Image Processing Techniques for Multi-Sensor Inspection of Pipe Interiors

    公开(公告)号:US20210255116A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17307041

    申请日:2021-05-04

    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, from a multi-sensor pipe inspection robot that traverses through the interior of a pipe, two or more sets of condition assessment data for the interior of the pipe collected during a single pass through the interior of the pipe; the two or more sets of condition assessment data comprising a first data type obtained using a first sensor type and a second data type obtained using a second sensor type; combining, using a processor, two or more image processing techniques to adjust imaging of a pipe feature; and forming, using the processor, an image of the interior of the pipe using the two or more image processing techniques. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

    Method and apparatus for robotic, in-pipe water quality testing

    公开(公告)号:US10859554B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US16429655

    申请日:2019-06-03

    Abstract: One embodiment provides a pipe inspection robot, including: a chassis configured to traverse through an interior of a water or sewer pipe; an extension piece coupled to the chassis; a water quality probe comprising a first end that couples to the extension piece and a sensing end distal thereto; an electric motor configured to reposition the sensing end of the water quality probe with respect to the extension piece; said electric motor acting to rotate the sensing end of the water quality probe to reposition the sensing end proximate to fluid containing water located proximate to a bottom part of the chassis; the sensing end configured to contact the fluid containing water for contact sensing of water quality data. Other aspects are described and claimed.

    PIPE FEATURE IDENTIFICATION USING PIPE INSPECTION DATA ANALYSIS

    公开(公告)号:US20190139215A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-09

    申请号:US16184073

    申请日:2018-11-08

    Abstract: One aspect provides a method, including: operating a mobile pipe inspection platform to obtain sensor data for the interior of a pipe; analyzing, using a processor, the sensor data using a trained model, where the trained model is trained using a dataset including sensor data of pipe interiors and one or more of: metadata identifying pipe feature locations contained within the sensor data of the dataset and metadata classifying pipe features contained within the sensor data of the dataset; performing one or more of: identifying, using a processor, a pipe feature location within the sensor data; and classifying, using a processor, a pipe feature of the sensor data; and thereafter producing, using a processor, an output including one or more of an indication of the identifying and an indication of the classifying. Other aspects are described and claimed.

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