PowerPoint Presentation

How Many Rebar Are In This Truck?1

Questions to ask the audience:

How many rebar are in this truck?How long it will take to count?How many people are needed to count them?If multiple people count the piles and get different results, how do you know which one is the correct result?

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Problems with manual counting

Benefits of using apps that count from photos

How the CountThings Apps work

Overcoming limitations

Getting startedOverview2

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Error prone

Impossible to verify and document count

Tedious and time consuming

Correcting mistakes requires re-countingProblems with Manual Counting3

No way to identify mistakes.

Impossible to identify items that were counted twice or items that were not counted.

When re-counting and getting different results, there is no way to know which count is correct and which one is incorrect

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Play Video4

Apps that Count from Photos5

Remind audience that this is the stack of rebar shown on first slide

Respond to their guesses of how many point out the actual count

Acknowledge the person in the audience with the best answer

Mention that they were guessing, but with this software, the actual count can be viewed, verified, and documented.

Image is from window PC version, IOS and Android version screens look diferent5

Zoom-in to See More Details6

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Zoom-in to See even More Details7

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Counting Logs8

Logs: 58 8

Counting Pipes9

Counting results: 2054 pipes9

Counting Rods10

Rods: 11510

Counting Layers

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Counting results: 261 sheets

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Counting Other Items12

Screws: 8412

Accuracy

Verification of counting results

Documentation of the actual count

Fast and easy corrections

Major time + cost savingsBenefits of Using CountingThings Apps13

Pictures with numbered tags confirm counting accuracy

If something is wrong you can point to it (it is visibly identifiable)

No need to re-count in order to correct mistakes;just add missing tags or delete erroneous tags

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How the CountingThingsApps Work

How the CountingThings family of apps works

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Using the CountingThings apps

Automated counting technology

Improving accuracy and speedOverview15

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Automated counting stageUser takes picture and presses CountApp annotates photo with numbered tags

Review stageAdd or delete tag with single tap

After countingSave the resultsIntegrate with other systems Using the CountingThings Apps16

CountingThings website has short videos on learning to use the apps

Additionally, after counting you can also export additional data like operator name , customer name, or ship to, PO number, batch number etc.

The additional data to be exported is filled in by an operator, using a form created ahead of time, during the initial setup.(currently available on Windows PC version of the apps only)

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Using the Counting Apps17

This screenshot matches iOS and Android version17

Computer Vision

Image Processing

Machine LearningThe Technology of Automated Counting18

Done with mathematics, geometry, statistics, and algorithms

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Use Case Variations19

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Standard configuration comes with all apps

Contain information specific to each type of object

Created by applying complex math to a large set of relevant photos

Can be tailored to specific use-cases

Counting Configurations20

Each image can have many different types of things that can be counted.

The Counting Configuration tells the app what to count.

The Counting Configuration is created by applying complex mathematics to a large set of photos that contain piles/stacks/collections of objects of a given type.

Custom Configurations can be created for cases that the standard configurations do not work for.20

Use Case Variations21

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Size Variations

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Tweaks the Counting Configuration to help the apps:Identify items fasterYield more accurate counts

Aids object recognition by defining an objects possible maximum and minimum size

Is user-adjustable

Counting Calibrations23

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Size Variations24

Typically, a given company has only a few types of items and sizes to be counted so only a limited number of Counting Configurations and Calibrations are needed for optimal results

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Initial setup needed to ensure optimal configuration

Poor configurations yield slow or inaccurate counts

Counting Configuration currently available only for limited types of objects

Limitations25

Initial setup includes selection and setting-up of counting configuration and counting calibration

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Initial setup is required for optimal configurations and calibrations

Support is available to help with the initial setup at no cost

Initial setup requires a sufficient number of sample photos typical of what needs to be counted

Once initial setup is done, counting is fast and accurate

Overcoming Limitations26

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Go to https://CountingThings.com

Choose the app thats right for you based on:The type of object you want to countYour platform

Watch our Learn to use the app video

Download the app for free(counts up to 10 items)How to Get Started with CountingThings Apps27

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Contact us to request:

A time-limited free trial use of the app with no count limit

A demo of the app in a virtual meeting(using your sample photos)

Help setting up the app

A Custom Counting Configuration optimized to your use-case(Requires a sufficient number of sample photos typical of what you need to count)Come Up-to-Speed with Your App28

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Thank You!Dynamic Ventures, Inc., d/b/aCountingThings Copyright 2016. All Rights Reserved.

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