IndustryInfrastructure integrity
CAM-307
The containment is full to the brim and already spilling over
Midday in the drum yard. The yellow containment is full of dark liquid right up to the rim: the four IBCs and the six blue drums have their bases under water. At the near corner the liquid is falling outside and spreading across the concrete toward the drain grating. An operator in a white hard hat watches from the aisle without stepping in. On the ground there’s an absorbent sock, still not laid out. IRIS reads the level against the yellow rim and sees where the puddle is heading.
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AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognizes in this scene
- containment full to the rim
- liquid falling over the corner
- puddle spreading across the concrete
- drain grating
- absorbent sock not laid out
What this camera measures
An alert says something’s happening. The reading says how much.
- 9 minTime since the containment reached the rim
- 4IBCs inside the containment
- 6Drums inside the containment
- 3People in the area
- 12:18Time of the alert
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
the liquid in a containment reaches the rim or starts running outside
Then
- alert the environment manager with the camera, the containment and the time
- save the video from the moment the level started rising
- log the incident with the containment, the time and where the puddle was heading
The instruction that set it up«Tell me if the level in a containment reaches the rim, or if liquid starts running outside toward a drain.»
What changes
What changes for whoever answers for the plant
A full containment stops being a barrier: whatever spills after that goes straight onto the concrete, and from the concrete into the network. By the time somebody sees it, the puddle is already outside. With the camera, the environment manager finds out while the level is rising and before it reaches the grating. And there’s video with a timestamp, which is exactly what the environmental incident log asks for when it’s time to explain what happened and when.
What people usually ask
Does the camera know what liquid is in the containment?
No. IRIS sees that there’s liquid, how far up the yellow rim it comes and where it’s escaping. What it is — rainwater, spilled product or a mix of the two — comes from whoever samples it. And that difference matters: a containment full of water gets emptied, one with product is handled as waste. The camera adds the minute, the picture and where the puddle was heading, which is what you need in order to act.
Can it measure how many gallons are in there?
Not in gallons. A camera reads the level against a physical reference it can see: the rim of the containment, a painted mark, the base of a drum. That gives a reliable “it has reached the rim” alert, which is what you need to react in time. An exact volume comes from a level probe or from the containment calculation, not from the picture. IRIS counts what’s visible and says it with the time.
Is it any use if the containment has filled up with rainwater?
Yes, and in practice that’s the most common case. A containment full of water no longer retains anything, so the alert is just as valid. Plants usually write two rules: one for a high level, dealt with within the shift, and one for liquid running outside, which is urgent. What counts as urgent is decided by the plant, not by the camera: IRIS runs the rule and provides the picture.
Other cameras
- CAM-300 · The drum arriving at the station isn’t the one on the order
- CAM-301 · Flammables, corrosives and oxidizers in the same containment
- CAM-302 · The tanker hose, coupled to the forbidden manifold
- CAM-303 · The tanker is still connected and nobody’s watching it
- CAM-304 · Two drums with the label torn off in the marked bay
- CAM-305 · The IBC has sagged onto a broken pallet and is dripping on the floor
Simulation · how IRIS works
Everything comes in. Only what matters gets through.
This sums up what IRIS does with one alert, from the moment it appears until it’s closed. The real screen holds far more; this is the main thread.
- Four cameras at once
- Each understands its own view
- The numbers climb by themselves
Next step
What does a venue with twenty thousand people inside see?
15 cases: 11 raise an alert when something happens and 4 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
When does a bad review get decided?
15 cases: 11 raise an alert when something happens and 4 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
You write the rule yourself, in your own words.Nobody has to program it for you.
“Tell me if a fire door is left open.” That’s the whole rule. From then on it applies on every camera and at any hour, without ever touching it again.
Tell us your problem and we’ll say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
A person answers, the same working day.