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US 10,948,531 B2Granted
System and method for power transmission line monitoring
AssigneeLineVision, Inc.
InventorsNathan Douglas Pinney, Thomas Anderson McChesney, Elliott J. Gould
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Abstract
A transmission line monitoring system and central processing facility are used to determine the geometry, such as a height, of one or more conductors of a power transmission line and real-time monitoring of other properties of the conductors.
Claims20
A transmission line monitoring system, comprising:
- a clearance sensor which is a LIDAR sensor;
- and
- a controller for processing data from the clearance sensor to assess geometry and/or and/or motion of transmission line conductors and determine a dynamic line rating for the transmission line conductors.
A transmission line monitoring system, comprising:
- a clearance sensor;
- and
- a controller for processing data from the clearance sensor to assess geometry and/or motion of transmission line conductors;
- wherein the controller processes the data to measure a thickness of ice formed on the conductors.
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A transmission line monitoring system, comprising:
- a clearance sensor that is a camera that images the conductors;
- and
- a controller for processing data from the clearance sensor to assess geometry and/or motion of transmission line conductors;
- wherein the camera includes an embedded image analytics system that identifies the conductors as foreground objects against irrelevant background objects.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.