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US 12,363,415 B2Granted
Moving object and method for using same
AssigneesACSL Ltd., NJS Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Kuroiwa, Shosuke Inoue, Yusuke Inagaki, Takeshi Aikawa
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Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a moving object comprising a configuration suitable for miniaturization in a view from at least one direction, and to provide a method for using the same. Provided is a moving object comprising: two or more rotors positioned at the front side and at the rear side in the traveling direction; and a driving device that drives the two or more rotors and rotates at least two of the two or more rotors in mutually different directions.
Claims9
A moving object, the moving object comprising:
- a first rotor including a first motor and a second rotor including a second motor aligned along an axis defined in a traveling direction;
- and
- a driver for driving the first and second motors and rotating the first and second rotors in different directions,
- a cover having a hollow structure elongating along the axis defined in the traveling direction, the cover connected to and carried by the first and second rotors arranged within the hollow structure along the axis and configured to partially cover the first and second rotors with a side surface, with respect to the axis defined in the traveling direction, of the cover, wherein the cover further includes:
- a plurality of gas exhaust holes arranged along the axis defined in the traveling direction in the side surface of the cover at an underside with respect to the traveling direction, and
- wherein each of the gas exhaust holes diagonally extends through a side wall of the cover at the underside from the inside of the cover to the outside of the cover and from a front side to a back side with respect to the traveling direction.
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A method comprising:
- deploying, within a pipeline, a moving object for inspection within the pipeline;
- moving the moving object in a traveling direction corresponding to a first direction extending along the pipeline, the moving object including:
- at least two rotors arranged back and forth in the traveling direction;
- a driver for driving the at least two rotors and rotating at least two of the at least two rotors in different directions;
- and
- a rear-direction shooting camera, wherein the moving object is connected to a line;
- and
- moving, using the line, the moving object in a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite to the traveling direction;
- capturing images inside the pipeline by means of the rear-direction shooting camera as the moving object moves in the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.