Hong KongPublic sector2025 – ongoingHong Kong Police Force
SmartView crowd counting with a large language model
Hong Kong Police used SmartView's AI crowd counting at major events
Problem
Hong Kong's harbour reflections and dense lighting complicated crowd-density estimation. Police needed usable crowd estimates to support event management.
Approach
Police added people-counting technology to SmartView, their public-space CCTV system. An operations superintendent said it used a large language model to address local viewing conditions. The force deployed the function at multiple major events, including the 2025 National Day fireworks display.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
Police reported operational use at large events, but did not publish counting accuracy or a comparison with manual estimates.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Public sector
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Generative AIComputer vision
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Goal
- Quality and risk
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
A police superintendent explained the use of a large language model for SmartView crowd counting under Hong Kong's lighting conditions. The government reported deployments at major events, including the National Day fireworks. It did not provide a numerical accuracy result for crowd counting.
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