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  • Workflow Manager – Onboard Computer
  • Workflow Manager – Onboard Computer
  • Workflow Manager – Onboard Computer
  • Workflow Manager – Onboard Computer
  • Workflow Manager – Onboard Computer
  • Workflow Manager – Onboard Computer
  • Workflow Manager – Onboard Computer
  • Workflow Manager – Onboard Computer
  • Workflow Manager – Onboard Computer

Configurable workflow process automation tool brought onboard your AUV/USV

The Workflow Manager is a configurable workflow process automation tool. In other words, it allows you to automate the small steps you normally go through when processing subsea data. The software is designed to enable a previously unseen degree of automatic data processing of massive amounts of subsea sensor data and comes in three variants:

Workflow Manager – Onboard computer is a small Microsoft Windows electronics board. It is designed for processing on autonomous platforms such as AUVs and USVs, where data can be processing as they are collected.

The NaviSuite Workflow Manager – Desktop variant runs on the board without a user interface, providing real-time QC (quality control) of data and savings on overall processing time when combined with Workflow Manager on the topside/vessel.

The onboard computer is a fanless 15W / 12V Intel quad-core (8 threads) computer running Windows 10 IoT. It includes 1 TB SSD, 2 * 1gbit NIC, 2 COM ports, 4 USB ports and 12V DC power. Consequently, it offers a good balance between relatively low power consumption and powerful processing power.

The board has been integrated in several autonomous platforms, and EIVA’s R&D team would be happy to assist with integration support. Price is per board and it requires NaviEdit Pro and NaviModel Producer licences.

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2,595.00excl VAT, excl shipping fee
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Key features and benefits

  • Cutting a long Workflow Manager story short

    Cutting a long Workflow Manager story short

    Let software do the hard data processing work – Process 50 hours of data in less than 2 hours.

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    Cutting a long Workflow Manager story short

    Let software do the hard data processing work

    Key benefits

    • Process 50 hours of data in less than 2 hours
    • Faster data processing throughout your project through fewer manual tasks
    • Better utilisation of your data processing staff’s time and competences for manual input, trouble shooting and quality control, rather than doing repetitive tasks
    The Workflow Manager is a configurable workflow process automation tool

    The Workflow Manager is a configurable workflow process automation tool

    Increasing amount of data processed in less time

    The software product Workflow Manager – Server is an optional extra that can be applied to functions in NaviEdit Pro and NaviModel Producer (through special versions of NaviEdit and NaviModel that run without a user interface are made available together with the Workflow Manager). The tool is also able to activate third-party scripts and tools.

    The Workflow Manager tool will improve your data processing efficiency as:

    • Repetitive tasks are automated
    • Data processing staff can focus on errors, interpretations and quality control
    • Tasks are executed in parallel, that is, the full power of the computer is used
    • Many features normally carried out in NaviEdit and NaviModel are not only automated but have also been performance optimised for use with the Workflow Manager

    The result is a powerful cocktail of high-speed data processing features.

    Application examples

    • AUV/USV operations, where data is recovered at the end of each mission. This is the scenario where the Workflow Manager – Server variant and its ability to process hundreds of steps in parallel shows its real potential.
    • Pipeline/cable route inspections (in combination with NaviSuite Nardoa software), where sonar, subsea laser, images and video data are acquired during ROV operations. The Workflow Manager can automate much of the processing tasks, leaving more time for the data processor to perform manual eventing and quality control.

    How it works

    You define the sequence of processing steps. With the setups we have seen so far, the task of defining your workflow is minimal – although it often gives you food for thought as to how you can optimise the way you work.

    There are many types of steps available. A few examples are:

    • Loading files, including waiting for files to become available
    • Applying tide, SVP, etc
    • Cleaning data in NaviModel
    • Checking a number of quality control parameters such as density, gaps, noise levels, TVU, etc
    • Correcting seabed height level across multiple surveys, etc
    • Exporting data in different formats

    When processing data, the Workflow Manager will visually show the operator which steps are being performed and their status by icons:

    • Current steps (blue): The currently running step(s) that are executed in parallel. You can define how many parallel tasks the Workflow Manager should use to ensure that it matches the capacity of your computer.
    • Completed (green): The step has been completed successfully.
    • Error (red): When an error is encountered, the processing of the specific step stops, and the operator can decide what to do by investigating the error in NaviEdit/NaviModel, manually change the data as necessary, and restart the automatic processing from a given step.
    • User action (yellow): The tool can be set up to stop at a given point when carrying out a specific task. This is useful for processing steps that require manual quality control or steps that require operator-provided data or interpretation before the task can continue.

