Filming the Shop Floor and Analyzing It with AI | Consent, Camera Setup, and the Analysis Pattern
Our engineers have started filming work on site, with permission, and analyzing the footage afterward with AI. Where observation means seeing things once, in the moment, video means seeing them again as many times as needed, and it captures what the eye cannot count well, such as the exact length of a wait or the number of screen switches. The fifth article in our FDE practice series covers how to obtain consent, the essentials of Japan's personal-data law and the camera-image guidebook, when to use a fixed camera versus screen recording, the boundary between what AI analyzes and what people keep, and how this differs from work analysis in contract engagements. FDE video analysis ends when the footage has become next week's working artifact.