CAM-132
The whole break in the same spot
A covered walkway between the yard and the building, seen from above. Down the far end two classmates come along talking, and a girl with a backpack walks past against the wall. On the other side of the coloured railing, the rest of the group is playing on the court. On the right, sitting on the ground against the wall in the shade, is a child with his knees pulled up and his bag beside him. He has been there the whole break. IRIS sees that: a place and a length of time. Nothing else, and it claims nothing else.
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What IRIS understands
What it recognises in this scene
- child in the same spot
- classmates walking past
- someone passing by the wall
- empty bench
- the game, on the other side
What this camera measures
An alert says something is happening. The reading says how much.
- 22 minin the same spot for
- 15 minthreshold set by the school
- 4breaks in a row the same
- 9people who walked the walkway
- 0people who stopped
- 11:12time 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
a child has been in the same spot longer than the school has set and has not gone near any group
Then
- let the pastoral lead know, with the camera and the spot — no name, no record
- say how long it has been and how many breaks in a row the same thing has happened
- log the time and the place, so the team can see whether it is a one-off or a habit
The instruction that set it up«Tell me if a child spends the whole break in the same spot without going near any group, and tell me too if it repeats day after day.»
What changes
What changes for the school team
The child who makes noise gets noticed. The one who stays still in a corner does not: no trouble, no attention, and the break is over. A teacher on duty would see it if she could be everywhere at once, and she cannot. This is a fact of place and clock — this spot, this long, this many breaks in a row — reaching the team so that somebody goes over and talks to him. That is all. It does not say anything is wrong with that child, it does not label him and it does not open anything against anyone: it exists so an adult sits down next to him, which is the only thing that actually helps.
What people usually ask
Does this detect that a child is sad or being left out?
No, and saying otherwise would be a lie. IRIS sees two measurable things: that somebody has been in the same spot for a long time, and that it repeats. It does not read faces, it does not read moods, and it does not know whether that child is alone because he wants to be, because he fell out with someone, or because today he feels like reading. The reading does not say anything is wrong with him: it says it is worth somebody going over to ask. The interpreting is done by the teacher, the form tutor or the counsellor, with what they know about that child and that class.
Is it recorded who that child is?
No. IRIS does not identify any minor: it does not recognise faces, it does not compare them against any database, it does not store who anyone is and it keeps no record on any pupil. The alert says there is a child at that spot and for how long, and that is as far as it goes. It cannot be used — and must not be used — to open a disciplinary report on a child.
What if he simply likes being on his own?
Then nothing is wrong, and the team will know as soon as somebody goes over. That is why the alert is not an accusation or an alarm: it is a note for someone to walk past. It is also why the school sets the threshold, not us: if a school decides it only wants to hear about it when it repeats over several breaks in a row, that is how it is configured. A rule that fires every day about everybody is one nobody looks at a week later.
Demo · IRIS at work
You set the rule once. IRIS applies it every time.
You will see a summary of the interface, played step by step and hands-free. Each round starts with another case. The complete tool does not fit in a demo.
- Checks the whole system
- Flags what is failing
- Puts it on one screen
Next step
How long does it take to find a hand played two hours ago?
12 cases: 9 raise an alert when something happens and 3 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
What does a shopping centre see beyond the visitor count?
12 cases: 4 raise an alert when something happens and 8 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
If the camera does not show it,IRIS does not see it. We say so up front, not afterwards.
No camera sees through a wall or in complete darkness. We would rather show you where the limit is, and place what you have well, than promise something that never appears on screen.
Tell us your problem and we will say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
We reply the same working day.