In this pivotal era of global intelligent manufacturing, developing new quality productive forces is essential for driving industry’s high-quality growth. As the “eyes” of industrial intelligence, machine vision plays a crucial role in applying AI technology within industrial settings and serves as a key driver for activating production factors, improving production efficiency, and building new quality productive forces. 

Against this backdrop, CERI Digital Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (“CERI Digital Technology”) draws on extensive industrial experience and technological expertise to introduce its upgraded machine vision product, CERI SmartEye. Refined through multiple typical application scenarios, this product is built on an independently developed AI middle platform, integrating AI model development, model training, and edge AI vision terminals. CERI SmartEye accelerates enterprise digital transformation and offers a scalable, effective "AI + Vision" innovation model, establishing a solid foundation for the vision center in the industrial intelligence era. 

At its core, CERI SmartEye combines cloud-based training with edge-based inference through edge AI vision terminals, enabling seamless “cloud-edge collaboration and training-reasoning integration” that bridges algorithm development and real-world deployment. Featuring modular design, low-code operation, and broad compatibility, it lowers barriers to adopting AI in industrial contexts—truly making intelligence visible, accessible, and reliable. 

Cloud-Based Foundation: A New Paradigm for Efficient and Intelligent AI Development 

The cloud-based training engine, built on a Kubernetes (K8s) cloud-native architecture, streamlines the traditionally complex AI development process. It supports full-process automation—from data annotation and model development to distributed training and intelligent inference—standardizing AI development. Its built-in automatic dataset calibration significantly reduces manual annotation costs and enhances data processing efficiency, simplifying data preparation. 

Equipped with a comprehensive library of pre-trained models spanning key industrial vision tasks such as image classification, object detection, segmentation, and OCR, the engine integrates leading industry models. Users can easily select and deploy models via intuitive drag-and-drop operations, enabling rapid validation and iterative improvement. The visual Pipeline orchestration and user-friendly interface democratize algorithm development beyond specialized vision engineers, fostering efficient collaboration across diverse technical backgrounds and delivering an intelligent development experience where “everyone can participate”. 

Edge-Based Implementation: Creating an Agile and Reliable Closed-loop for Industrial Intelligent Applications

The edge-based inference engine of “CERI SmartEye” seamlessly deploys models generated by the training engine, leveraging a flexible and scalable architecture to adapt to diverse and dynamic industrial environments. This enables AI technology to move from the laboratory to the production floor, unlocking on-site value and driving the practical application of new quality productive forces. The inference engine features a modular design, comprising optimized components for image acquisition, pre-processing, AI recognition, result processing, and output control. Each module has been rigorously engineered and validated, allowing users to orchestrate application Pipelines like building blocks and tailor processes to specific business needs. Its high configurability ensures rapid deployment and reuse across various scenarios, delivering customized solutions for intelligent upgrades in different industries and production lines. 

Additionally, the engine accommodates diverse industrial needs by enabling developers to perform secondary development and expand functions based on actual business logic, meeting the customized judgment and control requirements of specific production lines. It can operate on standard industrial computers or proprietary edge AI vision terminals, achieving multi-terminal compatibility with a single program. Its “plug-and-play” capability eliminates redundant development, reduces costs and risks of intelligent transformation for enterprises, and provides robust support for the large-scale, commercial adoption of artificial intelligence. 

In-Depth Scenario Application: Setting an Industry Intelligence Benchmark with Proven Results 

The “CERI SmartEye” machine vision product has been extensively developed across nearly 30 typical metallurgical industry scenarios and successfully deployed in over a dozen steel enterprises, including Fujian Sansteel, Aosen Steel, Xuanhua Iron & Steel, and Xinyu Iron & Steel. It plays a vital role in key processes such as detection, recognition, measurement, decision support, and process control, significantly enhancing production line intelligence and efficiency. The product delivers substantial economic benefits and drives digital transformation, serving as a benchmark for industrial enterprises cultivating new quality productive forces.