Modern Human is an award-winning design consultancy that designs products, services, and environments using emerging technologies like machine learning and computer vision. They help clients apply these technologies through design. The document describes Modern Human's work designing a privacy-sensitive computer vision product and interface that uses existing cameras and machine learning to gain insights from spaces. It outlines their process of starting with a technical prototype, redesigning the user experience and interface with an ontology and lexicon of recognition, and simplifying it to three main screens (Insight, Space, Device) for editing detection zones and floor plans.

1. Finding a Compelling Value
Proposition for Emerging
Technologies
Designing with machine learning
and computer vision

2. Paul-Jervis Heath
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3. Imagine what’s next…
Modern Human is an award-winning, multidisciplinary
design practice and innovation consultancy. We
design products, services and environments that
enrich modern life.
Modern Human empowers and liberates people
through design.

4. Fresh thinking…
on exceptional projects for an eclectic range of clients

5. Design that makes a difference
Our impact and awards
Design Effectiveness
Awards
Winner 2019
Design Effectiveness
Awards
Winner 2021
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6. Small but Mighty
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7. Our clients use us as a catalyst for
change. The spark that lights a fi
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8. A privacy sensitive, arti
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9. Using existing cameras to see…

10. …and machine learning to
interpret and analyse what is seen
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11. What uses could you put this to in…
a supermarket?
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12. What uses could you put this to in…
a coworking space?
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13. What uses could you put this to in…
a museum?

14. What uses could you put this to in…
a city?
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15. The possibilities and potential use
cases are almost limitless
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16. THE STARTING POINT
The engineers interface for a technical proof of concept
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19. Taking it back to the drawing
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20. OUR VISION
To reveal the power of the product through its user
interface
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21. Reconsidering the structure of the
App
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22. Laying out a lexicon of recognition
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23. insight [ɪnsʌɪt]
the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of
someone or something
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24. workflow [wəːkfəʊ]
the sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes
through which a piece of work passes from initiation to
completion
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25. instance [ɪnst(ə)ns]
an example or single occurrence of something
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26. space [speɪs]
a continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or
unoccupied
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27. Establishing an ontology of
recognition
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28. Simplicity, just three key screens
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29. Insight
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30. Space
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31. Device
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32. Editing Detection Zones and Floor Plans
When a user creates a new Detection Zone it is comprised of 4 main nodes in each corner and 4
sub nodes that appear between each main node. A straight line is always maintained between
main nodes. To enable this to happen both on and off site the background should either be a live
view from the Stream or the latest snapshot to be captured.
To change the shape of the detection zone a user can drag any node. When a sub node is
moved it turns into a main node and sub nodes appear either side. This allows for the user to
create a Detection that is as simple or as complicated as their situation requires. To aid this the
user can “pinch out” the screen to zoom in.

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