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US 12,292,388 · App. 17/801,041 · Granted May 6, 2025

Deterioration diagnosis device, deterioration diagnosis method, and recording medium

Inventors: Chisato Sugawara (Tokyo, JP); Kazuki Inagaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G01N21/8851G01N2021/8854G01N2021/8877G01N2021/8887G01N2223/614
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Patent No.
US 12,292,388
App. No.
17/801,041
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deterioration diagnosis device according to an example aspect of the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring an image including a portion to be diagnosed in a structure; calculating, by using the image, deterioration degree that is a degree of deterioration of the portion; calculating reliability for the deterioration degree based on imaging information that is information related to capturing of the image; and outputting the deterioration degree and the reliability in association with each other.

Claims (38)

1. A deterioration diagnosis device comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:

acquiring, from an imaging device, an image including a structure to be diagnosed;

calculating a deterioration degree of the structure by using the image;

calculating a reliability of the deterioration degree based on imaging information related to capture of the image by the imaging device;

outputting, to a display device, the deterioration degree and the reliability in association with each other;

storing the deterioration degree and the reliability;

acquiring a new image including the structure from the imaging device;

calculating the deterioration degree by using the new image;

calculating the reliability of the deterioration degree based on new imaging information related to capture of the new image by the imaging device; and

when the reliability calculated based on the new imaging information is higher than the stored reliability, replacing the stored reliability with the reliability calculated based on the new imaging information.

2. The deterioration diagnosis device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

calculating the reliability by using, as the imaging information, weather at a time of capture of the image, the time of capture of the image, and at least one of a moving speed and an acceleration of the imaging device that captured the image.

3. The deterioration diagnosis device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

when the reliability calculated based on the new imaging information is higher than the stored reliability, replacing the stored deterioration degree with the calculated deterioration degree.

4. The deterioration diagnosis device according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

in a case that the calculated deterioration degree is worse than the stored deterioration degree, checking the calculated reliability, and, in a case that the calculated reliability is appropriate, updating the stored deterioration degree with the deterioration degree calculated by using the new image.

5. A deterioration diagnosis method performed by a computer and comprising:

acquiring, from an imaging device, an image including a structure to be diagnosed;

calculating a deterioration degree of the structure by using the image;

calculating a reliability of the deterioration degree based on imaging information related to capture of the image by the imaging device;

outputting, to a display device, the deterioration degree and the reliability in association with each other;

storing the deterioration degree and the reliability;

acquiring a new image including the structure from the imaging device;

calculating the deterioration degree by using the new image;

calculating the reliability of the deterioration degree based on new imaging information related to capture of the new image by the imaging device; and

when the reliability calculated based on the new imaging information is higher than the stored reliability, replacing the stored reliability with the reliability calculated based on the new imaging information.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program executable by a computer to perform a method comprising:

acquiring, from an imaging device, an image including a structure to be diagnosed;

calculating a deterioration degree of the structure by using the image;

calculating a reliability of the deterioration degree based on imaging information related to capture of the image by the imaging device;

outputting, to a display device, the deterioration degree and the reliability in association with each other;

storing the deterioration degree and the reliability;

acquiring a new image including the structure from the imaging device;

calculating the deterioration degree by using the new image;

calculating the reliability of the deterioration degree based on new imaging information related to capture of the new image by the imaging device; and

when the reliability calculated based on the new imaging information is higher than the stored reliability, replacing the stored reliability with the reliability calculated based on the new imaging information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2022
From: SUGAWARA, CHISATO; INAGAKI, KAZUKI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061249/0474 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-045357 · Mar 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230081098A1 · Mar 16, 2023
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