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Granted Patent B2
US 10,371,510 · App. 15/556,369 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Structure status determination device, status determination system, and status determination method

Inventor: Hiroshi Imai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,371,510
App. No.
15/556,369
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to accurately detect, from a remote location without contact, a structure's defects such as cracking, separation, and internal cavities by distinguishing therebetween. The status determination device includes: a displacement calculation unit that, from time-series images of a structure surface before and after loading application, calculates a two-dimensional spatial distribution of a displacement of the time-series images; a depth moving amount calculation unit that calculates a moving amount of the structure surface in a normal direction due to the loading application, from the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the time-series images; a displacement separation unit that calculates a correction amount based on the moving amount, and separates a two-dimensional spatial distribution of a displacement of the structure surface, by subtracting the correction amount from the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the time-series images; and an abnormality determination unit that identifies a defect of the structure, based on comparison of the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the structure surface and the moving amount, with a spatial distribution of a displacement having been prepared in advance and a threshold value for the moving amount.

Claims (30)

1. A status determination device comprising:

a displacement calculation circuit that, from time-series images of a structure surface before and after loading application, calculates a two-dimensional spatial distribution of a displacement of the time-series images;

a depth moving amount calculation circuit that calculates a moving amount of the structure surface in a normal direction due to the loading application, from the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the time-series images;

a displacement separation circuit that calculates a correction amount based on the moving amount, and separates a two-dimensional spatial distribution of a displacement of the structure surface, by subtracting the correction amount from the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the time-series images; and

an abnormality determination circuit that identifies a defect of the structure, based on comparison of the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the structure surface and the moving amount, with a spatial distribution of a displacement having been prepared in advance and a threshold value for the moving amount.

2. The status determination device according to claim 1 , wherein

the depth moving amount calculation circuit estimates a tilt angle of the structure from the time-series images, and calculates the moving amount corrected using the tilt angle.

3. The status determination device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a differential displacement calculation circuit that calculates a two-dimensional differential spatial distribution from the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the structure surface, wherein

the abnormality determination circuit identifies a defect of the structure, based on comparison between the two-dimensional differential spatial distribution and a differential spatial distribution of a differential displacement having been prepared in advance.

4. The status determination device according to claim 1 , wherein

the abnormality determination circuit identifies a defect of the structure, based on a temporal change of the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the structure surface.

5. The status determination device according to claim 3 , wherein

the abnormality determination circuit identifies a defect of the structure, based on a temporal change of the two-dimensional differential spatial distribution.

6. The status determination device according to claim 1 , comprising:

an abnormality map creation circuit that creates an abnormality map that represents a location and a type of the defect, based on a determination result of the abnormality determination circuit.

7. A status determination system comprising:

a status determination device according to claim 1 ; and

an image-capture device that captures the time-series images and provides the status determination device with the time-series images.

8. A status determination method comprising:

calculating, from time-series images of a structure surface before and after loading application, a two-dimensional spatial distribution of a displacement of the time-series images;

calculating a moving amount of the structure surface in a normal direction due to the loading application, from the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the time-series images;

calculating a correction amount based on the moving amount;

separating a two-dimensional spatial distribution of a displacement of the structure surface, by subtracting the correction amount from the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the time-series images; and

identifying a defect of the structure, based on comparison of the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the structure surface and the moving amount, with a spatial distribution of a displacement having been prepared in advance and a threshold value for the moving amount.

9. A status determination device comprising:

a displacement calculation circuit that, from time-series images of a structure surface before and after loading application, calculates a two-dimensional spatial distribution of a displacement of the time-series images;

a depth moving amount calculation circuit that calculates a moving amount of the structure surface in a normal direction due to the loading application, from the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the time-series images;

a displacement separation circuit that calculates a correction amount based on the moving amount, and separates a two-dimensional spatial distribution of a displacement of the structure surface, by subtracting the correction amount from the two-dimensional spatial distribution of the displacement of the time-series images; and

an abnormality determination circuit that identifies a defect of the structure, based on comparison between the moving amount and a threshold value for the moving amount having been prepared in advance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2017
From: IMAI, HIROSHI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043518/0429 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-057048 · Mar 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180106609A1 · Apr 19, 2018
Cited By (1)
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