US 2023/0410529 A1 · Method and System for MonitoringTrees Endangering Power Lines

Abstract

A method for monitoring trees endangering power lines using a vehicle network, which comprises a vehicle and a central computer, the vehicle including an image capturing sensor system, an image processing unit, and a locating system, and wirelessly connectable to the central computer in a data-conducting manner, and wherein the vehicle network covers a particular area and the vehicle can travel within the area, such that the trees endangering power lines within the area can be automatically monitored by the vehicle during a journey, includes capturing image information of an environment with the image capturing sensor system of a relevant vehicle during a journey, determining tree information with the image processing unit of the vehicle, taking into account power lines, based on the captured image information, and sending from the vehicle to the central computer the determined tree information and/or tree information evaluated by an evaluation unit of the vehicle.

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A method for monitoring trees endangering power lines using a vehicle network, which comprises a plurality of vehicles and a central computer, wherein at least one vehicle of the plurality if vehicles comprises an image capturing sensor system, an image processing unit, and a locating system and is wirelessly connectable to the central computer in a data-conducting manner, and wherein the vehicle network covers a particular area and each vehicle can travel within the area, such that the trees endangering power lines within the area can be automatically monitored by the at least one vehicle during a journey, comprising:

capturing image information of an environment with the image capturing sensor system of the at least one vehicle during a journey;
determining tree information with the image processing unit of the at least one vehicle, taking into account the power lines, based on the captured image information;
and
sending from the at least one vehicle to the central computer the determined tree information.

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