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Granted Patent B2
US 12,130,264 · App. 17/943,593 · Granted Oct 29, 2024

Hammering test system

Inventor: Takeshi Kikuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOPCON CORPORATION
G01N3/303
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Patent No.
US 12,130,264
App. No.
17/943,593
Granted
Oct 29, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a hammering test system. A hammering test system includes a hammering test device including a target, a traveling mechanism for automatically traveling on a to-be-tested surface, a marking mechanism configured to perform marking on the to-be-tested surface, an adsorbing mechanism for adsorbing to the to-be-tested surface, and a hammering test mechanism configured to conduct a hammering test on the to-be-tested surface, and a surveying instrument capable of performing automatic tracking and distance and angle measurements of the target. A hammering test is conducted by causing the hammering test device to travel to a desired position while adsorbing to a to-be-tested surface by the adsorbing mechanism. When it is determined that there is an abnormality, a marking is marked on the to-be-tested surface. The surveying instrument automatically tracks the target, and when conducting a hammering test, makes distance and angle measurements of the target.

Claims (14)

1. A hammering test system comprising:

a hammering test device including a target, a traveling mechanism for automatically traveling on a to-be-tested surface, a marking mechanism configured to perform marking on the to-be-tested surface, an adsorbing mechanism for adsorbing to the to-be-tested surface, and a hammering test mechanism configured to conduct a hammering test on the to-be-tested surface;

a device control unit configured to control the traveling mechanism, the marking mechanism, and the hammering test mechanism;

a surveying instrument including a tracking unit configured to automatically track the target, a distance-measuring unit configured to measure a distance to the target, and an angle-measuring unit configured to measure angles of the target;

a surveying instrument control unit configured to control the surveying instrument; and

a determining unit configured to determine whether there is an abnormality on the to-be-tested surface in a hammering test conducted by the hammering test device, wherein

the device control unit causes the hammering test device to conduct a hammering test by causing the hammering test device to travel to a desired position while causing the hammering test device to adsorb to the to-be-tested surface by the adsorbing mechanism, and controls the marking mechanism to perform marking when the determining unit determines that there is an abnormality, and

the surveying instrument control unit causes the surveying instrument to automatically track the target, and controls the surveying instrument to make distance and angle measurements of the target when conducting a hammering test by the hammering test device.

2. The hammering test system according to claim 1 , wherein

the device control unit causes the hammering test device to travel over the entire to-be-tested surface by causing the hammering test device to travel in a predetermined pattern, and causes the hammering test mechanism to conduct a hammering test at intervals of a predetermined time or a predetermined distance during traveling.

3. The hammering test system according to claim 1 , wherein

based on data acquired by distance and angle measurements by the surveying instrument, by calculating three-dimensional shape data of the to-be-tested surface and linking the three-dimensional shape data to a determination result obtained by the determining unit, processing to convert a test result into visually recognizable information is performed.

4. The hammering test system according to claim 2 , wherein

based on data acquired by distance and angle measurements by the surveying instrument, by calculating three-dimensional shape data of the to-be-tested surface and linking the three-dimensional shape data to a determination result obtained by the determining unit, processing to convert a test result into visually recognizable information is performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2022
From: KIKUCHI, TAKESHI
To: TOPCON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061081/0638 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-160657 · Sep 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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