Outdoor inspection method and inspection robot

Abstract

The invention provides an outdoor inspection method and an inspection robot, and the method comprises the following steps: receiving important event information, the important event information comprises at least one inspection task and corresponding target safety guarantee information, and the inspection task needs to be participated by a worker and has a safety risk; the target safety guarantee information comprises information of protective equipment needing to be worn by a worker; auxiliary task information is received, the auxiliary task information comprises a first inspection auxiliary task, and the first inspection auxiliary task comprises the steps that the inspection robot moves to a designated place to detect and recognize protective equipment of workers, obtains protective equipment information and summarizes the protective equipment information into actual safety guarantee information; and judging whether the actual safety guarantee information is the same as the target safety guarantee information or not, and if not, giving an alarm for prompting. Dressing detection is conducted on workers, whether the dressing of the workers meets safety regulations or not is checked, the workers are prevented from being missed, and the safety of the workers in the outdoor inspection process is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the field of power plant or power station detection technology, and in particular, relates to an outdoor inspection method and an inspection robot. Background Art

[0002] Outdoor substations are often in harsh environments and require frequent inspections to ensure safe and stable equipment operation. The inspection locations usually involved include porcelain insulators, transformers, and electric control boxes. Arranging personnel for inspections is a common inspection method, but inspection errors are prone to occur, and the inspection locations of some power stations are relatively dangerous, which can easily cause safety risks to staff.

[0003] In view of this, the present application is proposed to provide an inspection method and an inspection robot that can realize outdoor substation inspection to ensure personnel safety and stable equipment operation. Summary of the invention

[0004] The present application provides an outdoor inspection method and an inspection robot to solve at least one of the above-mentioned technical problems.

[0005] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an outdoor inspection method, which is applied to an inspection robot and includes the following steps:

[0006] Receive important event information, including at least one inspection task and its corresponding target safety assurance information, the inspection task requires the participation of staff and has safety risks, and the target safety assurance information includes information about protective equipment that the staff needs to wear;

[0007] Receive auxiliary task information, the auxiliary task information includes a first inspection auxiliary task, the first inspection auxiliary task includes the inspection robot moving to a designated location to detect and identify protective equipment of staff members, obtain protective equipment information carried on the protective equipment, and summarize it into actual safety assurance information;

[0008] Determine whether the actual security information is the same as the target security information. If not, issue an alarm to give a prompt.

[0009] By adopting the above technical solution, the tasks that need to be performed by staff during the inspection are separated into an independent inspection task set by setting important event information, which is convenient for the inspection robot to obtain targeted information and assist the staff in their work. Secondly, by judging the actual security information and the target security information, the inspection robot can detect the staff's clothing to check whether the staff's clothing complies with safety regulations, prevent staff from missing anything, and improve the safety of staff during outdoor inspections.

[0010] In some optional implementations of the present application, the auxiliary task information also includes a second inspection auxiliary task, and the second inspection auxiliary task includes opening a safety door and inspecting a specific location.

[0011] By adopting the above technical solution, by making the auxiliary task information also include the second inspection auxiliary task, the auxiliary work of the inspection robot can be further improved, the interaction between the staff and the site can be reduced, and the safety of the staff can be improved.

[0012] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the first inspection auxiliary task also includes the number of first staff members participating in the task. When the inspection robot detects that the first number of staff members all meet the safety assurance information, the second inspection auxiliary task is executed.

[0013] By adopting the above technical solution, by making the first inspection auxiliary task also include the number of first staff members participating in the task, when the inspection robot detects that the number of first staff members all meet the safety information, the second inspection auxiliary task is executed. This can prevent any personnel from entering the inspection area before all the staff members have arranged all the protective measures, thereby reducing work risks.

[0014] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the inspection robot is communicatively connected to the safety door to open and / or close the safety door.

[0015] In some optional implementations of the present application, the auxiliary task information also includes personality information of the staff, and the inspection robot detects the personality information of the staff to calculate the number of the first staff.

[0016] By adopting the above technical solution, by making the auxiliary task information also include the personal information of the staff, the inspection robot detects the personal information of the staff to calculate the number of the first staff, thereby realizing individual detection of multiple staff members.

[0017] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the staff's clothing also has identification marks, and the inspection robot can detect and identify the staff's identification marks to obtain personal information.

[0018] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the inspection robot can identify the staff member through portrait recognition and obtain personality information.

[0019] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the important event information also includes the first location where the protective equipment is stored, and judging whether the actual safety information is the same as the target safety information, further includes: when it is detected that the actual safety information is different from the target safety information, judging again after a first preset time, if they are still different, establishing a third inspection auxiliary task, and the third inspection auxiliary task includes operating the inspection robot to move to the first position.

