Patent ID: 11932991
Assignee: INDUSTRIAL VIDEO SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  G | IPC D  G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented data processing method for improving prediction and automated, active prevention of paper break on a paper manufacturing line, the method comprising:
receiving, by computing hardware, current thermal imaging data for a portion of a paper web in the paper manufacturing process;
determining, by the computing hardware, force data for the portion of the paper web;
accessing, by the computing hardware, paper profile data for the paper manufacturing line;
processing, by the computing hardware to produce a first data analysis result, current thermal imaging data, the force data, and the paper profile data using a machine-learning model trained with respective historical thermal imaging data, respective historical force data, and respective paper profile data for each respective prior paper breakage event in a set of prior paper breakage events;
generating, by the computing hardware based on the first data analysis result, a prediction as to an occurrence of the paper break on the portion of the paper web;
identifying, by the computing hardware, a preventative action based on the prediction, the preventive action including at least one of:
modifying an operating parameter of at least one machine component used in the paper manufacturing line;
activating a cleaning component for the paper manufacturing line; or
at least temporarily ceasing production of paper on the paper manufacturing line;

facilitating, by the computing hardware, performance of the preventative action;
determining, by the computing hardware, a paper break result indicating whether the paper break occurred subsequent to the performance of the preventative action; and
transmitting, by the computing hardware, the paper break result, the preventative action, the current thermal imaging data, and the force data to an external computing system as additional training data for the machine-learning model.