Real-time algorithms are needed to compare and analyze digital videos of machines and processes. New video analysis techniques, for computationally efficient dimensionality-reduction, for determination of accurate motion-information, and for fast video comparison, will enable new approaches to system monitoring and control. We define the video alignment path (VAP) as the sequence of local time-and-space transformations required to optimally register two video clips. We develop an algorithm, dynamic time and space warping (DTSW), which calculates the VAP. Measures of video similarity, and therefore system similarity, are estimated based on properties of the VAP. These measures of similarity are then monitored over time and used for decision-making and process control. We describe the performance, structure, and computational complexity of a DTSW implementation, which is parallelizable and which can achieve the processing rates necessary for many video-based industrial monitoring applications. We describe two case studies of unsupervised monitoring for mechanical wear and for fault detection. Results suggest opportunities for boarder applications of video-based instrumentation for real-time feedback control, wear and defect detection, or statistical process control.
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Computationally Efficient Optimal Video Comparison for Machine Monitoring and Process Control
Brian W. Anthony,
Brian W. Anthony
Mem. ASME
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139
e-mail: banthony@mit.edu
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139
e-mail: banthony@mit.edu
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Fitriani Chua
Fitriani Chua
Center for Design Optimization,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139
e-mail: fitriani@mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139
e-mail: fitriani@mit.edu
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Brian W. Anthony
Mem. ASME
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139
e-mail: banthony@mit.edu
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139
e-mail: banthony@mit.edu
Fitriani Chua
Center for Design Optimization,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139
e-mail: fitriani@mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA 02139
e-mail: fitriani@mit.edu
1Corresponding author.
Manuscript received January 31, 2017; final manuscript received June 16, 2017; published online August 24, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Robert Gao.
J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. Oct 2017, 139(10): 101007 (11 pages)
Published Online: August 24, 2017
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Received:
January 31, 2017
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June 16, 2017
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Anthony, B. W., and Chua, F. (August 24, 2017). "Computationally Efficient Optimal Video Comparison for Machine Monitoring and Process Control." ASME. J. Manuf. Sci. Eng. October 2017; 139(10): 101007. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4037234
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