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Lighthouse - Potentially Worst Case Of Overpromising On Video Analytics I've Seen.

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James Talmage
Oct 19, 2017
IPVMU Certified

Even if they make multiple technological leaps, this just seems incredibly unlikely to function anywhere near as smoothly as advertised.

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John Scanlan
Oct 19, 2017
IPVM • IPVMU Certified

James - We pre-ordered one for testing, but there is a 6-8 week delay on shipping.  We received the notice regarding the delay ~3 weeks ago.

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Undisclosed #1
Oct 19, 2017
IPVMU Certified

"while engaging with your loved ones in a totally new way..."

Dad: Young lady, these dishes need to be washed again, there's food stuck on them and it's gross.
Daughter: Sure Pops, but speaking of gross, Lighthouse, how many times has Dad drank straight from the milk container this month?
Lighthouse: Dad has drank 5 times straight from the carton when finishing the container...
Dad: Lighthouse, thank you, that's all for now.
Lighthouse:... and 17 times returning it for someone else.
Dad: Lighthouse, set Dad stats to "off"

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Undisclosed Integrator #2
Oct 20, 2017

Dad: Lighthouse, did the pool guy come in the house?

Lighthouse: No Dad, but there was a new man every day in your bedroom.

Dad:  Alexa, call attorney and Lighthouse send video to Alexa. 

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3
Feb 22, 2018

I hadn't heard about Lighthouse until I ran across a Reuters article this morning. 

Wait, I know you: home security startup taps face-recognition tech

Excerpts:

"Lighthouse AI, their startup, on Thursday released a home security camera that uses a 3D sensor similar to that found in Apple Inc’s iPhone X. The sensor helps the camera recognize the faces of different members of a family and even pets, so it can send out alerts to a user’s phone when an unknown person enters a home but avoid false alarms caused by the family dog."

The founders left the self-driving car industry for...this.

"We wanted to deploy something at 99 percent accuracy that would be delightful and useful to use right now."

The article further states that the company is working on incorporating gait analysis to detect changes in the walking habits of the elderly. 

I work for a biometric vendor, and neither my employer nor any of our competitors are claiming 99 percent facial recognition accuracy for dogs. Doesn't pass the smell test...

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John Honovich
Feb 22, 2018
IPVM

We've tested Lighthouse here. Leaving aside those mostly science fiction claims, it works pretty decently as a smart home camera.

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Undisclosed Integrator #2
Feb 22, 2018

I believe there is more of a grammatical error than a technology promise.   Many true analytics products are successful in determining between a human and a dog.  I read that into the statement, not which dog. 

Hell, I can barely tell between two of my dogs without looking at their collars. 

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3
Feb 22, 2018

I scanned both Lighthouse's end user license agreement and its privacy policy and saw no evidence that it is restricting sales in the state of Illinois.

By way of contrast, Nest is NOT selling its facial recognition software in Illinois, due to the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act. You may recall that Google's Arts & Culture app had similar geographic provisions.

(Now I'm wondering: does BIPA apply to dogs?)

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