Critical infrastructureProduction efficiency
CAM-148
A gate that isn’t seated in its frame
The face of the dam seen from the crest. In the middle bay, a sluice gate leaf has come to rest at an angle inside its frame, its bottom edge off its guide, and water is coming through the gap. The gate in the bay next door and the one above it in the same bay are seated in place, and serve as the comparison. Up top, a technician leaning on the handrail is looking down at it from the crest.
Turn on IRIS Vision
AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognizes in this scene
- gate out of its frame
- gate seated in place
- gate in the next bay
- technician on the crest
- water through the gap
What this camera measures
An alert says something’s happening. The reading says how much.
- 26 minOut of frame for
- 1 / 5Gates out of position
- 2 / 5Bays discharging
- 1People on the crest
- 3Position changes today
- 11:35Time
The figures on this screen are an example from the illustration, not any client’s measurement.
The series, not one figure
One number says nothing. A curve does.
This week’s movements and the ones that ended out of frame
- Position changes seen
- Ended out of its frame
| Slot | Position changes seen | Ended out of its frame |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 2 | 0 |
| Tue | 1 | 0 |
| Wed | 3 | 0 |
| Thu | 2 | 0 |
| Fri | 4 | 1 |
| Sat | 2 | 0 |
| Sun | 3 | 1 |
The figures on this screen are an example from the illustration, not any client’s measurement.
The rule
You decide once. IRIS applies it always.
If
a gate leaf appears in the picture out of its frame or out of line with the ones beside it
Then
- alert the operations manager with the camera, the bay and the video of the movement
- keep the frame before and the frame after, so the change of position can be seen
- log the change of position in the day’s series, with its time
The instruction that set it up«Tell me when a gate is not where it should be in its frame, and show me the movements it has made this week.»
What changes
What changes for whoever answers for the site
Eight thirty in the morning, and a technician is leaning on the rail looking down at the center bay from the crest. The leaf has been sitting there at an angle all night and nobody knew: at a dam, driving up to look at a gate can be half a morning, and until somebody does, the bay stays as it is. With IRIS the position of the leaf is checked on its own, all the time, and the alert comes with the frame before and the frame after. And the limit, spelled out: IRIS sees the position of the gate in the picture, it doesn’t read any remote control system, it doesn’t know what command was given and it doesn’t replace the dam’s instrumentation. That’s why it’s independent: if the control system says one thing and the picture says another, that’s what you need to know.
What people usually ask
Does IRIS know whether the gate has failed or was moved on purpose?
No, and it doesn’t claim to. IRIS sees the position of the gate in the picture: where the leaf is relative to its frame and to the ones beside it. It doesn’t read any remote control system, it doesn’t know what command was sent from the control room and it doesn’t replace the dam’s instrumentation. What it does is let somebody find out now that the leaf isn’t where it was, and whoever knows the site decides whether that’s normal or not.
And if the camera gets wet, the sun dazzles it or there’s fog?
Then the reading is worth less, and that has to be said. Everything IRIS understands here comes from the picture: if the picture isn’t there, there’s no reading, and the system says so instead of inventing one. That’s why this is one more check and not the only one. What you can do is choose the camera position and the framing carefully before anything is installed, which is where almost everything is won.
Does it identify the technician who appears in the picture?
No. IRIS identifies nobody: it does not recognize faces, it does not read license plates, it compares nothing against any database and it does not store who anyone is. It counts that there’s one person on the crest, which is a useful fact — if somebody is near the bay, the operation is decided differently — and nothing more.
A different case every time
Watch what happens. Then watch what IRIS does with it.
Not a recorded video and not a drawing: it’s a summary of the real tool, with a different case each time round. The whole tool doesn’t fit in a box.
- Cameras on the map
- You draw an area
- What passed shows up
Next step
Who is watching a whole quay at three in the morning?
14 cases: 13 raise an alert when something happens and one only measures. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
Who is watching the cameras of a whole branch network?
13 cases: 12 raise an alert when something happens and one only measures. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
Counting isn’t watching over anyone.It’s knowing how many went through, and when.
It’s what lets you compare: two Tuesdays, two doors, two seasons. Because it’s measured the same way every day, the comparison stands on its own.
Tell us your problem and we’ll say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
A person answers, the same working day.