PROJECT LEAD & INTEGRATIONHeinrich Schneider
Scoping the task, architecture and software, coordinating manufacturers and partners through to handover. Master’s degree in mechatronics and robotics.
heinrich@ddc.companyFOR MANUFACTURERS
Who is in the danger zone without a helmet, you see immediately.
AI video analytics on your existing plant cameras: helmet, danger zone, open fire. Every alert comes with an image, without new cameras and without touching your equipment.
DDC is a brand of M2D GmbH, Siegburg.
WHAT WE BUILTHelmet, danger zone, fire.
Helmet, danger zone, fire.
On the plant’s existing cameras.
For a processing plant, our team implemented video analytics for occupational safety on 18 cameras. The system detects people without helmets, people in danger zones and open fire, and reports every event with an image to the plant’s systems. A second AI checks the alerts once more and filters out false alarms. Plant and people are anonymised.
94.5 %Helmet detection quality (mAP50 metric)
93 %of reported helmets were correct
91 %of the helmets present were found
Helmet detection measured on test images from one site (110 images with 221 helmets, February 2025) that were not used for training; values may differ in other environments.
WHO WE AREAn engineering team from Siegburg.
An engineering team from Siegburg.
One contact through to handover.
PROJECT LEAD & INTEGRATIONCONTRACTING PARTY
M2D GmbH
Am Turm 11, 53721 Siegburg
Siegburg Local Court, HRB 16704 B
DDC is the brand under which M2D GmbH offers software, computer vision and robotics.
- Projects in computer vision, robotics and software since 2017
- Fixed price per step, in writing beforehand
- Pilot report with hits, false alarms and limits
- First check free of charge and without obligation
WHAT COULD GO WRONG
We have already thought of it.
Works council
In Germany we agree camera analysis at the workplace with the works council. Purpose, data and access are fixed before the start.
False alarms
A second AI checks every alert. The pilot report lists hits, false alarms and missed cases so you can judge for yourself.
Your data
If you require it, we run the system with a provider in Germany or on your own servers.
Your effort
Releasing footage, access to the camera system and one contact person. No changes to cameras or machines.
Limits
The danger zone warning is an assistance system, not a safety function under ISO 13849. Fire detection supplements a fire alarm system, it does not replace it.
Money
The pilot is credited against the operating fees of the first twelve months. If the pilot does not hold up, the report says so.
PROCESS AND PRICEProof first.
Proof first.
Then the investment.
1 · FIRST CHECKfree
30 to 60 minutes in a video call. You release two or three recordings, we check angle and light. Then an outline with a fixed price.
2 · PILOTfrom €3,900
One agreed event, for example a person without a helmet in zone A, on one camera view, about four weeks. Credited.
3 · OPERATIONfrom €59 per camera / month
Alerts with image via messenger bot or to your systems. From 10 cameras €45, from 25 cameras €35 per camera.
THE EASIEST FIRST STEP
Send us one frame from a camera.
You get it back marked with what the AI detects: people, helmets, zones. Free, no appointment and no obligation. Then you decide whether a conversation makes sense.
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Where this already runs
- ImplementedProcessing plant: safety on 18 cameras ↗
- Project experienceThermal imaging at the perimeter: people and vehicles in the dark ↗
- 2025–2026Crane-X: camera analysis on three construction sites ↗
- PrototypeRobotics prototypes: sorting, cleaning, transporting ↗
- In developmentProject LOOP: camera sees, robot does the job ↗
What it costs
THE NEXT STEP
What should work better in your business?
Tell us about a process that takes up your team’s time. We discuss where automation could help and what is needed to define the next step.
Useful details: which plant, how many cameras, which event you want to see first and a frame from one camera.
HEINRICH SCHNEIDER / DDC
heinrich@ddc.companyPrefer email? Write to us directly.
Contracting party: M2D GmbH, Am Turm 11, 53721 Siegburg · initial call free of charge · Pricing · Security & data protection