US 10,746,763 B2 · Apparatus and method for diagnosing electric power equipment using thermal imaging camera

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and method for diagnosing electric power equipment. The apparatus includes a measuring unit including a pan/tilt module mounted on the top of a vehicle and an imaging module mounted on an upper portion of the pan/tilt module, a determination unit for determining whether electric power equipment is detected by the measuring unit, a controller for performing control to capture a thermal image of the electric power equipment using the measuring unit, and a processing unit for dividing the thermal image into an analysis target equipment region, a non-interest equipment region, and a background noise region through pattern analysis of the thermal image and diagnosing the electric power equipment as being normal or as being abnormal on the basis of temperature information included in the analysis target equipment region.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for diagnosing electric power equipment, the apparatus comprising:

an imaging unit including a pan/tilt module mounted to an upper surface of a vehicle and an image sensor mounted on an upper portion of the pan/tilt module, the imaging unit being configured to capture a thermal image of the electric power equipment, the pan/tilt module being configured to rotate and/or pivot the image sensor;
and
a processor configured to:
determine whether electric power equipment is detected by the imaging unit,
control the imaging unit to capture a thermal image of the electric power equipment, and
perform pattern analysis on the thermal image to divide the thermal image into an analysis target equipment region, a non-interest equipment region, and a background noise region, and diagnosing the electric power equipment as being normal or as being abnormal based on temperature information included in the analysis target equipment region.

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A method of diagnosing electric power equipment, the method comprising:

determining whether electric power equipment is detected by an imaging unit including a pan/tilt module mounted on an upper surface of a vehicle and an image sensor mounted on an upper portion of the pan/tilt module, the imaging unit being configured to capture a thermal image of the electric power equipment, the pan/tilt module being configured to rotate and/or pivot the image sensor;
controlling the imaging unit to capture a thermal image of the electric power equipment when the electric power equipment is determined as being detected;
dividing, by a processor, the thermal image into an analysis target equipment region, a non-interest equipment region, and a background noise region by performing pattern analysis on the thermal image;
and
diagnosing, by the processor, the electric power equipment as being normal or as being abnormal based on temperature information included in the analysis target equipment region.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus and method for diagnosing electric power equipment using thermal imaging camera

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Apparatus and method for diagnosing electric power equipment using thermal imaging camera

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