1150 results about "Visual monitoring" patented technology

A system and method of visual monitoring of a work implement (e.g., a welding torch) while a task is being performed (e.g., forming a welding joint) to train workers (e.g., apprentices, inexperienced workers) in proper welding technique, for example) and/or to evaluate the worker's use of a particular work implement (e.g., to determine if the welding torch was held in a desired relationship to the items being welded together, determine if the welding torch formed the joint at the current speed, etc.). In general, one or more cameras may acquire images of a target secured to and/or formed on the work implement. The images may be analyzed to provide feedback to the user, to be evaluated for weld integrity purposes; and/or may be used to compare the performance of a task (e.g., forming a welding joint) with a database of one or more profiles made by experienced and/or expert craftsmen.

An automotive vehicle anti-theft, anti-vandalism and anti-carjacking system utilizing a visual monitoring system for reducing the incidence of theft or vandalism of an automotive vehicle and an emergency notification system is disclosed. The monitoring system comprises a plurality of video cameras mounted interior and exterior to the vehicle and interfacing electronics within the vehicle adapted for detecting motion exterior to the vehicle and video recording in the direction of the detected motion. The system comprises interior RF video cameras positioned adjacent to the interior front and rear windshields and exterior video cameras placed within the left and right side mirrors. The system is capable of providing visual monitoring data to a mobile communications device via a wireless internet connection or to a wireless dedicated monitor via a Radio Frequency (RF) link.

The invention discloses a digital twinning evolution mechanism and method for an intelligent mine scene, the digital twinning is formed by mutual coupling and evolution integration of a physical model, a logic model, a simulation model and a data model, and the method comprises the following steps: (1) defining the physical model; (2) representing the logic model; (3) establishing a simulation model; (4) optimizing the simulation model; (5) verifying the simulation model; (6) constructing a data model; and (7) performing digital twinning integration. According to the invention, by constructinga digital twinning model, data mirroring and information interaction between a digital twinning body and a physical entity are realized, and object twinning, process twinning and performance twinningof the physical entity and a virtual space digital twinning body are realized; according to the invention, through a digital twinning evolution mechanism and method, remote visual monitoring of a physical space intelligent mine scene is realized in a virtual space intelligent mine scene, and intelligent perception, real-time monitoring, accurate positioning and health prediction are carried out on mine application scene equipment.

A progress management system employing a progress map that enables the visual monitoring of the progress status of an overall operation, the amount of each task, progress status or the like for each person in charge, in addition to the status of progress of each task, on a single screen. A progress management screen 2100 includes a progress map display portion 2110 and a person-in-charge list display portion 2120. The progress map display portion 2110, based on a Gantt chart, shows a progress map consisting of task units 2111 indicating individual tasks and a connection line connecting adjacent task units 2111 in a graph structure. On a task unit 2111, persons in charge of associated tasks, progress ratio 2112, and a task unit value 2114 based on the progress ratio 2112 and value 2113 are displayed. In the person-in-charge list display portion 2120, a list of persons in charge with associated task units and a sum of task unit values for each person in charge are displayed as a person-in-charge result value 2121.

The invention provides a substation equipment operation and maintenance simulation training system and method based on augmented reality. The system comprises a training management server, an AR subsystem and a training live-action visual monitoring subsystem; the AR subsystem comprises a binocular stereoscopic vision three-dimensional perception unit used for identifying, tracking and registering target equipment, a display unit making a displayed virtual scene overlaid on an actual scene, a gesture recognition unit used for recognizing actions of a user and a voice recognition unit used for recognizing voice of the user; the training live-action visual monitoring subsystem comprises a multi-view stereoscopic vision measurement and tracking camera and a equipment state monitoring video camera which are arranged in the actual scene; the equipment state monitoring video camera is used for recognizing the working condition of substation equipment, and the multi-view stereoscopic vision measurement and tracking camera is used for obtaining three-dimensional space coordinates of the substation equipment in the actual scene, measuring three-dimensional space coordinates of trainees on the training site and tracking and measuring walking trajectories of the trainees.