[0020] By adopting the above technical solution, the important event information also includes the first location where the protective equipment is stored, and when it is detected that the actual safety information is different from the target safety information, it is judged again after a first preset time. If they are still different, a third inspection auxiliary task is established. The third inspection auxiliary task includes operating the inspection robot to move to the first position. Under the premise of ensuring a certain fault tolerance rate, the inspection robot can guide the staff who do not meet the safety conditions to the protective equipment storage place, so as to facilitate the staff to obtain the protective equipment.

[0021] In some optional embodiments of the present application, issuing an alarm includes: the inspection robot wirelessly communicates with a communication device worn by a staff member to send an instruction to cause the communication device to vibrate.

[0022] By adopting the above technical solution, the inspection robot can control the communication device carried by the staff to issue vibration warnings, reducing the impact of noise on the alarm effect.

[0023] In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an inspection robot, comprising a computer device, the computer device comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer instructions, the processor being used to execute the computer instructions stored in the memory, and when the computer instructions are executed by the processor, the device implements the above-mentioned inspection method.

[0024] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the inspection robot also includes a mobile chassis, a shell, a fixed seat and an image acquisition device. The mobile chassis has moving wheels, the shell cover is arranged on the mobile chassis, and forms a accommodating cavity with the mobile chassis. The fixed seat has a first end and a second end in its length direction, the first end is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the second end is protruded on the upper part of the shell. The image acquisition device is located at the second end of the fixed seat for capturing images.

[0025] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the image acquisition device includes a fixing base arranged at the second end, the fixing base has a first side surface and a second side surface arranged opposite to each other, and the first side surface and the second side surface are respectively installed with a first image collector and a second image collector.

[0026] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the shell has a front end and a rear end along the movement direction of the inspection robot, and the inspection robot is provided with a laser radar installed near the front end of the shell.

[0027] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the fixing seat is installed near the rear end of the shell to improve the central stability of the inspection robot during operation.

[0028] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the rear end of the fixing seat has an avoidance portion, and the sound expansion hole is arranged in the avoidance portion to reduce the influence of outdoor rain.

[0029] In summary, the outdoor inspection method and inspection robot provided by this application have the following beneficial effects:

[0030] (1) The inspection method provided by this application has reasonable control logic, does not require major modifications to the inspection robot, has strong adaptability, can be quickly deployed, and realizes safe inspections in outdoor environments;

[0031] (2) The outdoor inspection method provided by this application can complete the inspection of personnel clothing through the inspection robot during the inspection task, check whether the personnel clothing complies with safety regulations, prevent the staff from missing protective equipment, ensure the safety of the staff during the outdoor inspection, and improve the inspection efficiency;

[0032] (3) The outdoor inspection method provided in this application, through the cooperation of the inspection robot and the safety door, can prevent any personnel from entering the inspection area before the staff has fully arranged the protective measures, thereby avoiding the occurrence of work risks. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0033] The accompanying drawings are used to provide further understanding of the present disclosure and constitute a part of the specification. They are used to explain the present disclosure together with the following detailed description, but do not constitute a limitation of the present disclosure.

[0034] In the attached picture:

[0035] Figure 1 It is a flowchart of an implementation method of the outdoor inspection method in this application;

[0036] Figure 2 It is a flowchart of another implementation method of the outdoor inspection method in the present application;

[0037] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] In order to more clearly understand the above-mentioned objectives, features and advantages of the present disclosure, the scheme of the present disclosure will be further described below. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0039] In the following description, many specific details are set forth to facilitate a full understanding of the present disclosure, but the present disclosure may also be implemented in other ways different from those described herein; it is obvious that the embodiments in the specification are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all of the embodiments.

[0040] It should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the term "comprises" or any other variant thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0041] Figure 1 It is a flow chart of an implementation method of the outdoor inspection method in this application.

[0042] like Figure 1 As shown, an embodiment of the present application provides an outdoor inspection method, which is applied to an inspection robot and includes the following steps:

[0043] Step S100, receiving important event information, the important event information includes at least one inspection task and its corresponding target safety assurance information, the inspection task requires the participation of staff and has safety risks, and the target safety assurance information includes information on protective equipment that the staff needs to wear;

[0044] In the specific implementation process, the important event information may include multiple inspection tasks and their corresponding multiple target security information. At this time, the important event information may also include time information for sorting multiple inspection tasks. The target security information includes the protective equipment information of the staff. The protective equipment information may be the type and quantity of protective equipment required to be worn in the inspection task. It is easy to understand that the protective equipment required to be worn by staff for different inspection tasks may be different.

