Stereo Imagery Behavior Analysis for Automated Sanitary Enforcement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enforcing sanitary norms such as hand sanitization and avoiding close contact is technologically difficult, time-consuming, and manually laborious, particularly in specific activities or spaces.
Innovation Solution
A device utilizing a processor to analyze stereo imagery of an area containing objects, reconstructing a 3D area model and 3D skeletal model to identify movements and events, and take real-time actions based on identified events.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual enforcement of sanitary norms is used, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but time consumption and manual labor increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-service monitoring where the stereo imaging system and processor automatically detect, analyze, and enforce sanitary norm compliance without requiring manual intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously identifying behaviors, comparing them against predefined norms, and generating enforcement actions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical enforcement with an automated optical and computational system. Stereo cameras capture imagery, processors analyze the data to detect behaviors, and the system automatically enforces sanitary norms, substituting human manual labor with technological automation.
2Productivity
If automated systems are implemented to reduce manual labor, then productivity increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated enforcement system is divided into distinct functional modules: stereo imaging subsystem for data capture, processing subsystem for behavior analysis, and enforcement subsystem for norm application. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor is designed to perform multiple functions including image processing, behavior detection, norm comparison, and enforcement decision-making. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated devices for each task, thereby managing complexity while maintaining high productivity.
3Measurement precision
If stereo imagery analysis is used to detect behaviors, then measurement precision improves, but difficulty of detecting and measuring increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces intermediate processing stages including stereo image reconstruction, 3D model generation, and behavior pattern recognition algorithms. These intermediaries transform raw stereo imagery into structured data that is easier to analyze, thereby improving measurement precision while managing the complexity of behavior detection.
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AI summary
This disclosure enables various technologies for analyzing behaviors of objects or with respect to objects based on stereo imageries thereof. For example, such analysis may be useful in enforcement of certain actions by objects or with respect to objects, surveillance of objects or with respect to objects, or other situations involving analyzing behaviors of objects or with respect to objects.