Case studies / computer vision
Illustrative use case
Computer vision · industrial camera AI
Visual OEE insight and edge-first event evidence
An illustrative pattern when the commercial need is performance visibility first — track products, cartons or pallets visually for cycle time, queues and interruptions, and keep evidence at the edge so raw video never has to stream to the cloud.
Badge: Illustrative use case — composite pattern for Australian industrial ops. Not a named-client success story. No invented ROI, OEE or downtime metrics. Real projects stay on Projects →.
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How this illustrative pattern typically runs — friction, build shape and intended change.
CHALLENGE
OEE and bottleneck conversations depended on PLC projects, historian access or manual counts. Leadership wanted throughput and interruption context sooner than a controls integration could be scoped. When something changed, alerts lacked reviewable evidence.
APPROACH
Use vision to observe flow through the sequence and surface cycle times, waiting, throughput and interruptions independent of the control system. Pair each material event with edge-held pre/post clips, overlays and severity — metadata upstream, evidence on-site.
OUTCOME
Faster performance conversations without waiting on PLC access — and evidence people can review. Illustrative only; no invented OEE lifts. Real delivery cards stay on Projects when approved.
Tech notes
Vision, edge and integrations with explicit human checkpoints.
Vision
Object/flow tracking for cycle, queue and interruption signals; event classification with clips.
Edge-first
Cameras → dedicated network → NVR → edge processing; cloud receives metadata and selected evidence.
Integrations
Dashboards, email/SMS; PLC or MES later if the plant chooses — not a prerequisite for first insight.
Guardrails
No unsupervised line control. Retention limited to stated purpose; humans own response.
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