving crimes.
The main goal of the UNVEIL project is an
advanced video analytic interoperable
forensic software platform that reduces
the delay between information and
evidence gathering and the identification
of offenders, so called “live-time
forensics”. The platform will be deployed
at crime scenes, in custody suites and/or
residential homes, and in digital forensic
laboratories, based on application of the
next generation of video analysis
methods. The ability for the platform to
efficiently visualize crime scenes and
collect and analyse video material,
combined with assured levels of quality,
legal and privacy standards, are central
ambitions of the project. To achieve
these goals, a video-based forensic
interoperable platform is envisaged which
enables the generation of a 4D crime
scene reconstruction incorporating all
available video material including from
body-worn cameras, mobile phones and
CCTV. The platform will be supported by
an advanced video-analysis toolbox which
facilitates live crime scene analysis
including personal identification and
tracking, and video-analysis supported
interviewing of witnesses/suspects.
Innovative research will include
multimodal video enhancement and
visualization, robust person and vehicle
(re-) identification, and
deception and concealed information
detection, for law enforcement scenarios,
as well as on automatic video redaction as
a privacy enhancing technology. An
integral part of the project is the
development of an innovative law
enforcement curriculum and training
toolkit dedicated to the deployment of
the advanced video-analysis platform.
Furthermore, joint exercises will be
undertaken between law enforcement
agencies to facilitate the take up of the
developed platform and tools. The
UNVEIL project is strongly user-driven and
training and demonstration of the
developed platform and tools will be
conducted in the countries of three
different law enforcement agencies.
Finally, the UNVEIL project will make
contributions to evolving standards in
video analysis and forensics.
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