    All processing steps are logged. This means that the Workflow Manager provides a fully detailed survey log for later use, showing what was done by an operator or the tool and with what result.

    Keeping an eye of processing performance optimisations

    The Workflow Manager has a built-in performance measurement tool that measures the time spent on each processing step, so it is very easy to see how much time each part of the workflow takes, and consequently where it is worth optimising.


    'Clinton Marine Survey has been using the preliminary version of Workflow Manager since November 2018. As we have a preliminary version, we look forward to its official release with even more functions implemented, but already at this stage we save massive amounts of time for our processors as the repetitive steps such as import, initial QC and filtering, merging of sensors and import to NaviModel DTM files have already been performed. Our processors can then focus on the tasks actually requiring human input, where experience and logical analysis is valuable.
    We look forward to work closely with EIVA to further develop the Workflow Manager.'
    Hydrographic Manager Jessica Ask
    Clinton

     

  • Sonar cleaning

    Sonar cleaning

    Point data derived from sonar or laser systems can be cleaned, QC’d and edited using a plethora of manual or automatic tools. Cleaning operations can be applied multiple times to a complete data set or user-defined areas. For each cleaning operation, quality flags are assigned to every data point, so you never lose access to the original raw data.

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    Sonar and subsea laser data cleaning

    Clean point data with a plethora of manual or automatic tools. Cleaning operations can be applied multiple times to a complete data set or user-defined areas.

    EC-3D DTM


    EC-3D supports several cleaning methods and is efficient at cleaning both 3D and 2D data. 

    It can be used to clean seabed DTMs.

    EC-3D DTM

    EC-3D Pipeline

    EC-3D can be used to clean pipeline DTMs.

    EC-3D Pipeline

    EC-3D point cloud cleaning

    EC-3D can be used to clean point clouds.

    EC-3D can be used to clean point clouds.

    EC-3D Automated

    EC-3D can be used to automatically clean point clouds or DTMs.

    EC-3D Automated

    Histogram Spike Shooting 

    Histogram Spike Shooting can be used to reject or accept DTM points.  

    Points are selected if they are inside a circle.

    Histogram automatically sets the rejection thresholds (can be manually over-ruled).

    Histogram Spike Shooting

    Histogram Plane Cleaning

    Histogram Plane Cleaning tool can be used to reject or accept DTM points. 

    Points are selected if they are inside a corridor, polygon or an existing boundary.

    Histogram automatically sets the rejection thresholds (can be manually over-ruled).

    Histogram Plane Cleaning

    Reject & Accept Points

    These tools can be used to reject or accept DTM points.

    Points are selected if they are inside a corridor, polygon or an existing boundary.

    Reject & Accept Points

    Point Editor

    Point Editor can be used to manually reject or accept DTM points using an eraser (square select) or a region (polygon select). This tool will soon be replaced with a newer version within NaviModel.

    Point Editor
  • Automatic data processing tool

    Automatic data processing tool

    Save time on data processing by automating your workflow – using NaviSuite Workflow Manager, designed to enable a previously unseen degree of automatic data processing of massive amounts of subsea sensor data.

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    Automatic processing features

    The NaviSuite Workflow Manager tool is designed to enable a previously unseen degree of automatic data processing of massive amounts of subsea sensor data.

    AUV processing workflow

    The first version of the Workflow Manager utilises NaviEdit and NaviModel for a traditional survey data set processing of data from AUV dive. As soon as the data is available, it is automatically loaded into the flow and processed by cleaning data, merging reprocessed AUV track, building DTMs and making sanity checks. This is typically done using the Server version.

    AUV processing workflow

    NaviSuite Kuda processing workflow

    The Workflow Manager desktop version is very well suited for NaviSuite Kuda operations where each file will be processed right after recording, thus enabling reporting and quality control as you go. The Desktop version runs one task at the time – but it is more than fast enough to cope with survey speed.

    NaviSuite Kuda processing workflow

    Execute multiple parallel NaviEdit, NaviModel and 3rd party commands

    The more CPU (cores), memory and disk speed you have – the better you utilise the workflow engine. The optimal solution is running a bit fewer processes than the number of cores.

    Execute multiple parallel NaviEdit, NaviModel and 3rd party commands
  • Optional extra services and special offers

    Optional extra services and special offers

    EIVA offers a number of services for our NaviSuite software users.

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    Optional extra services and special offers

    Get the most out of your software

    EIVA offers a number of services for our NaviSuite software users. These include:

    Also, we have a number of special offers:

Specifications

Dimensions
100 mm x 72 mm
Voltage
12 V DC
Power
28 W (depending on configuration)
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