US 2024/0377014 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CAMERA OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM

Abstract

A sewer inspection or maintenance system has an image recording device arranged on a crawler or pushing device by a joint system. The joint system is adapted to carry out pivot movements in at least two directions for pivoting the image recording device in a predetermined direction. An input device is adapted to receive a target point for a pivot movement of the joint system to be carried out, and a control device, which is coupled to the input device and to the joint system, and which is adapted to receive the target point received from the input device, to calculate joint angles of the joint system that correspond to the target point of the pivot movement to be carried out, and to determine control signals to transmit to the joint system, wherein the control signals cause the joint system to perform the pivot movement.

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Dependent claims

A sewer inspection and/or maintenance system, comprising:

an image recording device, which is arranged via a joint system on a crawler or on a pushing device of the sewer inspection and/or maintenance system, wherein the joint system is adapted to carry out pivot movements in at least two directions in order to pivot the image recording device arranged thereon in a predetermined direction,
an input device, which is adapted to receive a target point for a pivot movement of the joint system to be carried out, and
a control device, which is coupled to the input device and to the joint system, and which is adapted,
to receive the target point received from the input device,
to calculate joint angles of the joint system that correspond to the target point of the pivot movement to be carried out, and
to determine control signals based on the current joint angles and on the calculated joint angles and to transmit these to the joint system, wherein the control signals cause the joint system to perform the pivot movement to be carried out up to the target point.

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A method for aligning an image recording device of a sewer inspection and/or maintenance system, wherein the image recording device is arranged via a joint system on a crawler or on a pushing device of the sewer inspection and/or maintenance system, wherein the joint system is adapted to carry out pivot movements in at least two directions in order to align the image recording device arranged thereon in a predetermined direction, wherein:

a target point for a pivot movement of the joint system to be carried out is received via an input device,
a control device, which is coupled to the input device and to the joint system:
calculates joint angles of the joint system corresponding to the target point of the pivot movement to be carried out, and
based on the current joint angles and the calculated joint angles, control signals for the joint system are determined, wherein the determined control signals are used to cause the joint system to perform the pivot movement to be carried out up to the target point.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for controlling a camera of a sewer inspection and/or maintenance system

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System and method for controlling a camera of a sewer inspection and/or maintenance system

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