Loading of a load with a crane system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas Dobler, Julian Vogel
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Abstract
For the automated loading of a load by a crane system, a camera system of the crane system generates at least one image data stream. The at least one image data stream is analyzed by a computer unit with the assistance of an artificial neural network. On the basis of the analysis, a first marker and a second marker are recognized by the computer unit in respective single images of the at least one image data stream. Positions of the markers are determined, and the load is loaded automatically by a lifting device of the crane system dependent upon the positions of the markers.
Claims16
A method for loading of a load with a crane system, said method comprising:
- generating at least one image data stream by a camera system of the crane system;
- analyzing the at least one image data stream by a computer unit of the crane system on the basis of an artificial neural network;
- in response to the analysis of the at least one image data stream by the computer unit, recognizing a first marker in a first single image of the at least one image data stream and recognizing a second marker in a second single image of the at least one image data stream;
- determining by the computer unit a position of the first marker and a position of the second marker;
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- automatically loading the load by a lifting device of the crane system dependent upon the positions of the first and second markers.
A crane system, comprising:
- a lifting device;
- a camera system configured to generate at least one image data stream;
- a computer unit including an artificial neural network, said computer unit being configured to analyze the at least one image data stream with the assistance of the artificial neural network, in response to the analysis to recognize a first marker in a first single image of the at least one image data stream and to recognize a second marker in a second single image of the at least one image data stream, and to determine a position of the first marker and a position of the second marker;
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- a control system configured to operate the lifting device dependent upon the positions of the first and second markers for loading a load automatically.
A computer program embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and storing commands, wherein the computer program, when loaded into a computer unit of a crane system and executed by the computer unit, causes the crane system to perform the steps of:
- generating at least one image data stream by a camera system of the crane system;
- analyzing the at least one image data stream by the computer unit of the crane system on the basis of an artificial neural network;
- in response to the analysis of the at least one image data stream by the computer unit, recognizing a first marker in a first single image of the at least one image data stream and recognizing a second marker in a second single image of the at least one image data stream;
- determining by the computer unit a position of the first marker and a position of the second marker;
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- automatically loading the load by a lifting device of the crane system dependent upon the positions of the first and second markers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.