Real-Time Hazard Alert System Using Edge Camera Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to provide real-time alerts to workers in dangerous conditions, often relying on hierarchical communication structures that hinder accident prevention and are resource-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing edge devices with processors that analyze camera feeds, detect hazardous events and persons, and generate alerts to gateway devices, which communicate with wireless modules to relay warnings directly to affected personnel, ensuring timely and accurate notification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If hierarchical communication structures are used to alert workers, then communication protocol simplicity is maintained, but accident prevention effectiveness deteriorates and response time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the alert communication process into independent parallel components: camera systems detect hazards independently, gateway devices process alerts independently, and wireless modules deliver notifications independently. This segmentation eliminates hierarchical bottlenecks and enables simultaneous operation of multiple alert pathways, reducing response time while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from vertical hierarchical communication to a multi-dimensional parallel architecture where cameras, gateways, and wireless devices operate across multiple simultaneous dimensions. This dimensional shift enables concurrent hazard detection, processing, and notification delivery, eliminating the sequential time loss inherent in hierarchical structures.
2Productivity
If conventional hierarchical alert systems are implemented, then system structure simplicity is maintained, but resource expenditure increases and operational efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and eliminates unnecessary hierarchical intermediaries from the alert communication chain. By directly connecting cameras to gateway devices and gateway devices to wireless modules, the patent removes redundant processing layers that consumed resources without adding value, thereby improving operational efficiency while reducing energy expenditure.
Solution Approach 2:
Each component in the alert system performs self-service functions: cameras autonomously detect hazards, gateway devices autonomously process and route alerts, and wireless modules autonomously deliver notifications. This self-service architecture eliminates the need for resource-intensive hierarchical coordination, improving productivity while reducing overall resource consumption.
3Reliability
If automated real-time alert systems are deployed, then safety monitoring effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway device serves multiple functions simultaneously: receiving camera feeds, detecting hazards, calculating distances, determining alert priorities, and routing notifications to appropriate wireless devices. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate complex subsystems into a single unified component, improving safety monitoring while managing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway device acts as an intermediary that simplifies the interaction between cameras and wireless modules. By centralizing hazard detection and alert routing logic in the gateway, the patent reduces the complexity burden on individual components while maintaining effective safety monitoring through automated real-time operations.
Data Source
AI summary
According to some embodiments, disclosed are systems and methods for a novel framework of real-time event alert detection and communication. The disclosed framework operates by analyzing live-feeds of captured video at location and determining whether events lend towards a dangerous activity, then automatically alerting the users involved as to potential and/or imminent harm awaiting their actions. Rather than alerting one user, or a manger, as in conventional systems, the disclosed technology may evidence a communication relay among devices at a location, devices of users involved, as well as devices (and devices of users) overseeing operations within which the dangerous activity is anticipated or detected. This may lead to improved safety at and/or around workplace environments, as well as improved operational efficiency, thereby leading to reduced costs, reduced overhead and a reduction in resource expenditure.