Apparatus for monitoring a switchgear

    公开(公告)号:US12166335B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-10

    申请号:US17467295

    申请日:2021-09-06

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a switchgear includes: an input unit; a processing unit; and an output unit. The input unit provides the processing unit with a monitor infra-red image of a switchgear. The processing unit implements a machine learning classifier algorithm to analyse the monitor infra-red image and determine if there is one or more anomalous hot spots in the switchgear. The machine learning classifier algorithm has been trained based on a plurality of different training infra-red images, the plurality of training infra-red images including a plurality of synthetic infra-red images generated from a corresponding plurality of visible images. The output unit outputs information relating to the one or more anomalous hot spots.

    System for monitoring a device
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12044576B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US17721496

    申请日:2022-04-15

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: G01J5/0066 G01J5/027 H04N5/33 G01J2005/0077

    Abstract: A system and method includes an infrared camera; a processing unit; and an output unit. The infrared camera is configured to acquire a plurality of infrared images of the device, wherein the plurality of infrared images comprises a first infrared image and a second infrared image acquired a time period after the first infrared image. The processing unit is configured to determine a pixel in the first infrared image with a hottest temperature and determine a pixel in the second infrared image with a hottest temperature. The processing unit is configured to determine a first number of pixels in the first infrared image that have a temperature within a threshold temperature of the hottest temperature of the first infrared image and determine a second number of pixels in the second infrared image that have a temperature within the threshold temperature of the hottest temperature of the second infrared image.

    Medium Voltage Switching or Controlgear Monitoring System

    公开(公告)号:US20220181856A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-09

    申请号:US17543193

    申请日:2021-12-06

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Abstract: The invention relates to a medium voltage switchgear or control gear monitoring system (10), comprising: an infrared camera (20); and a processing unit (30); wherein the infrared camera is configured to be mounted within a medium voltage switchgear or control gear (40); wherein the infrared camera is configured to acquire an infrared image, wherein the infrared image comprises image data of two or three current carrying parts of the switchgear or control gear (50), and wherein the two or three current carrying parts are the same current carry part of two or three equivalent systems within the switchgear or control gear; wherein the infrared camera is configured to provide the infrared image to the processing unit; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine that the two or three current carrying parts are operating correctly or that one of the two or three current carrying parts has a fault, wherein the determination comprises analysis of the infrared image by an autoencoder implemented by the processing unit.

    System for Monitoring a Device
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230026139A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-26

    申请号:US17868975

    申请日:2022-07-20

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Abstract: A system and method includes at least one temperature sensor, a processing unit, and an output unit. The temperature sensor acquires a temperature measurement at a first location of an operational device, which first location is in thermal contact with a second location of the operational device. The processing unit selects a simulated temperature distribution of the first location of a simulated device from a plurality of simulated temperature distributions of the first location and compares the temperature measurement with simulated temperature distributions of the first location, and determines whether a hot spot exists or is developing at the second location. The determination comprises utilization of a correlation between the simulated temperature distribution of the first location and the second location for the selected simulated temperature distribution of the first location of the simulated device.

    APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A SWITCHGEAR

    公开(公告)号:US20210396584A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-23

    申请号:US17467295

    申请日:2021-09-06

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a switchgear includes: an input unit; a processing unit; and an output unit. The input unit provides the processing unit with a monitor infra-red image of a switchgear. The processing unit implements a machine learning classifier algorithm to analyse the monitor infra-red image and determine if there is one or more anomalous hot spots in the switchgear. The machine learning classifier algorithm has been trained based on a plurality of different training infra-red images, the plurality of training infra-red images including a plurality of synthetic infra-red images generated from a corresponding plurality of visible images. The output unit outputs information relating to the one or more anomalous hot spots.

    System for Monitoring a Switchgear
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230342906A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18303645

    申请日:2023-04-20

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Inventor: Ralf Gitzel

    CPC classification number: G06T7/0004 G06T5/50 G06T7/136 G06T2207/10048

    Abstract: A system for monitoring a switchgear includes an infrared camera; a processing unit; and an output unit. The camera acquires a first infrared image. The processing unit determines a pixel in the first image with a maximum temperature and uses a second number of pixels to determine a temperature interval. The processing unit sorts the pixels in descending order of temperature to determine a threshold temperature and determines that a hot spot exists in the switchgear using the temperature interval for the first infrared image. The output unit is configured to output an indication of a fault in the switchgear when the determination has been made that a hot spot exists in the switchgear.

    System for Monitoring a Switchgear
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230228625A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18154493

    申请日:2023-01-13

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Abstract: A system for monitoring a switchgear includes an infrared camera; a processing unit; and an output unit. The infrared camera acquires a first infrared image having a first number of pixels, and the processing unit determines a pixel in the first infrared image with a maximum temperature. The processing unit utilizes a second number less than the first number to determine a temperature interval for the first infrared image equal to a difference between the maximum temperature in the first infrared image and a threshold temperature in the first infrared image. The processing unit is configured to determine that a hot spot exists in the switchgear using the temperature interval for the first infrared image.

    NEGOTIATION OF INFORMATION CONTRACTS BETWEEN INFORMATION PROVIDERS AND CONSUMERS

    公开(公告)号:US20220121716A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17502893

    申请日:2021-10-15

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    Abstract: A method for automatically supplying or locating data over a communication network comprising: configuring a data source to provide source data over the communication network, the source data being identified by a data identifier in a domain of identifiers; receiving a machine-readable description, the machine-readable description specifying at least one predicate that must be satisfied by the data; labeling data identified by the data identifier with labels at least in part indicative of data predicates that hold true for the data identified by the data identifier or that are satisfiable for the data identified by the data identifier; searching for the data based at least in part on the machine-readable description and the labels; obtaining a solution satisfying the predicate based on the search; and supplying the solution over the communication network to a data consumer.

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