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Computer Vision Inspection Capacity at 99% camera and inference uptime: a worked example

Push camera and inference uptime up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a quality or automation engineer needs to size AI vision inspection capacity against line output

The inputs for this scenario

  • Inspections per vision cycle: 120 inspections/cycle (unchanged)
  • Available inspection cycles: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Camera and inference uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 94)
  • First-pass model decision yield: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross vision capacity = inspections per cycle × available inspection cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 55,313 inspections for usable vision inspection capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 57,600 inspections for gross vision inspection capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 576 inspections for capacity lost to camera or inference downtime.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,711 inspections for capacity lost to uncertain decisions.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where camera and inference uptime sits at 94% and the headline result is 52,520 inspections, this scenario comes in 5.32% above the baseline at 55,313 inspections.
  • It computes usable inspection capacity by derating gross cycle throughput for camera/inference uptime and first-pass decision yield. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Usable vision inspection capacity: 55,313 inspections (headline result)
  • Gross vision inspection capacity: 57,600 inspections
  • Capacity lost to camera or inference downtime: 576 inspections
  • Capacity lost to uncertain decisions: 1,711 inspections

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Computer Vision Inspection Capacity calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.