A CAMERA TO DETECT GUNSHOTS AND GUN-RELATED CRIME

A camera, roughly the size of that used for CCTV, can locate gunshots by detecting potassium emissions from the muzzle flash. Dubbed, ‘The K-line camera’ (K being the symbol for potassium on the periodic table), it can be integrated into a CCTV network in a hotspot area for gun-related crime. Gunshots and the location of the shooter are detected in real time, generating an early warning and recording for forensics investigation support, or reported to an operational command centre. 

The camera is intended to be comparable in size, weight, power consumption and cost to commercial-off-the-shelf CCTV cameras. A planned future version will be for dual use with both situational awareness and gunshot detection processing capabilities at the camera head.