CAM-555

A tool case, a coil of cable and some screws in the middle of the aisle

The job is finished and the aisle is not. On the floor there is an open tool case, a packing box, a coil of cable, a bunch of cable ties and a few loose screws on the tiles. The cabinet that was being worked on is still open. The person is already walking away down the aisle, back turned. Opposite is the grille the cold air comes up through. IRIS sees that objects have been left on the floor of a walkway, how much clear width they leave, and how long they have been there since the last person walked out.

CAM-555 · COLD AISLE · OBJECTS LEFT ON FLOOR

What IRIS understands

What it recognises in this scene

open tool case
loose screws and parts
open packing box
coil of cable on the floor
loose cable ties
open cabinet that was worked on
person walking away down the aisle
raised-floor grille

What this camera measures

An alert says something is happening. The reading says how much.

5Objects on the floor
12 minOn the floor for
0,95 mClear width left
11:24Last person out
11:12Video starts at

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.

objects are left on the floor of an aisle and ten minutes have passed since the last person walked out

Then

alert the hall manager with the camera, the aisle and the time
attach the image with every object marked separately
save the video from the moment the first object was set down

The instruction that set it up«Tell me if material is left on the floor of an aisle once nobody is working there any more.»

What changes

What changes for whoever answers for physical security on site

An open tool case in a narrow aisle is what somebody trips over when they come in at a run at three in the morning. A loose screw in front of an air grille is a different matter, and it ends up where it should not. Today this gets found on the next round, if there is a round. With this camera, the hall manager gets a warning the moment the aisle is left alone with the things still in it, with a picture of the exact spot and every object marked one by one. Picking it up takes two minutes when somebody knows where to look. The limit is honest: IRIS does not know whether the job is finished — the work sheet says that — it only knows that nobody is left and the things are still there.

What people usually ask

What if the material is there because the work is still going on?

That is why the rule waits. While somebody is working in that aisle there is no alert: IRIS sees people and stays quiet. The alert fires when the aisle is left empty and the things are still in it, and how long to wait is set by whoever writes the rule, not by us. In one hall it is ten minutes; in another, two. It is the same rule written once and applied the same way every time, at any hour and in every aisle.

Does it tell a forgotten tool case from a bin that is always there?

Yes, because what it watches is the change. What has always been part of the aisle raises no alert; what appears and stays does. And if something fixed is moved, you say so once and that is that: the fittings of an aisle are described in words, in one sentence, and that sentence holds for every shift. Decide once, and it is applied every time.

Do we need a new camera in every aisle?

No. The camera already looking at that aisle and only recording is the same one that can start warning you. You do not change the hardware: you change what is done with the picture. If the aisle has a blind spot, that does need fixing, and it shows up as soon as the area is drawn on the image.

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