Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling industrial processes

A method comprising:

• receiving, by computing hardware, media of a processing region of an industrial process, wherein:
• the processing region comprises at least one object,
• the media comprises a plurality of media elements, and
• each media element of the plurality of media elements comprises a field of view of the at least one object;
• identifying, by the computing hardware and based on an area of interest, a set of pixels, wherein the field of view comprises the area of interest;
• and
• for each media element of the plurality of media elements:
• extracting, by the computing hardware, an attribute value from each pixel of the set of pixels found in the media element;
• constructing, by the computing hardware, an attribute profile comprising the attribute value for each pixel of the set of pixels;
• mapping, by the computing hardware, the attribute profile to a mapped profile, wherein the mapped profile comprises at least one property value that correlates to at least one attribute value of the attribute profile;
• and
• providing, by the computing hardware, the mapped profile to a control system, wherein the control system uses the mapped profile in controlling one or more processing parameters of the industrial process, wherein the industrial process comprises a manufacturing process for paper, the at least one attribute value comprises a measure of temperature of at least one pixel of the set of pixels, the at least one property value comprises a measure of moisture of the paper, and the one or more processing parameters comprise an amount of steam provided by one or more steam boxes to a surface of the paper during the manufacturing of the paper.

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions;
• and
• a processing device communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium,
• wherein, the processing device is configured to execute the instructions and thereby perform operations comprising:
• receiving a media element of a processing region of an industrial process, wherein:
• the processing region comprises at least one object, and
• the media element comprises a field of view of the at least one object;
• identifying, based on an area of interest, a set of pixels, wherein the field of view comprises the area of interest;
• and
• extracting an attribute value from each pixel of the set of pixels found in the media element;
• constructing an attribute profile comprising the attribute value for each pixel of the set of pixels;
• and
• mapping the attribute profile to a mapped profile, wherein the mapped profile comprises at least one property value that correlates to at least one attribute value of the attribute profile, and the at least one property value is used by a control system in controlling one or more processing parameters of the industrial process, wherein the industrial process comprises a manufacturing process for paper, the at least one attribute value comprises a measure of temperature of at least one pixel of the set of pixels, the at least one property value comprises a measure of moisture of the paper, and the one or more processing parameters comprise an amount of steam provided by one or more steam boxes to a surface of the paper during the manufacturing of the paper.

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions;
• and
• a processing device communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium,
• wherein, the processing device is configured to execute the instructions and thereby perform operations comprising:
• receiving a media element of a processing region of an industrial process, wherein:
• the processing region comprises at least one object, and
• the media element comprises a field of view of the at least one object;
• identifying, based on an area of interest, a set of pixels, wherein the field of view comprises the area of interest;
• and
• extracting an attribute value from each pixel of the set of pixels found in the media element;
• constructing an attribute profile comprising the attribute value for each pixel of the set of pixels;
• and
• mapping the attribute profile to a mapped profile, wherein the mapped profile comprises at least one property value that correlates to at least one attribute value of the attribute profile, and the at least one property value is used by a control system in controlling one or more processing parameters of the industrial process, wherein the industrial process comprises a manufacturing process for paper, the at least one attribute value comprises a measure of brightness of at least one pixel of the set of pixels, the at least one property value comprises a measure of a thickness of the paper, and the one or more processing parameters comprise an amount of pulp fed by one or more actuators during the manufacturing of the paper.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by computing hardware, configure the computing hardware to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a media element of a processing region of an industrial process, wherein:
• the processing region comprises at least one object, and
• the media element comprises a field of view of the at least one object;
• identifying, based on an area of interest, a set of pixels, wherein the field of view comprises the area of interest;
• extracting an attribute value from each pixel of the set of pixels found in the media element;
• and
• mapping at least one attribute value for at least one pixel of the set of pixels to a mapped profile, wherein the mapped profile comprises at least one property value that correlates to the at least one attribute value, and the at least one property value is used by a control system in controlling one or more processing parameters of the industrial process, wherein the industrial process comprises a manufacturing process for paper, the at least one attribute value comprises a measure of brightness of at least one pixel of the set of pixels, the at least one property value comprises a measure of a thickness of the paper, and the one or more processing parameters comprise an amount of pulp fed by one or more actuators during the manufacturing of the paper.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by computing hardware, configure the computing hardware to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a media element of a processing region of an industrial process, wherein:
• the processing region comprises at least one object, and
• the media element comprises a field of view of the at least one object;
• identifying, based on an area of interest, a set of pixels, wherein the field of view comprises the area of interest;
• extracting an attribute value from each pixel of the set of pixels found in the media element;
• and
• mapping at least one attribute value for at least one pixel of the set of pixels to a mapped profile, wherein the mapped profile comprises at least one property value that correlates to the at least one attribute value, and the at least one property value is used by a control system in controlling one or more processing parameters of the industrial process, wherein the industrial process comprises a manufacturing process for paper, the at least one attribute value comprises a measure of temperature of at least one pixel of the set of pixels, the at least one property value comprises a measure of moisture of the paper, and the one or more processing parameters comprise an amount of steam provided by one or more steam boxes to a surface of the paper during the manufacturing of the paper.