This sounds interesting:

"Brands on the clothes of suspects caught on CCTV cameras could be used to help 
police track them down.
The Metropolitan Police is looking into technology which can automatically identify 
branded logos on clothing."

The technology is available already:

"The technology is already used to automatically identify company logos in TV 
broadcasts of sporting events."
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"Logo recognition is already widely used in sports broadcasting.

"The same tech we use in a Formula One race to find Castrol logos rushing past at 200mph 
we can use to find DKNY baseball caps on backwards in young men the police are looking for to 
help them with their inquiries", said OmniPerception's chief executive David 
McIntosh."

More at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7124735.stm

- Juha-Matti
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