VIDEO-BASED ANALYSIS WORKFLOW PROPOSAL TOOL
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1. A method for utilizing video with business work processes comprising:
- analyzing video of work being performed in a place of business;
detecting patterns within images of the video when analyzing the video;
comparing these detected patterns against existing patterns stored in a pattern library, where the existing patterns correspond to workflow items;
generating similarity scores for the detected patterns representing their affinity to the existing patterns;
utilizing the similarity scores to determine which workflow items are present within the video; and
performing at least one task based on the workflow items present within the video, each performed task changing or referencing a workflow of a business process management system.
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Abstract
Video of work being performed in a place of business can be analyzed. Patterns can be identified and scored within the work when analyzing the video. The identified patterns can be correlated with business processes of a business process management system of the business. In one embodiment, the tasks performed can be to monitor a business process flow, to update a business process flow, and/or to create a new business process flow. Business process flows can be written in a standardized business process execution language or other standards based languages.
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1. A method for utilizing video with business work processes comprising:
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analyzing video of work being performed in a place of business; detecting patterns within images of the video when analyzing the video; comparing these detected patterns against existing patterns stored in a pattern library, where the existing patterns correspond to workflow items; generating similarity scores for the detected patterns representing their affinity to the existing patterns; utilizing the similarity scores to determine which workflow items are present within the video; and performing at least one task based on the workflow items present within the video, each performed task changing or referencing a workflow of a business process management system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
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computer usable program code stored in a tangible storage medium operable to analyze video of work being performed in a place of business; computer usable program code stored in a tangible storage medium operable to detect patterns within images of the video when analyzing the video; computer usable program code stored in a tangible storage medium operable to compare these detected patterns against existing patterns stored in a pattern library, where the existing patterns correspond to workflow items; computer usable program code stored in a tangible storage medium operable to generate similarity scores for the detected patterns representing their affinity to the existing patterns; computer usable program code stored in a tangible storage medium operable to utilize the similarity scores to determine which workflow items are present within the video; and computer usable program code stored in a tangible storage medium operable to perform at least one task based on the workflow items present within the video, each performed task changing or referencing a workflow of a business process management system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A business process management system comprising:
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a video processing tool for receiving workflow video data, said workflow video data showing work being performed in a place of business within a set of time sequenced images, for processing the workflow video data to determine business workflow patterns within the workflow video data; and a workflow proposal engine for generating workflow proposal documents by correlating business workflow patterns determined by the business processing tool against business workflows managed by the business process management system, said video processing tool and said workflow proposal engine comprising computer program products stored on a tangible medium that are operable to run on hardware. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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