IP Library Granted Patent US 12675884
Granted Patent B2
US 12675884 · App. 18/008,175 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Gas migration estimation device, gas migration estimation method, estimation model generation device, estimation model generation method, and program

Inventors: Motohiro Asano (Osaka, JP); Takashi Morimoto (Suita, JP); Shunsuke Takamura (Tama, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
G06T7/20G01M3/04G06T2207/10016G06T2207/10024G06T2207/10048G06T2207/20076G06T2207/20081
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Patent No.
US 12675884
App. No.
18/008,175
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An estimation device and an estimation method are capable of detecting whether or not gas is flowing in a distal-proximal direction from a viewpoint even in a case where gas monitoring is performed on the basis of only an image from one viewpoint. The gas migration estimation device includes: an image input unit that receives, as an input, a gas distribution moving image in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region; and a gas migration estimation unit that estimates a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction corresponding to the gas distribution moving image received by the image acquisition unit, by using an estimation model that is machine-learned using a combination of a training gas distribution moving image and a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the training gas distribution moving image as training data.

Claims (46)

1 . A gas migration estimation device comprising:

an image inputter that receives, as an input, a gas distribution moving image including a plurality of frames and in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region; and

a gas migration estimator that estimates a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction corresponding to the gas distribution moving image received by a hardware processor, by using an estimation model that is machine-learned using a combination of a training gas distribution moving image and a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the training gas distribution moving image as training data, to determine whether or not the gas is flowing in the distal-proximal direction, which is a depth direction of the gas distribution moving image.

2 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the gas migration estimator uses a relative distal-proximal velocity indicating a migration velocity of the gas in the distal-proximal direction as a relative value with respect to a migration velocity in a viewing angle direction, as the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction in the training data.

3 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the gas migration estimator outputs a migration velocity of the gas in the distal-proximal direction in the gas distribution moving image received by the image inputter as the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction.

4 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the gas migration estimator outputs a probability distribution of a migration velocity of the gas in the distal-proximal direction in the gas distribution moving image received by the image inputter as the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction.

5 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the image inputter includes an imaging means that senses infrared light, and the gas region is an image of gas that absorbs the infrared light, or water vapor.

6 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the image inputter includes an imaging means that senses visible light, and the gas region is an image of gas that absorbs the visible light, or water vapor.

7 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the image inputter receives, as an input, a gas distribution moving image obtained by extracting a specific frequency component from a moving image obtained by imaging a space.

8 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 1 , further comprising an image display that superimposes and displays the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction on the gas distribution moving image received by the image inputter.

9 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 8 , wherein the image display displays at least one of presence or absence of migration of the gas in the distal-proximal direction, a migration direction, and a migration velocity by color.

10 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 8 , wherein the image display displays at least one of presence or absence of migration of the gas in the distal-proximal direction, a migration direction, and a migration velocity by a length of a line or an arrow.

11 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 8 , further comprising a three-dimensional flow estimator that estimates a migration state of gas in a viewing angle direction in the gas distribution moving image received by the image inputter, and estimates a migration state of gas as three-dimensional information from the migration state of the gas in the viewing angle direction and the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction,

wherein the image display displays the migration state of the gas as the three-dimensional information.

12 . An estimation model generation device comprising:

an image inputter that receives, as an input, a gas distribution moving image including a plurality of frames and in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region;

a velocity inputter that receives, as an input, a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the gas distribution moving image; and

a hardware processor that performs machine learning using a combination of the gas distribution moving image and the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction as training data, and generates an estimation model that outputs the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction using the gas distribution moving image as an input, to indicate whether or not the gas is flowing in the distal-proximal direction, which is a depth direction of the gas distribution moving image.

13 . A gas migration estimation device comprising:

an image inputter that receives, as an input, a gas distribution moving image including a plurality of frames and in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region;

a second hardware processor that performs machine learning using a combination of a training gas distribution moving image and a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the training gas distribution moving image as training data and that generates an estimation model; and

a gas migration estimator that estimates a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction corresponding to the gas distribution moving image received by a first hardware processor, by using the estimation model, to determine whether or not the gas is flowing in the distal-proximal direction, which is a depth direction of the gas distribution moving image.

14 . A gas migration estimation method comprising:

receiving, as an input, a gas distribution moving image including a plurality of frames and in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region; and

estimating a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction corresponding to the gas distribution moving image received by using an estimation model that is machine-learned using a combination of a training gas distribution moving image and a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the training gas distribution moving image as training data, to determine whether or not the gas is flowing in the distal-proximal direction, which is a depth direction of the gas distribution moving image.

15 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causing a computer to perform gas migration estimation processing, the gas migration estimation processing comprising:

receiving, as an input, a gas distribution moving image including a plurality of frames and in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region; and

estimating a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction corresponding to the gas distribution moving image received by using an estimation model that is machine-learned using a combination of a training gas distribution moving image and a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the training gas distribution moving image as training data, to determine whether or not the gas is flowing in the distal-proximal direction, which is a depth direction of the gas distribution moving image.

16 . An estimation model generation method comprising:

receiving, as an input, a gas distribution moving image including a plurality of frames and in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region;

receiving, as an input, a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the gas distribution moving image; and

performing machine learning using a combination of the gas distribution moving image and the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction as training data, and generating an estimation model that outputs the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction using the gas distribution moving image as an input, to indicate whether or not the gas is flowing in the distal-proximal direction, which is a depth direction of the gas distribution moving image.

17 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causing a computer to perform estimation model generation processing, the estimation model generation processing comprising:

receiving, as an input, a gas distribution moving image including a plurality of frames and in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region;

receiving, as an input, a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the gas distribution moving image; and

performing machine learning using a combination of the gas distribution moving image and the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction as training data, and generating an estimation model that outputs the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction using the gas distribution moving image as an input, to indicate whether or not the gas is flowing in the distal-proximal direction, which is a depth direction of the gas distribution moving image.

18 . A gas migration estimation method comprising:

receiving, as an input, a gas distribution moving image including a plurality of frames and in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region;

generating an estimation model by performing machine learning using a combination of a training gas distribution moving image and a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the training gas distribution moving image as training data; and

estimating a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction corresponding to the gas distribution moving image received by using the estimation model, to determine whether or not the gas is flowing in the distal-proximal direction, which is a depth direction of the gas distribution moving image.

19 . A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causing a computer to perform gas migration estimation processing, the gas migration estimation processing comprising:

receiving, as an input, a gas distribution moving image including a plurality of frames and in which a presence range of gas leaked into a space is indicated as a gas region;

generating an estimation model by performing machine learning using a combination of a training gas distribution moving image and a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction in the training gas distribution moving image as training data; and

estimating a migration state of gas in a distal-proximal direction corresponding to the gas distribution moving image received by using the estimation model, to determine whether or not the gas is flowing in the distal-proximal direction, which is a depth direction of the gas distribution moving image.

20 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 2 , wherein the gas migration estimator outputs a migration velocity of the gas in the distal-proximal direction in the gas distribution moving image received by the image inputter as the migration state of the gas in the distal-proximal direction.

21 . The gas migration estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein the image inputter receives, as the input, the gas distribution moving image including the plurality of frames, which are all obtained from a single viewpoint.