CAM-221
A side frame that does not belong to this body
Morning shift at the assembly station. A silver body shell sits on the skid. To the left, on a wheeled trolley, waits a side frame whose shape does not match the opening on that body: it belongs to another variant. An operator in hi-vis stands beside the trolley, comparing the two. In the aisle, two colleagues watch the line. IRIS sees which part is ready at the station and compares it with the expected variant.
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AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognises in this scene
- side frame from another variant on the trolley
- body shell at the station
- operator comparing the part with the body shell
- operator waiting beside the line
- parts trolley for the station
- next body shell on the line
What this camera measures
An alert says something is happening. The reading says how much.
- 58Body shells through the station this shift
- 3 min 40 sTime the body has been at the station
- 3People in shot
- 2Unexpected-part alerts this shift
- 09:12Time 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 part ready at the station does not match the expected variant
Then
- alert the line manager with the station, the time and the image of the part
- save the video of the part beside the body shell before it is fitted
- attach the alert to the body shell currently at the station
The instruction that set it up«Tell me when the part ready at the station is not the variant due for that body shell.»
What changes
What changes for whoever answers for the plant
If the wrong frame does get fitted, the mistake only shows up at final inspection, with twenty more bodies behind it. Pulling it out then costs hours of line time and rework. With the camera the alert goes out while the part is still on the trolley, with the station, the time and the image of the part next to the body. Whether it gets fitted is decided by the line manager, not by the system.
What people usually ask
How does IRIS know which variant is due on each body shell?
The plant tells it. The production order comes from the manufacturing system, not from the camera: IRIS is told which variant belongs to the unit at the station. What it adds is the other half: seeing the part that is actually ready, comparing its shape with the expected one, and flagging it with the image and the exact minute when the two do not match.
What if the part is covered or face down in the trolley?
Then there is no alert, and that is deliberate. A camera only compares what enters its frame. If the part is covered, turned away or out of shot, IRIS does not assess it and stays silent. It never passes a part it has not seen: saying that it could not be checked is more useful than saying it was fine.
Does IRIS stop the line when it finds the wrong part?
No. IRIS does not act on any machine: it alerts. It sends the station, the time and the image to whoever runs the line, and that person decides whether to stop, swap the part or carry on. What deserves an alert and what happens next is written by the plant, not by the camera.
Other cameras
Simulation · how IRIS works
No extra alarms here. Just what needs looking at.
Not a recorded video, not an explanatory drawing: a summary of the real screen, with a different case every time it starts. There is a lot more behind it.
- The alert fires
- You open it
- You confirm or dismiss
Next step
Who watches the cameras of a whole city?
23 cases: 18 raise an alert when something happens and 5 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
Who watches an entire motorway?
10 cases: 8 raise an alert when something happens and 2 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
You do not need to buy cameras:you need yours to understand what they see.
Nothing gets built, mounted or rewired. It plugs into what is already up and running, and the only thing that changes is what those cameras understand.
Tell us your problem and we will say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
We reply the same working day.