[0045] Step S200, receiving auxiliary task information, the auxiliary task information includes a first inspection auxiliary task, the first inspection auxiliary task includes the inspection robot moving to a designated location to detect and identify protective equipment of staff, obtaining protective equipment information carried on the protective equipment, and summarizing the information into actual safety assurance information;

[0046] In the specific implementation process, the designated location can be a safe area in the workplace, such as outside the factory. The protective equipment can be equipped with a radio frequency chip for inspection robots to detect. The actual safety assurance information refers to the summary of the protective equipment information detected by the inspection robot on the staff.

[0047] Step S300, determining whether the actual security information is the same as the target security information, and if not, issuing an alarm to give a prompt.

[0048] During the specific implementation process, the comparison between the actual security information and the target security information may be to compare whether the types and quantities of protective equipment recorded in the actual security information are consistent with those in the target security information.

[0049] By adopting the above technical solution, the tasks that need to be performed by staff during the inspection are separated into an independent inspection task set by setting important event information, which is convenient for the inspection robot to obtain targeted information and assist the staff in their work. Secondly, by judging the actual security information and the target security information, the inspection robot can detect the staff's clothing to check whether the staff's clothing complies with safety regulations, prevent staff from missing anything, and improve the safety of staff during outdoor inspections.

[0050] Figure 2 It is a flow chart of another implementation method of the outdoor inspection method in the present application.

[0051] like Figure 2 As shown, in some optional embodiments of the present application, the important event information also includes the first location where the protective equipment is stored. Step S300 determines whether the actual safety information is the same as the target safety information. It also includes: when it is detected that the actual safety information is different from the target safety information, it is determined again after a first preset time. If they are still different, a third inspection auxiliary task is established. The third inspection auxiliary task includes operating the inspection robot to move to the first position.

[0052] In a specific implementation process, the first position may include multiple position information, and the inspection robot reaches multiple positions in sequence according to the moving distance when performing the third inspection auxiliary task. The first preset time may be the time for the staff to perform self-inspection, such as 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, etc.

[0053] By adopting the above technical solution, the important event information also includes the first location where the protective equipment is stored, and when it is detected that the actual safety information is different from the target safety information, it is judged again after a first preset time. If they are still different, a third inspection auxiliary task is established. The third inspection auxiliary task includes operating the inspection robot to move to the first position. Under the premise of ensuring a certain fault tolerance rate, the inspection robot can guide the staff who do not meet the safety conditions to the protective equipment storage place, so as to facilitate the staff to obtain the protective equipment.

[0054] like Figure 2 As shown, in some optional implementations of the present application, the auxiliary task information also includes a second inspection auxiliary task, and the second inspection auxiliary task includes opening a safety door and inspecting a specific location.

[0055] By adopting the above technical solution, by making the auxiliary task information also include the second inspection auxiliary task, the auxiliary work of the inspection robot can be further improved, the interaction between the staff and the site can be reduced, and the safety of the staff can be improved.

[0056] like Figure 2 As shown, in some optional embodiments of the present application, in step S200, the first inspection auxiliary task also includes the number of first staff members participating in the task. When the inspection robot detects that the first number of staff members all meet the safety assurance information, the second inspection auxiliary task is executed.

[0057] By adopting the above technical solution, by making the first inspection auxiliary task also include the number of first staff members participating in the task, when the inspection robot detects that the number of first staff members all meet the safety information, the second inspection auxiliary task is executed. This can prevent any personnel from entering the inspection area before all the staff members have arranged all the protective measures, thereby reducing work risks.

[0058] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the inspection robot is communicatively connected to the safety door to open and / or close the safety door.

[0059] In some optional implementations of the present application, the auxiliary task information also includes personality information of the staff, and the inspection robot detects the personality information of the staff to calculate the number of the first staff.

[0060] By adopting the above technical solution, by making the auxiliary task information also include the personal information of the staff, the inspection robot detects the personal information of the staff to calculate the number of the first staff, thereby realizing individual detection of multiple staff members.

[0061] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the staff's clothing also has identification marks, and the inspection robot can detect and identify the staff's identification marks to obtain personal information.

[0062] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the inspection robot can identify the staff member through portrait recognition and obtain personality information.

