Video Seek Bar Metadata Overlay for Multi-Source Event Review
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Solution Overview
Problem
Industrial gateway devices and controller systems are challenging to configure and monitor, especially for non-technical users, due to complex data processing and real-time analysis requirements in manufacturing environments, leading to inefficiencies and safety issues.
Innovation Solution
A system with a local video gateway connected to multiple cameras and sensors, utilizing AI or machine learning to process data and generate metadata for automated alerts and control, allowing for efficient monitoring and control of machines, and providing a user interface for programming events and alerts based on video and sensor data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If data from hundreds of sensors, cameras, and machines is manually gathered and reviewed, then complete data analysis is achieved, but the process becomes time-consuming and laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical data gathering and review processes with automated computer-based systems. The system automatically collects data from multiple sensors, cameras, and machines, processes it through algorithms, and generates actionable insights without human intervention, thereby eliminating time loss while maintaining analysis completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically gathering, processing, and analyzing data from multiple sources without requiring manual intervention. The automated processing pipeline includes data collection, processing, analysis, and generation of actionable insights, allowing the system to serve itself and eliminate the need for human operators to manually review data.
2Manufacturing precision
If configuration of industrial gateway devices is performed manually with detailed programming, then precise control is achieved, but the process becomes time-consuming and difficult for non-technical users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses template-based configuration where pre-defined configuration templates capture complex device settings. Users can select from standardized templates that replicate proven configurations, eliminating the need for manual programming while maintaining precision. The system copies and adapts these templates to specific devices, providing both accuracy and ease of use.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides universal configuration capabilities that work across multiple device types and scenarios. A single standardized interface and template system can configure various industrial gateway devices, sensors, and cameras, making the system universally applicable and easy to operate regardless of the specific device being configured.
3Ease of operation
If video content from multiple cameras is streamed to a remote server, then centralized access is achieved, but internet bandwidth is consumed and data privacy may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments video processing functions between local gateway devices and remote servers. Each local gateway processes and analyzes video content independently, generating only essential metadata and alerts for remote transmission. This segmentation reduces bandwidth consumption while maintaining centralized access capabilities through selective data sharing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts only essential information from video content for remote transmission. Instead of streaming complete video feeds to the server, the local gateway extracts key events, metadata, and alerts, transmitting only these extracted elements to the remote server. This maintains centralized access to critical information while minimizing bandwidth consumption and protecting data privacy.
4Loss of information
If complete video feeds are transmitted to the cloud, then full data availability is achieved, but data privacy concerns arise and bandwidth is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only essential information from complete video feeds for cloud transmission. Local gateways process video content and extract key events, metadata, and actionable insights, transmitting only these extracted elements to the cloud. This maintains data availability for analysis while protecting privacy by keeping sensitive raw video data locally and reducing bandwidth usage.
Data Source
AI summary
A management server receives a request to view video content; access a stream of video content corresponding to the request; access and store, in one or more databases, metadata associated with the video content, wherein the metadata includes a plurality of detections and was generated by the video gateway device based on an analysis of the video content and previously uploaded to a remote computing device; generating and causing display of a user interface that includes: the stream of the video content, a seek bar configured to be manipulated by a user so that the user can navigate through the video content, and the metadata overlaid on the seek bar such that the plurality of detections are overlaid at locations on the seek bar corresponding to when the plurality of detections were detected.