Automatic detection of workers' hand and body movements from camera images--NEC improves factory productivity with video analysis technology

On September 30, NEC started selling a "factory value-added time measurement solution" that contributes to the improvement of factory productivity by utilizing video analysis technology. The global sales target is 1,000 licenses in three years.

This solution contributes to improving productivity by automatically detecting the movements of workers' hands and bodies from camera images of the assembly and inspection processes in the factory, and measuring and analyzing the operating status.

By using video analysis, it is possible to quantitatively grasp the operation status of each process, which was difficult in the past. can.

In the future, NEC will work to expand its business by collaborating with client companies through technical support and technical demonstrations, such as aiming for more advanced quality control by combining the data acquired by this solution with logs that can be acquired by equipment. .

Automatically detected time is converted into added value time in the assembly and inspection process and measured, and the measured data is used to quantify the operating rate and graph the status of each work area. This makes it possible to analyze the relationship between processes and the processes that are bottlenecks.

This solution reduces the load on analysis processing by adopting a learning model for video analysis specialized for hands and people. This makes it possible to analyze video with a compact device equipped with a general-purpose CPU. Furthermore, since there is no need for system construction or detailed settings for each installation location, it can be introduced at low cost and in a short period of time.

In addition, since we provide a license model that incorporates major updates once every six months, you can always use the latest video analysis technology. The suggested retail price is 700,000 yen excluding tax.

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