The invention discloses a system and method for visual tracking, and belongs to the technical field of visual monitoring. The method comprises the following steps: (1) collecting and inputting real-time monitoring images and target images, (2) matching the local features of the collected images and the target images, (3) finding a dense region of feature points through a clustering classification algorithm, and calculating the coordinate of a centroid where a target is located, (4) cutting out images close to the centroid, multiplying the images by a two-dimensional Gauss template, and pre-processing images to be matched, (5) carrying out overall color matching on the images to be matched and the target images in a RGB three-color channel, (6) analyzing the motion trail of the centroid, predicating a position where the centroid is likely to appear at the next moment, outputting the offset coordinate of the target relative to the center of a monitoring and shooting image in real time, and controlling a camera to track the motion trail of a suspicious target. The method can accurately find the centroid of the suspicious target and reduces the time complexity and the space complexity of target detection, meanwhile, the potential position of the target at the next moment is predicated, and real-time tracking of the suspicious target is achieved.

The invention discloses a visual monitoring traceability system for animal husbandry products. The system comprises a production information acquisition subsystem, a video information acquisition subsystem, a control subsystem and a query traceability subsystem, wherein the production information acquisition subsystem is used for collecting whole course raising information in livestock production so as to transmit the raising information to a cloud server; the video information acquisition subsystem is used for collecting video information of livestock activities, breeding environments and production work details; production information collected by the production information acquisition subsystem is transmitted to the cloud server through the control subsystem, and information of a breeding factory is transmitted to a handheld data manager and/or a feeding trolley which is connected with the control subsystem through the control subsystem; the query traceability subsystem can obtain the corresponding whole course raising information and the video information by querying the cloud server, and safe visual monitoring traceability is achieved. The invention further discloses a visual monitoring traceability method for the animal husbandry products. According to the system and method, visual monitoring traceability of livestock products can be achieved, and the problems that information is simple, one-sided and prone to disorder and one-to-one correspondence visual traceability is hard to achieve in an existing traceability system are solved.

A renewable energy, utility size electric power system is provided with a high voltage, renewable energy harvesting network connected by a direct current link to a centralized grid synchronized multiphase regulated current source inverter system. The harvesting network includes distributed renewable energy power optimizers and transmitters that control delivery of renewable energy to the grid synchronized multiphase regulated current source inverter system. A visual immersion monitoring and control system can be provided for a three-dimensional, visually-oriented, virtual reality display, command and control environment.

The invention relates to an intelligent control method of visual monitoring and visual servo of tumor radiation therapy. The method comprises: (1) according to multi-mode medical images and multi-vision optical images collected by a radiation-oncology-plan-stage simulation and positioning medical imaging system, a radiation-oncology-positioning-stage treatment room internal optical imaging system, and a radiation-oncology-plan-execution-stage onboard medical imaging system and the like, intelligent analysis processing is carried out to monitor, identify and localize a tumor radiotherapy target and an organ at risk, radiotherapy beds with patients, radiotherapy equipment, and the auxiliary treatment staff and objects in a treatment room during the whole radiotherapy process; and (2), on the basis of optical images and/or medical images collected at different stages of the tumor radiotherapy process as well as the quality guaranteeing requirement of the clinical radiotherapy process, a multi-stage multi-vision servo intelligent control system (algorithm) is used for carrying out intelligent, automatic, high-precision, high-robust visual servo control on the radiotherapy beds, radiotherapy equipment, the onboard medical image system, and the optical imaging system in the treatment room during the tumor radiotherapy process.

The invention discloses a dynamic and static combined loading rock test machine and test method used for multiphase coupling. The machine comprises a visual confining pressure loading chamber module, air pressure control modules, a dynamic loading module and constant volume modules; and the loading chamber of the visual confining pressure loading chamber module is a steel cylinder structure with a square outside and a circular inside, three surfaces of the loading chamber has windows, high borosilicate glass is embedded in every window to realize the visualization of the test process, an opening in one surface of the loading chamber is provided with a rear door which is convenient to replace and take a test piece, and various monitoring devices are arranged in the loading chamber and are led out through sensor lead wires of a baseboard to realize real-time monitoring of all physical-mechanical parameters of the test piece in the test process. The machine has the advantages of small size, simple structure, convenience in dismounting, and realization of accurate, quantitative and visual monitoring of the adsorption-desorption characteristic of a coal rock standard test piece in different load forms and coupling form and the permeability and the damage dilatancy process of gas-containing coal body in different loading stages.