[0063] In some optional embodiments of the present application, issuing an alarm includes: the inspection robot wirelessly communicates with a communication device worn by a staff member to send a command to cause the communication device to vibrate. Specifically, the wireless communication includes Bluetooth, Zigbee, etc. By adopting the above technical solution, the inspection robot can control the communication device carried by the staff member to vibrate and warn, thereby reducing the impact of noise on the alarm effect.

[0064] An embodiment of the present application provides an inspection robot, including a computer device, the computer device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer instructions, the processor being used to execute the computer instructions stored in the memory, and when the computer instructions are executed by the processor, the device implements the above-mentioned inspection method.

[0065] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the inspection robot also includes a mobile chassis, a shell, a fixed seat and an image acquisition device. The mobile chassis has moving wheels, the shell cover is arranged on the mobile chassis, and forms a accommodating cavity with the mobile chassis. The fixed seat has a first end and a second end in its length direction, the first end is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the second end is protruded on the upper part of the shell. The image acquisition device is located at the second end of the fixed seat for capturing images.

[0066] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the image acquisition device includes a fixing base arranged at the second end, the fixing base has a first side surface and a second side surface arranged opposite to each other, and the first side surface and the second side surface are respectively installed with a first image collector and a second image collector.

[0067] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the shell has a front end and a rear end along the movement direction of the inspection robot, and the inspection robot is provided with a laser radar installed near the front end of the shell.

[0068] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the fixing seat is installed near the rear end of the shell to improve the central stability of the inspection robot during operation.

[0069] In some optional embodiments of the present application, the rear end of the fixing seat has an avoidance portion, and the sound expansion hole is arranged in the avoidance portion to reduce the influence of outdoor rain.

[0070] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of an electronic device provided in one embodiment of the present application.

[0071] like Figure 3 As shown, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes: a processor and a memory storing computer program instructions; when the processor executes the computer program instructions, the above-mentioned network image data collection and analysis method is implemented.

[0072] The electronic device may include a processor 1201 and a memory 1202 storing computer program instructions.

[0073] Specifically, the processor 1201 may include a central processing unit (CPU), or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or may be configured to implement one or more integrated circuits of the embodiments of the present application.

[0074] The memory 1202 may include a large capacity memory for data or instructions. By way of example and not limitation, the memory 1202 may include a hard disk drive (HDD), a floppy disk drive, a flash memory, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, or a universal serial bus (USB) drive or a combination of two or more of these. In appropriate cases, the memory 1202 may include a removable or non-removable (or fixed) medium. In appropriate cases, the memory 1202 may be inside or outside the integrated gateway disaster recovery device. In a specific embodiment, the memory 1202 is a non-volatile solid-state memory.

[0075] The memory may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk storage media devices, optical storage media devices, flash memory devices, electrical, optical or other physical / tangible memory storage devices. Thus, typically, the memory includes one or more tangible (non-transitory) computer-readable storage media (e.g., memory devices) encoded with software including computer-executable instructions, and when the software is executed (e.g., by one or more processors), it is operable to perform the operations described with reference to the method according to an aspect of the present disclosure.

[0076] The processor 1201 implements any one of the battery thermal runaway parameter determination methods in the above embodiments by reading and executing computer program instructions stored in the memory 1202 .

[0077] In one example, the electronic device may further include a communication interface 1203 and a bus 1210. Figure 3 As shown, the processor 1201, the memory 1202, and the communication interface 1203 are connected via a bus 1210 and communicate with each other.

[0078] The communication interface 1203 is mainly used to implement communication between various modules, devices, units and / or equipment in the embodiments of the present application.

[0079] Bus 1210 includes hardware, software or both, and the parts of electronic equipment are coupled to each other.For example, but not limitation, bus may include accelerated graphics port (AGP) or other graphics bus, enhanced industrial standard architecture (EISA) bus, front side bus (FSB), hypertransport (HT) interconnection, industrial standard architecture (ISA) bus, infinite bandwidth interconnection, low pin count (LPC) bus, memory bus, micro channel architecture (MCA) bus, peripheral component interconnection (PCI) bus, PCI-Express (PCI-X) bus, serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) bus, video electronics standard association local (VLB) bus or other suitable bus or two or more of these combinations. In appropriate cases, bus 1210 may include one or more buses. Although the present application embodiment describes and shows a specific bus, the application considers any suitable bus or interconnection.

[0080] It should be clear that the present application is not limited to the specific configuration and processing described above and shown in the figures. For the sake of simplicity, a detailed description of the known method is omitted here. In the above embodiments, several specific steps are described and shown as examples. However, the method process of the present application is not limited to the specific steps described and shown, and those skilled in the art can make various changes, modifications and additions, or change the order between the steps after understanding the spirit of the present application.

