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

Claim 3:
4. 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;
identifying, by the computing hardware, a component of the paper manufacturing process that is a predicted cause of the occurrence of the paper break;
identifying, by the computing hardware, a manufacturer of the component; and
transmitting, by the computing hardware, data associated with the prediction to a computing system associated with the manufacturer of the component.