Currently, the application of digital transformation solutions has helped change not only the working status, improve management methods, create motivation in increasing labor productivity, business activities in factories and industrial parks. In particular, AI applications in factories are increasingly widely used to help manage and operate effectively. Follow the article below to understand the applications of AI in the overall management and operation of factories.
The reality of monitoring systems in factories and industrial parks today
Factories and industrial parks are locations with a large number of employees as well as a huge amount of valuable assets that need to prioritize management and protection. Therefore, it is necessary to strictly ensure not only the security staff but also a security monitoring system. Normally, a factory monitoring system is a combination of smaller systems to meet the monitoring requirements of each area. However, every day, thousands of people enter and exit the factory, which poses many challenges for managers in controlling employees, goods, production activities as well as possible risks.
In fact, a factory monitoring system today is deployed with many camera devices, up to several hundred or even thousands of devices. However, they still use a model that combines cameras and recorders. Moreover, a conventional system can only perform the task of monitoring but cannot identify and warn early to prevent timely if risks occur.
Thus, it can be seen that this is an outdated system, unable to meet actual needs because it will cause many difficulties for business owners in managing, monitoring and operating the factory.
The major limitations of this outdated system are:
- It is difficult to replace or add camera devices of other brands to the system because the devices may not be compatible.
- The authorization mechanism still has many shortcomings and is complicated but still does not ensure security.
- The management software is not flexible, causing difficulties in connecting between factory systems: Alarm system, sound system, access control system…
- Operators cannot observe 24/24 continuously, so a lot of useful information and data can be missed.
- There are no smart features such as event marking to serve search and investigation when needed.
- If there is a need for intelligent data analysis, it is difficult to deploy integration, or requires a lot of investment costs.
Comprehensive factory management and operation solution
Helping business owners thoroughly solve the limitations and difficulties encountered when using the conventional monitoring model above, DNG Corp offers a comprehensive management and operation solution that applies AI in the factory. This solution is built on the leading professional and powerful video management software platform, Nx Witness.
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The solution model includes 3 main components:
- Flexible hardware: The solution is not limited by hardware, can be used on all types of hardware such as large servers, workstations, laptops, PCs, cameras from many different brands.
- Professional software: VMS Nx Witness software is designed to manage and control complex monitoring systems but has an extremely small installation capacity.
- Diverse AI Platform: Up to 20 important AI features, necessary when applied to factory models.
Not only that, with very low hardware requirements, managers will not need to spend too much investment costs to deploy or upgrade from the existing monitoring system.
Application of AI in the factory
The reason you should choose DNG Corp’s total solution for factory management and operation is that our solution applies up to 20 intelligent AI features to help identify and warn managers early while maintaining an excellent investment cost.
With a conventional monitoring system that is not integrated with AI, factory inspection requires a lot of personnel as well as monitoring time, giving inappropriate warnings to remind and discipline employees. But with the application of AI in the factory, the camera system will automatically scan all images, detect objects, and from there, warn managers if the location is lacking people, strangers enter, labor safety is not guaranteed, or even detect and warn early if signs of short circuit or fire are found. From there, managers only need to check those warnings instead of spending time and effort checking everything like using an outdated system.
The outstanding AI algorithms that we bring to any factory/industrial park are essential to ensure absolute security and safety:
- Facial recognition
The first outstanding AI application in the factory that must be available is facial recognition. This technology is the most optimal tool for searching for objects, controlling access, and checking employee attendance. Especially for attendance, it helps managers thoroughly solve the problem of fraudulent work calculation. At the same time, it helps to verify people entering and leaving the factory, avoiding illegal intrusion that causes danger and damage to people and property.
DNG Corp’s solution offers the following features:
– Face search.
– Face recognition according to specific characteristics: determining gender, age.
– Full, intuitive data reporting.
- License plate recognition
Helps accurately verify information about license plates and time of entry and exit from the factory area, helping businesses closely control the status of vehicles, trucks, and containers to ensure that the transportation of goods is stable and on schedule. From there, it helps to allocate personnel appropriately as well as minimize loss of goods.
Our technology can recognize all types of license plates according to old and new standards in 63 provinces and cities. At the same time, it provides the ability to recognize other attributes such as car brand, color, vehicle type, … in the most detailed way.
- Intrusion Detection and Warning
Intrusion detection and warning features are an effective and necessary solution to protect the security and assets of your factory area. The factory is a large environment, with many potential risks of theft and sabotage. Equip the system with professional AI features to detect illegal intrusion.
The values that the solution brings:
– Detect intruders including: people, objects, moving vehicles, …
– Real-time identification and warning when detecting objects in the monitoring area.
– Detect intrusion even in low light conditions.
– Extremely low false alarm rate.
- Behavior recognition
Towards enhancing the operational efficiency of the factory’s monitoring system, applying AI to recognize behavior is a powerful support to help prevent dangerous incidents and accidents that may occur, providing the safest working environment in the factory. The solution focuses on analyzing, detecting and warning when detecting suspicious behaviors that may be detrimental to the safety and security of the area such as: gathering, quick fighting, falling, warning to leave the position, smoking, falling asleep, etc.
- Smoke & fire detection, fire prevention – early warning
Fire and explosion are risks that can easily occur in factories, causing extremely serious consequences and losses. DNG Corp’s solution is the best choice for businesses because our technology helps detect signs of possible fire to warn early, prevent in time before the fire occurs.
Applying advanced features that are superior to conventional warning solutions, helping to:
– Detect and warn early when detecting signs of smoke and fire in the area.
– Issue warnings of unusually high temperatures in an area.
– Detect and notify when there is a state of heat.
– Detect smoking in prohibited areas.
– Set up to 20 monitoring zones with independent thermal analysis rules/ 1 camera.
- Detecting non-use of protective equipment
Occupational accidents due to non-use or improper use of protective equipment are serious problems that not only affect employee safety but also affect the business in terms of economics and legal liability. To help factory/industrial park owners deal with this alarming situation, AI safety warning technology will quickly detect PPE violations (hats, shirts, safety glasses, etc.) in real time, then immediately alert the manager.
For example, as soon as a worker removes his helmet or any other personal protective equipment, the system will quickly detect and alert security personnel. This is to minimize the possibility of unnecessary occupational accidents.
- Object recognition
The main task of the object recognition feature in the system is to classify and accurately locate the location and size of the object. Applied in the factory environment, object recognition enables the detection of dangerous objects such as weapons, explosives, drugs, etc. to immediately alert security personnel. At the same time, it helps to search, track, and determine the movement route of the object to serve the search and investigation work.
Our solution allows the recognition of the following objects:
– Identify people by characteristics: gender, clothing color, accessories (glasses, hats, etc.).
– Identify vehicles by color, car brand, car type, license plate
– Identify animals: birds, dogs, cats,…
– Identify objects: backpacks, handbags, phones, weapons,…
DNG Corp is an authorized distributor of professional video management software Nx Witness VMS and a long-time partner of AI development brands in the world. We always want to bring customers the most comprehensive solutions to manage and increase business efficiency.
Understanding customers’ concerns about having to spend a large investment cost, we now have a solution rental service to help solve economic problems. Therefore, for more information and the most detailed advice on AI applications in factories as well as overall management and operation solutions, contact us immediately via contact information: Phone: 0989 595 633 (Mr. Cris/ Tung. Nguyen – Brand Manager of Network Optix & AI Division) or Email: tung.nguyen@dngcorp.vn.
