990 results about "Vehicle inspection" patented technology

A system for storing, accessing and displaying HTML-encoded documents relating to an object being worked upon in a work environment by a human operator. The human operator wears a body-wearable http-enabled client system equipped with a code symbol reader programmed to read a URL-encoded symbol on the object pointing to a HTML-encoded document stored on one or more http-enabled information servers. The http-enabled client system is connected to the information network by a two-way wireless telecommunication link. The code symbol reader is programmed for reading the URL-encoded symbol affixed to the object and automatically produces symbol character data representative of the read code symbol and the URL encoded therewithin. The http-enabled client system also includes a network accessing mechanism and a display device. The network accessing mechanism is programmed for automatically accessing one or more of the HTML-encoded documents from one or more of the http-enabled information servers in response to symbol character data being produced by the code symbol reader. The display device is operably connected to the network accessing mechanism, for visually displaying HTML-encoded documents accessed from the http-enabled information servers in response to symbol character data being produced by the code symbol reader. As a result of the present invention, the human operator is enabled to freely review the HTML-encoded documents displayed on the display device while working with the object in diverse work environments involving, for example, inventory management, assembly-line and / or plant inspection, and craft or vehicle inspection and / or repair.

A computer-assisted inspection system provides computer architectures and software controlled algorithms to automatically provide vehicle inspections and repair recommendations including estimated repair time and cost of depression type damage such as dents. Features provided by a handheld wireless touchscreen based inspection device include flat car part picking, auto grading including seller grading, and automatic calculation of body and bumper dent repair parameters and directions.

The invention discloses an intelligent inspection system and an inspection method for an electric transmission line by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The intelligent inspection system comprises an inspection mission planning system, a dispatching system, a monitoring system, an inspection result processing platform and mobile branch stations, wherein the inspection mission planning system communicates with the inspection result processing platform and the dispatching system respectively; the inspection result processing platform and the dispatching system communicates with the monitoring system respectively; the monitoring system is connected and communicate with the mobile branch stations. The inspection method has the benefits that factors of the inspection unmanned aerial vehicle, inspection equipment, an inspector, and the like accessing the dispatching platform through a dispatching terminal can be dispatched effectively to realize equipped configuration of unmanned aerial vehicle inspection resource; the usage rates of personnel and equipment can be improved; the no-load rate and vacancy rate of the inspection equipment are reduced; through centralized monitoring of condition information inspected by the unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle inspection dispatching personnel can master unmanned aerial vehicle inspection in the large effectively; the service life of the unmanned aerial vehicle is prolonged.

Abstract of Disclosure A vehicle inspection, diagnosing and maintenance system and method of inspecting, diagnosing and maintaining a vehicle includes providing a vehicle unit and a communications network. The vehicle unit receives vehicle data, such as exhaust emission data, and includes a wireless communication transceiver and a control for controlling the wireless communication transceiver. The control includes memory for storing vehicle data from the vehicle diagnostic system. A communication network provides wireless communication with the vehicle unit. The communication network is made up of a plurality of geographically dispersed generally stationary wireless communication transceivers. The vehicle unit communicates the exhaust emission data in its memory to a stationary transceiver in the vicinity of the vehicle.

A method and apparatus for carrying out a set of vehicle inspections including, but not limited to, wheel alignment measurement, brake testing, tire tread depth measurement, tire pressure monitoring, vehicle battery testing, and a review of vehicle diagnostic trouble codes in an efficient manner using a multi-function vehicle service system and a single vehicle service bay or inspection lane. Results of the vehicle inspections are incorporated into customized reports generated for a customer or for a technician, and which may be utilized to obtain approval from the customer to conduct necessary repairs and / or provide beneficial vehicle services.

Operational data are transmitted, by each of a plurality of material handling vehicles at a facility, into a communications system. A computer connected to the communications system processes the operational data and presents reports on a monitor screen. The computer operates in an impact report mode which provides reports about material handling vehicle impacts with objects, a maintenance report mode for reports pertaining to vehicle maintenance, a verify report mode presenting reports about vehicle inspections, and a metrics report mode for reports describing amounts of work performed by the vehicles, and an overview mode summarizes information from each of other report modes. Each report mode has different display modes which summarize data for a group of the vehicles or provide detailed information about one particular vehicle or one specific vehicle operator.

In one embodiment, a visual reporting system generates a 3-dimensional (3D) interactive vehicle inspection report comprising 3D model data and inspection data for a particular vehicle. The inspection data, such as recommended repair items, are associated with graphical vehicle sections in the 3D model. Further, additional inspection data, such as instructional videos or inspection photographs, can be provided to a user desiring additional detail. By providing an interactive visual representation of inspection data, the 3D inspection report provides a report that can be customized to provide different levels of detail to different users. In addition, the 3D model can provide a visually compact summary of the inspection data by marking on the 3D model the repair items for the vehicle. Use of the 3D inspection report can raise the likelihood that the vehicle owner understands the need for repair, leading to more repair orders for repair facilities.