The invention particularly relates to a method for automatically deploying and managing big data clusters through a Docker container. Docker mirror images related to Hadoop big data cluster automatic deployment are constructed by compiling a Docker file and include a Server side mirror image and an Agent side mirror image. A distributed framework composed of a Server side, multiple Agent sides and a Web side is constructed by using the Docker mirror images, and service of deploying Hadoop related big data clusters is automatically started. Management and configuration tuning of the clusters are achieved through Web pages, workloads of operation and maintenance staff are reduced, meanwhile operation states of the clusters, a host and assemblies can be visually obtained through visual monitoring, work efficiency of the operation and maintenance staff is improved, accordingly big data cluster deployment speed is remarkably increased, the deployment process is simplified, and the hardware resource utilization rate is reduced.

The invention relates to the field of electric power system monitoring, in particular to a cable 10kV high voltage ring main unit remote monitoring and control system which is used for conducting real-time monitoring of operation conditions of power distribution facilities and distribution cable lines, realizing early warning and alarming of abnormal and failure states and postmortem analysis after accidents, and controlling and regulating the operating environment of equipment through remote operation. According to the cable 10kV high voltage ring main unit remote monitoring and control system, grid smart operation management serves as the target, various on-line monitoring techniques are integrated, and monitoring cameras, a fan and solar equipment are installed in a switching station; the system can be used for checking the information of the monitoring cameras in the switching station in real time, monitoring the operating state of the fan, realizing the early warning and alarming of the abnormal and failure states and the postmortem analysis after the accidents, realizing dynamic evaluation of health conditions of the equipment, and realizing remote operation control over monitoring of the equipment; a multi-dimensional display technology is combined, safe and reliable operation capacity of a distribution network is enhanced, trouble shooting efficiency and maintenance efficiency are improved, and therefore a complete set of grid visual monitoring system is formed.

A system and method for observing patients in geographically dispersed health care locations. A patient is assigned to a health care location comprising a patient visual monitoring system, a patient audio receiver, and a patient controller. The visual monitoring system is responsive tri-axially to command signals received via a patient controller connected to the network. The patient controller sends patient imaging data and patient audio data to a remote command center via the network. A computerized patient care management system comprising the remote command center monitors patient data, patient imaging data, and patient audio data determines from the patient data, the patient imaging data, and the patient audio data if intervention with the selected patient is warranted.

A clinical (or other) event triggers automatic video recording of an area in the vicinity of a patient on a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) by a CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) for storage in an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) using coded data (e.g., identifying event type, date, time, duration) and alerts medical personnel to events requiring intervention. A system for remote monitoring of a patient, includes a video camera positioned for monitoring a patient care area. A camera management processor initiates activation of image acquisition by the camera in response to detection of a signal derived in response to a trigger condition. A video recording unit stores data representing acquired video images in response to camera activation.

The invention discloses an intelligent integrated online monitoring system and method for underground cable operation. The online monitoring system comprises a monitoring center as well as a cable anti-stealing detection unit, a cable video monitoring unit, a cable joint temperature monitoring unit, a cable metal sheath grounding current monitoring unit, an environment gas monitoring unit, a cable tunnel water level monitoring unit and a cable tunnel smoke monitoring unit which are connected with the monitoring center respectively. According to the system and the method, various sensors and mutual inductors are adopted to monitor cables and cable environments, the monitoring center masters the operation conditions of the cables in real time and gives an alarm when a normal condition happens, a worker is reminded to clear a fault in time, and large potential safety hazard is avoided; with the adoption of anti-stealing monitoring, the possibility of stealing of the cables is eliminated, in combination of video monitoring, the missing report caused by visual fatigue is prevented, one all-weather dead-zone-free monitoring platform is established, so that visual monitoring of important positions in cable tunnels is realized, manual inspection is replaced, the labor cost is reduced, the time is saved, further, videos can be stored and taken, and later maintenance is facilitated.

