METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR AND CONTROL WORKFLOW
First Claim
1. A method to monitor a vehicle inspection workflow comprising:
- identifying an inspector in a vehicle inspection area;
determining an inspection procedure being performed by the inspector, the inspection procedure being at least a portion of a vehicle inspection;
determining a workflow rule that corresponds to the inspection procedure, the workflow rule including at least one workflow limit;
generating workflow data by monitoring the inspector within the inspection area, the workflow data being determined from recorded video data;
determining whether the inspector violated the workflow rule by comparing the workflow data to the at least one workflow limit of the workflow rule; and
indicating that the inspector did not adequately perform the inspection procedure if it is determined that the inspector violated the workflow rule.
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Abstract
A method to monitor a vehicle inspection workflow, includes (i) identifying an inspector in a vehicle inspection area, (ii) determining an inspection procedure being performed by the inspector, the inspection procedure being at least a portion of a vehicle inspection, (iii) determining a workflow rule that corresponds to the inspection procedure, the workflow rule including at least one workflow limit, (iv) generating workflow data by monitoring the inspector within the inspection area, the workflow data being determined from recorded video data, (v) determining whether the inspector violated the workflow rule by comparing the workflow data to the at least one workflow limit of the workflow rule, and (vi) indicating that the inspector did not adequately perform the inspection procedure if it is determined that the inspector violated the workflow rule.
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35 Claims
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1. A method to monitor a vehicle inspection workflow comprising:
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identifying an inspector in a vehicle inspection area; determining an inspection procedure being performed by the inspector, the inspection procedure being at least a portion of a vehicle inspection; determining a workflow rule that corresponds to the inspection procedure, the workflow rule including at least one workflow limit; generating workflow data by monitoring the inspector within the inspection area, the workflow data being determined from recorded video data; determining whether the inspector violated the workflow rule by comparing the workflow data to the at least one workflow limit of the workflow rule; and indicating that the inspector did not adequately perform the inspection procedure if it is determined that the inspector violated the workflow rule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for monitoring an inspection workflow comprising:
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inspection software configured to (i) identify an inspector in an inspection area inspecting a vehicle, (ii) determine an inspection procedure that is being performed by the inspector, the inspection procedure being at least a portion of a vehicle inspection, and (iii) generate workflow data by monitoring the inspector within the inspection area using data received from at least one of a camera or a depth sensor; rule software configured to determine a workflow rule that corresponds to the inspection procedure, the workflow rule including at least one workflow limit; and compliance software configured to determine whether the inspector violated the workflow rule by comparing the workflow data to the at least one workflow limit of the workflow rule. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for monitoring an inspection workflow comprising:
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at least one of (i) a camera configured to record video of an inspection area or (ii) a depth sensor configured to detect a distance of an inspector from a vehicle within the inspection area; at least one inspection monitoring processor communicatively coupled to the at least one of the camera or the depth sensor, the inspection monitoring processor configured to; identify the inspector in the inspection area inspecting a vehicle; determine an inspection procedure that is being performed by the inspector, the inspection procedure being at least a portion of a vehicle inspection; determine workflow data generated by monitoring the inspector within the inspection area, the workflow data being determined from at least one of received video data from the camera or depth data from the depth sensor; determine a workflow rule that corresponds to the inspection procedure, the workflow rule specifying at least one workflow limit; determine whether the inspector violated the workflow rule by comparing the workflow data to the at least one workflow limit of the workflow rule; and responsive to determining the inspector violated the workflow rule, generate an indication that the inspector did not adequately perform the inspection procedure. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method to monitor a medical procedure comprising:
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identifying a medical procedure being performed in a medical procedure area; determining a workflow rule that corresponds to the identified medical procedure, the workflow rule including a specification of medical instruments to be used to perform the medical procedure; generating workflow data by monitoring the medical procedure area including medical instruments identified as being present in the medical procedure area, the workflow data determined from at least one of recorded video data, recorded audio data, or recorded depth data; determining whether the specified medical instruments are (i) moved within the medical procedure area during the medical procedure by comparing the workflow data to the workflow rule or (ii) removed from the medical procedure area during the medical procedure by comparing the workflow data to the workflow rule; and generating an alert if (i) is not satisfied or generating an alert if (ii) is not satisfied.
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