IP Library Granted Patent US 12,134,545
Granted Patent B2
US 12,134,545 · App. 17/511,113 · Granted Nov 5, 2024

Crane inspection system and crane

Inventors: Minoru Toida (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Honjo (Aichi, JP); Katuaki Kamashima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd.
B66C13/16B64C39/024B66C13/46B66C23/42G06T7/0004G06T17/00B64U10/13B64U2101/30G06T2200/08G06T2207/10032
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Patent No.
US 12,134,545
App. No.
17/511,113
Granted
Nov 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a crane inspection system including a mobile unit including an imaging unit and moving around a crane, and a processing unit that performs predetermined processing on captured image data captured by the imaging unit. The mobile unit images a plurality of locations including an inspection location of the crane.

Claims (36)

1. A crane inspection system comprising:

a drone including an imaging unit, wherein the drone is configured to fly around a crane or to move along a guide member provided in the crane, in which the crane includes a boom capable of derricking; and

a controller configured to perform predetermined processing on captured image data captured by the imaging unit,

wherein the drone is configured to

move to an imaging position based on a derricking angle of the boom detected by a sensor included in the crane, and

image a plurality of locations including an inspection location of the crane, and

the controller is configured to perform at least one of

diagnostic processing for determining whether or not an abnormality occurs at the inspection location of the crane, based on the captured image data,

processing for processing the captured image data into processed image data suitable for a user to determine the abnormality, or

display processing for displaying a processed image based on the processed image data to the user.

2. The crane inspection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to perform processing for preparing three-dimensional model data of the crane as the processed image data, based on a plurality of the captured image data.

3. The crane inspection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to collect state information data indicating a state of the crane, and perform the display processing for displaying state information included in the state information data and the processed image based on the processed image data to the user.

4. The crane inspection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the drone is configured to transmit the captured image data to the crane, and the controller is configured to collect state information data indicating a state of the crane and the captured image data from the crane.

5. The crane inspection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the drone includes a sensor different from the imaging unit, and causes the sensor to sense the crane.

6. The crane inspection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first drone configured to image a first region of the crane, and a second drone configured to image a second region different from the first region of the crane are provided.

7. The crane inspection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first drone having the imaging unit, and a second drone having a sensor different from the imaging unit are provided.

8. The crane inspection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the guide member is provided inside the boom of the crane, and the drone moves inside the boom.

9. A crane inspected by the crane inspection system according to claim 1 , the crane comprising:

the boom capable of derricking,

wherein the boom has the guide member along which the drone having the imaging unit moves, and

the crane is configured to detect a derricking angle of the boom to specify an imaging position of the drone.

10. The crane inspection system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display unit that outputs state information indicating a state of the crane based on the captured image data;

an inspection information database in which a work machine ID unique to each of a plurality of the cranes and the state information are associated with each other; and

a customer information database in which a plurality of the work machine IDs and customer information of the plurality of cranes are associated with each other,

wherein the display unit collates a customer of the customer information database with a user of the display unit, and displays the state information of the crane of the plurality of work machine IDs corresponding to the collated customer based on the inspection information database.

11. The crane inspection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the drone is capable of flying, and

when the inspection location of the crane is moved due to pivoting of the boom while the drone is in flight, the drone changes the inspection location of the crane based on a pivoting angle of the boom and moves to the changed inspection location of the crane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2021
From: TOIDA, MINORU; HONJO, KOHEI; KAMASHIMA, KATUAKI
To: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION CRANES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058063/0266 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-086274 · Apr 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020017523 · Apr 23, 2020
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