Device and method of processing logs using a thermal camera
AssigneeStora Enso OYJ
InventorMarko Harinen
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Abstract
A device for processing logs, comprises a deicing apparatus (11), a debarking apparatus (22), arranged downstream of the deicing apparatus, a thermal camera (30), arranged to acquire a thermal image of at least one log downstream of the debarking apparatus, and a processing device (40). The processing device (40) is configured to receive the thermal image from the thermal camera, to process the thermal image to determine a log surface temperature, and to provide a deicing control signal to the deicing apparatus (11) based on the log surface temperature. A method of processing logs is also disclosed.
Claims26
A device for processing logs, comprising:
- a deicing apparatus,
- a debarking apparatus arranged downstream of the deicing apparatus,
- a thermal camera arranged to acquire a thermal image of at least one log downstream of the debarking apparatus, and
- a processing device, configured to:
- receive the thermal image from the thermal camera,
- process the thermal image to determine a log surface temperature, and
- provide a deicing control signal to the deicing apparatus based on the log surface temperature.
A method of processing logs, comprising:
- providing at least one log,
- deicing the at least one log in a deicing apparatus,
- debarking the at least one log in a debarking apparatus, downstream of the deicing apparatus,
- acquiring a thermal image depicting the at least one log using a thermal camera, downstream of the debarking apparatus,
- processing the thermal image to determine a log surface temperature, and
- providing a deicing control signal to the deicing apparatus based on the log surface temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.