OpenMV is capable of identifying the status of exposed soil piles and dust-proof net coverage.

Exposed soil piles are one of the most common and recurrent issues in dust control. Manual inspections cannot provide round-the-clock coverage, and violations often occur during inspection intervals. OpenMV enables continuous and traceable supervision through visual monitoring.

In construction sites, road renovation projects, and temporary soil stockpiling areas, uncovered soil piles—failing to meet the requirement of being covered with dust-suppressing nets—are one of the major sources of dust pollution and a key focus of routine environmental supervision and enforcement inspections. Particularly under windy conditions or in construction sites with frequent vehicle entry and exit, exposed soil is highly prone to generating secondary dust, significantly affecting ambient air quality and residents’ daily life.

Traditional environmental protection supervision methods primarily rely on manual inspections or unscheduled sampling checks, resulting in intermittent oversight and practical limitations imposed by personnel availability, time costs, and inspection coverage. Violations occurring between inspections are often difficult to detect promptly, and evidence collection may be incomplete while continuous tracking of rectification processes remains challenging.

By deploying SingTown’s OpenMV smart camera, continuous and automated visual monitoring of soil stockpile areas at construction sites can be achieved. Once the camera is securely installed at an appropriate height and angle, it operates stably over the long term, continuously capturing on-site images to provide objective and uninterrupted data for environmental supervision.

OpenMV runs color recognition, texture feature analysis, and regional rule judgment algorithms in real time on the camera edge device, effectively distinguishing between exposed soil surfaces and dust-proof net coverage. By identifying the dust-proof net’s distinctive color distribution, mesh texture, and coverage completeness, the system determines whether stockpiled soil has been covered as required, thereby accurately differentiating between “compliant” and “non-compliant” conditions.

By integrating pre-defined rules for key regulatory zones, OpenMV can automatically determine whether critical soil stockpile locations are exposed. Upon detecting abnormal conditions—such as uncovered or incompletely covered areas—the system can instantly output identification results at the edge device, trigger local alerts, or upload violation information along with timestamps to the regulatory platform, enabling rapid response and traceable management.

Environmental monitoring can be conducted around the clock, in a quantifiable and traceable manner—without requiring frequent manual inspections. Leveraging OpenMV’s low-cost, low-power, and easy-to-deploy edge computing capabilities, this solution can be scaled across multiple construction sites simultaneously, significantly enhancing both the coverage and implementation efficiency of dust control measures, thereby providing reliable technical support for smart construction sites and refined environmental regulation.