The invention discloses an embedded computer vision escalator pedestrian flow supervision and alarm device, which performs supervision and alarm on the pedestrian flow of an escalator so as to ensure the safety of passengers on the escalator. The technical scheme is that the device comprises the following components: an image acquisition device for taking images at the escalator; an embedded computer vision escalator pedestrian flow supervision and alarm system which comprises a computer vision monitoring module comprising an image acquisition submodule, a storage submodule, an analysis submodule, a comparison engine, an alarm operation module, an alarming apparatus, wherein the image acquisition submodule is used for acquiring the images of the passengers on the escalator; the storage submodule is provided with a visual video storage database inside for storing the acquired videos; the analysis submodule is used for analyzing the acquired images; the comparison engine is used for comparing an analysis value with a preset safety range; the alarm operation module is used for sending alarm signals to the passengers according to the obtained abnormal behavior conclusion; and the alarming apparatus is used for performing caution actions. The escalator pedestrian flow supervision and alarm device is applied in the field of escalator safety supervision devices.

The present invention relates generally to both a system and method for visually (e.g., via a video-based system or some other visual system) monitoring one or more objects where such objects are obscured by a high intensity light source such as a plasma, flame, or welding arc. In one embodiment, a system in accordance with the present invention comprises a digital camera, at least one light emitting diode (LED) light source, and at least one filter. In another embodiment, a system in accordance with the present invention comprises a digital camera, at least one light emitting diode (LED) light source, and at least one filter selected from a notch filter, a neutral density filter, or combinations thereof. Additionally, the system of the present invention can further include software designed to process, interpret and/or collect various data captured by the visual monitoring, or, imaging, system of the present invention.

The invention discloses a swing arm type track explosive-handling robot. The swing arm type track explosive-handling robot comprises a car body, a mechanical arm, a mechanical jaw and a visual monitoring system, wherein the car body (4) comprises a box (20), four tires (7), four tire track wheels (19), two tire tracks (16), four small track wheels (5), four swing arm tracks (6) and two sets of swing arms (10); the tires (7), the tire track wheels (19), the tire tracks (16), the small track wheels (5) and the swing arm tracks (6) are symmetrically arranged at the two sides of the box; the two sets of swing arms are respectively positioned at the front side and back side of the box; and a tire motor (23) and a swing arm motor (22) are fixedly connected with the box. The swing arms (10) are driven by the swing arm motor (22) to vertically move. The invention further provides a walking method of the robot. The robot can smoothly walk in a complex terrain.

The invention relates to a driving safety auxiliary system based on road surface image analysis. The driving safety auxiliary system comprises a visual monitoring module, a classification bank module, a vehicle parameter monitoring module, a road surface allowed-maximum-friction-force calculating module and a displaying and prompting module. According to the driving safety auxiliary system based on road surface image analysis, by utilizing the method of image processing, monitoring is conducted on the characteristics (maximum friction factors) of the road surface appearing at present and the front, allowed maximum friction force of the present road surface and the front road surface is calculated, and moreover a safe drive (tractive force / brake force) prompt is provided for a driver so that the driver can programme the tractive force or the brake force of a vehicle timely to enable speed change of the vehicle to meet the requirements for safe driving and timely following-change of a vehicle behind.

A system facilitates visual monitoring of a dangerous location. The system includes a stationary camera device (110) and at least one mobile display device (120) corresponding to at least one vehicle. The camera device (110) captures a video image of the dangerous location and transmits video signals representative of the captured video image. The display device (120) receives the video signals from the camera device (110) when the corresponding vehicle is in proximity to the camera device (110) and presents the video signals as a video image of the dangerous location to a driver of the vehicle.

The invention relates to an intelligent integrated inspection device for a power transmission line. The inspection device comprises a state monitoring module, a visual monitoring module, a data processing module and a transmission module, wherein the state monitoring module is used for collecting operation state parameters related to a power transmission line, the visual monitoring module is usedfor collecting visual information of a specified target, intelligently analyzing the visual information and generating image abnormal data of the power transmission line, and the data processing module is used for carrying out inspection analysis on the operation state parameters and generating state abnormal data of the power transmission line. According to the invention, the collected information is analyzed and processed through the state monitoring module, the data processing module and the visual monitoring module, and abnormal data is updated, so that the data volume transmission is greatly reduced, and the analysis burden of the monitoring center is reduced; and the data processing module is used for controlling the uploading or storage of the abnormal data by judging the network state, so that the data loss is reduced, and the hidden danger is effectively prevented.