[0081] The functional blocks shown in the above-described block diagram can be implemented as hardware, software, firmware or a combination thereof. When implemented in hardware, it can be, for example, an electronic circuit, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), appropriate firmware, a plug-in, a function card, etc. When implemented in software, the elements of the present application are programs or code segments that are used to perform the required tasks. The program or code segment can be stored in a machine-readable medium, or transmitted on a transmission medium or a communication link by a data signal carried in a carrier wave. "Machine-readable medium" can include any medium capable of storing or transmitting information. Examples of machine-readable media include electronic circuits, semiconductor memory devices, ROM, flash memory, erasable ROM (EROM), floppy disks, CD-ROMs, optical disks, hard disks, optical fiber media, radio frequency (RF) links, etc. The code segment can be downloaded via a computer network such as the Internet, an intranet, etc.

[0082] It should also be noted that the exemplary embodiments mentioned in this application describe some methods or systems based on a series of steps or devices. However, this application is not limited to the order of the above steps, that is, the steps can be performed in the order mentioned in the embodiment, or in a different order from the embodiment, or several steps can be performed simultaneously.

[0083] Aspects of the present disclosure are described above with reference to the flowchart and / or block diagram of the method, device (system) and computer program product according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. It should be understood that each box in the flowchart and / or block diagram and the combination of each box in the flowchart and / or block diagram can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine so that these instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device enable the implementation of the function / action specified in one or more boxes of the flowchart and / or block diagram. Such a processor can be, but is not limited to, a general-purpose processor, a special-purpose processor, a special application processor, or a field programmable logic circuit. It can also be understood that each box in the block diagram and / or flowchart and the combination of boxes in the block diagram and / or flowchart can also be implemented by dedicated hardware that performs a specified function or action, or can be implemented by a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.

[0084] The above is only a specific implementation of the present application. Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and simplicity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, modules and units described above can refer to the corresponding processes in the aforementioned method embodiments, and will not be repeated here. It should be understood that the protection scope of the present application is not limited to this. Any technician familiar with the technical field can easily think of various equivalent modifications or replacements within the technical scope disclosed in this application, and these modifications or replacements should be included in the protection scope of this application.

Claims

1. An outdoor inspection method, applied to an inspection robot, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: Receive important event information, the important event information including at least one inspection task and its corresponding target safety assurance information, the inspection task requires participation by staff and has safety risks, the target safety assurance information includes information about protective equipment that the staff needs to wear; Receive auxiliary task information, the auxiliary task information including a first inspection auxiliary task, the first inspection auxiliary task including the inspection robot moving to a designated location to detect and identify protective equipment of a worker, obtaining protective equipment information carried on the protective equipment, and summarizing the information into actual safety assurance information; It is determined whether the actual security information is the same as the target security information. If they are not the same, an alarm is issued to give a prompt.

2. The outdoor inspection method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The auxiliary task information also includes a second inspection auxiliary task, and the second inspection auxiliary task includes opening a safety door and inspecting a specific location.

3. The outdoor inspection method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first inspection auxiliary task also includes the number of first staff members participating in the task. When the inspection robot detects that the first number of staff members all meet the safety assurance information, the second inspection auxiliary task is executed.

4. The outdoor inspection method according to claim 2, characterized in that: The inspection robot is in communication with the safety door to open and / or close the safety door.

5. The outdoor inspection method according to claim 3, characterized in that: The auxiliary task information also includes the personality information of the staff, and the inspection robot detects the personality information of the staff to calculate the number of the first staff.

6. The outdoor inspection method according to claim 5, characterized in that: The staff's clothing also has identification marks, and the inspection robot can detect and identify the staff's identification marks to obtain the personality information.

7. The outdoor inspection method according to claim 5, characterized in that: The inspection robot can recognize the staff member through portrait and obtain the personality information.

8. The outdoor inspection method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The important event information also includes the first location where the protective equipment is stored, Determining whether the actual security information is the same as the target security information also includes: when it is detected that the actual security information is different from the target security information, judging again after a first preset time, if they are still different, establishing a third inspection auxiliary task, and the third inspection auxiliary task includes operating the inspection robot to move to the first position.

9. The outdoor inspection method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The issuing of the alarm includes: the inspection robot wirelessly communicates with a communication device worn by a staff member to send a command to cause the communication device to vibrate.

10. A patrol robot, characterized in that: The invention comprises a computer device, wherein the computer device comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores computer instructions, and the processor is used to execute the computer instructions stored in the memory. When the computer instructions are executed by the processor, the device implements the inspection method as described in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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