IP Library Granted Patent US 11,373,409
Granted Patent B2
US 11,373,409 · App. 17/310,231 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Photography system

Inventors: Yu Sugimura (Tokyo, JP); Kazunari Iwanaga (Tokyo, JP); Yohei Akimoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
G06V20/52G06K9/6256G06N3/08H04N5/23218
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Patent No.
US 11,373,409
App. No.
17/310,231
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The structure examination support system 100 in the present example is provided with a GNSS receiver 120 that measures the current location, an image pick-up device 110 that photographs a target, and a calculating device 130 that controls the image pick-up device 110 , where these are equipped in a moving body. The computing device 130 controls the image pick-up device 110 on the basis of the installation location of the target that has been set in advance, the current location that has been measured by the GNSS receiver 120 , and the moving speed of the vehicle so as to repeat photography a number of times, and carries out an image recognition process on each of the plurality of images outputted from the image pick-up device 110 , and thus selects an image where the target is photographed and that is appropriate for the examination.

Claims (11)

1. A photography system where a positioning device that measures a current location of a moving body, an image pick-up device that photographs a target, and a control device that controls the image pick-up device are equipped in the moving body, wherein

the control device causes the image pick-up device to take a plurality of images of the target by controlling the image pick-up device on the basis of an installation location of the target that has been set in advance, the current location of the moving body measured by the positioning device, and a moving speed of the moving body, carries out an image recognition process on each of the plurality of images outputted from the image pick-up device, and selects an image from the plurality of images that shows the target and thereby is appropriate for examination, and

the control device selects the image utilizing a learning model that has been generated in advance through deep learning by using an image where the distortion of the target is small, an image where the target is close to the center, an image where the target is not partially shown, and an image where the target is only slightly obstructed as correct training data in order to sample an image showing the target from among a plurality of images outputted from the image pick-up device.

2. The photography system according to claim 1 , wherein

the control device selects an image of which the degree of similarity to an image registered in advance is the highest or an image that has been taken from the location that is the closest to the target as an image that is appropriate for the examination in the case where a plurality of images of the target have been taken.

3. The photography system according to claim 1 , wherein

the image pick-up device photographs the target in a plurality of directions, and

the control device groups the respective images of the target that have been taken in the plurality of directions.

4. The photography system according to claim 2 , wherein

the image pick-up device photographs the target in a plurality of directions, and

the control device groups the respective images of the target that have been taken in the plurality of directions.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0058 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 15, 2025
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI DENKI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 071275/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2021
From: SUGIMURA, YU; IWANAGA, KAZUNARI; AKIMOTO, YOHEI
To: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
Reel/Frame 056988/0379 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-033160 · Feb 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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