IP Library Granted Patent US 12,118,711
Granted Patent B2
US 12,118,711 · App. 17/451,035 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Image(s) to length conversion systems and methods

Inventor: Michel Lortie (Quebec, CA)
Assignee: ContiTech Transportbandsysteme GmbH
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Patent No.
US 12,118,711
App. No.
17/451,035
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A measurement system includes an imaging device, a memory device, an interface and circuitry. The imaging device is configured to obtain a device image a conveyor belt system. The image device is configured to obtain a reference image of a reference point or reference measurement. The reference image can also be the device image. The memory device is configured to store the device image. The interface is configured to facilitate selection of points for a device/part to be measured. The circuitry comprises one or more processors configured to determine a reference measurement for the reference dimension based on the reference image via the interface; determine one or more device measurements based on the device image and the reference measurement; and calculate a plurality of device parameters based on the determined one or more device measurements. User input via a touch sensitive screen comprising a glass insulator coated with indium tin oxide (ITO) and the one or more processors can be configured to select the one or more device points based on change in capacitance at one or more locations of the touch sensitive screen.

Claims (45)

1. A measurement system comprising:

an imaging device configured to obtain a device image for a first device;

the imaging device configured to obtain a reference image having a reference measurement;

a memory device configured to store the device image;

an interface; and

circuitry comprising one or more processors configured to:

select one or more device points of the device image;

determine a reference measurement for the reference dimension based on the reference image;

determine one or more device measurements based on the device image, the selected device points and the reference measurement;

calculate one or more device parameters based on the determined one or more device measurements; and

the first device being a conveyor belt system and comprising a first pulley, a second pulley spaced from the first pulley and a conveyor belt wrapped around the first pulley and the second pulley, and a drive motor configured to controllably rotate the first pulley.

2. The system of claim 1 , the interface being a network interface and configured to facilitate selection of the one or more device points.

3. The system of claim 1 , the imaging device being comprised within a mobile phone.

4. The system of claim 1 , the imaging device installed proximate a frame of a conveyor belt system.

5. The system of claim 1 , the reference dimension marked on a material and having a known length.

6. The system of claim 1 , the one or more system parameters comprising a number of sprocket teeth.

7. The system of claim 1 , the one or more system parameters comprising one or more of a diameter, a center distance, an angle, and a dead weight belt elongation.

8. The system of claim 1 , the one or more system parameters comprising linear misalignment and angular misalignment.

9. The system of claim 1 , the one or more system parameters comprising an angle misalignment of a portion of the conveyor belt.

10. The system of claim 1 , the one or more processors configured to select the one or more device points corresponding to a medium on the device image and on an additional device image having a time offset from the device image, determine the one or more device measurements at the time offset and determine a flow rate of the medium on the conveyor belt system.

11. The system of claim 1 , the one or more system parameters comprising a center distance, a belt length, a wrap angle, a belt tension and a belt life prediction.

12. The system of claim 1 , the one or more system parameters comprising a dead weight belt elongation.

13. The system of claim 1 , the imaging device configured to generate the system image using infra red wavelengths of about 50 to 1000 micrometers.

14. The system of claim 1 , the memory device further configured to store a plurality of previous device images.

15. The system of claim 1 , the reference measurement being a twelve inch mark.

16. The system of claim 1 , the one or more device points being selected using a touch sensitive screen.

17. A measurement system comprising:

an imaging device configured to obtain a device image for a first device;

the imaging device configured to obtain a reference image having a reference measurement;

a memory device configured to store the device image;

an interface; and

circuitry comprising one or more processors configured to:

select one or more device points of the device image;

determine a reference measurement for the reference dimension based on the reference image;

determine one or more device measurements based on the device image, the selected device points and the reference measurement;

calculate one or more device parameters based on the determined one or more device measurements; and

the first device comprising an industrial fluid hose and the one or more parameters comprising a medium flow rate through the industrial fluid hose.

18. A measurement system comprising:

an imaging device configured to obtain a device image for a conveyor belt system; and

circuitry comprising one or more processors configured to:

select one or more device points of the device image based on user input;

select a reference measurement for a reference dimension;

determine one or more device measurements based on the device image, the selected device points and the reference measurement;

calculate one or more device parameters based on the determined one or more device measurements; and

the user input via a touch sensitive screen comprising a glass insulator coated with indium tin oxide (ITO) and the one or more processors are configured to select the one or more device points based on change in capacitance at one or more locations of the touch sensitive screen.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2024
From: CONTITECH TRANSPORTBANDSYSTEME GMBH
To: CONTITECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 068974/0551 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2024
From: LORTIE, MICHEL
To: CONTITECH TRANSPORTBANDSYSTEME GMBH
Reel/Frame 068445/0425 →
Continuity (1)
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