The invention discloses an automotive exhaust emission data fusion system. The automotive exhaust emission data fusion system comprises a roadside air pollutant concentration estimation module, a roadside air pollutant concentration prediction module, a city global atmospheric environment prediction module, an automotive exhaust emission factor estimation module and an automotive exhaust emission feather analysis module, wherein the five modules are used for respectively realizing different data analysis functions, and the different functions can be realized by virtue of the different modules; the modules can be independently used, or two or more modules can be combined for use, so as to realize the storage, analysis and fusion of automotive exhaust telemetering data, automotive attributes, driving working stations, detection time and meteorological condition data; and by combining with a vehicle-mounted diagnosis system database, a portable emission test system database, a vehicle inspection station offline database, a traffic information database and a geographic information database, automotive exhaust telemetering data is analyzed, and the highest discriminatory key indexes and statistical data are acquired, so that effective supports are provided for the formulation of relevant decisions of government departments.

Exemplary embodiments of off-board tools (OBTS) may be used in vehicle inspection maintenance programs are provided. The OBT may include a processor, vehicle communication circuitry for linking to a vehicle diagnostic system, host interface circuitry for communicating with a host computer, and voltage determination circuitry for measuring a voltage through the vehicle diagnostic system. The OBT may include logic for storing a communications protocol used to link with a vehicle diagnostic system that is preferably used for re-establishing dropped communications links. In addition, the OBT may contain logic for testing at least one component of a starting and / or charging system of a vehicle. Still other embodiments may include logic for sending unsolicited messages to a host computer. Additional embodiments may include logic for determining the minimum number of messages that must be received by an OBT.

A computer-assisted inspection system including an integrated software suite provides vehicle inspection services for various clients. The system provides customized workflow based on different inspection clients, different types of inspections and other factors. Different clients may have different inspection needs. Some clients may not care about certain defects that other clients want to know about. The system can provide, on the inspection appliance, different rules that can be activated in response to which client the inspection is being provided for and / or other factors for inspection criteria, valuation / pricing, rule-based validation and automatic grading. The resulting rule-driven user interface is thus customized—allowing the inspector to be more efficient in gathering the precise data desired at the time of data collection. Features include flat car part picking, highly client-customizability, easy to use, ability to run in an environment where the inspector has no constant connectivity to the network (no guaranteed access to the internet, full data replication, intermittent connectivity, synch back up), inspectors can be geographically separated (e.g., all over the country), system is installable over the internet to provide efficient installation to far-flung install sites.

A control unit of a remote service terminal, for which a contract for using services is still valid, compares data of a vehicle inspection certificate with data in a user database to detect if an owner of a vehicle has changed. When the owner has changed, the control unit notifies the change of data to a management center through a cellular communication unit. The management center retrieves a contractor database based on the notified content to confirm if the owner of the vehicle has changed. When the owner change is confirmed, processing is executed through the remote service terminal to inquire if the contract for using services is canceled or the name of the contractor is changed. The contract is cancelled or the name of the contractor is changed based on a response by the user.

An under vehicle inspection system comprises a single camera adapted to capture a full width image of a vehicle undercarriage in a single scan. The camera has a viewing distance from the vehicle undercarriage, as measured along the optical axis of the camera, that is greater than a Euclidean distance between the camera and a point where the optical axis meets the vehicle undercarriage.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle inspection head control method based on visual servo. The method comprises the steps of: 1, obtaining video information by an imaging device; 2, matching a frame real-time image with a template image, obtaining a pixel deviation and determining a deviation P of the image center; 3, judging whether P is greater than a deviation threshold, if not, indicating a normal situation, and finishing this detection, if so, turning to the next step; 4, determining a rotating direction through P, then rotating the holder for the minimal unit d; 5, obtaining the device image at a current position again; 6, trying a new target position by a tracing algorithm; determining the deviation P1 of the new position and the template image; 7, judging whether P is greater than the threshold according to the linear relationship between holder rotation and the pixel deviation in the image, if not, finishing this detection, and if so, returning to the step 5. Location filming of the target in the unmanned aerial vehicle inspection process is effectively solved, and the inspection efficiency and quality are improved.

Provided is a multitask fake plate vehicle vision detection system based on deep convolution nerve network, comprising a camera disposed on a city road, a traffic cloud server, and a fake plate vehicle reverse driving detection system. The camera is used for obtaining the snapshot image data at the city road and is disposed above a road. The traffic cloud server is used for receiving the road video data obtained from the camera, and submitting the road video data to the fake plate vehicle detection system for detection and identification. The fake plate vehicle detection system comprises a Faster R CNN-based vehicle positioning detection module, a vehicle type identification module, a fake plate positioning and identifying module, a license plate legality detection module, a logic consistency detection module, a vehicle inspection mark fine comparison module, and an alarm notification generating module. The invention also provides a multitask fake plate vehicle vision detection methodbased on deep convolution nerve network. The invention is advantageous in that vehicles with fake plates can be rapidly and accurately positioned, and the efficiency of criminal detection can be improved.

An apparatus for X-ray scanning of vehicles includes a pulsed X-ray source generating X-rays. A collimator forms a fan-shaped beam from the X-rays. A detector detects the fan-shaped beam after it passes through a vehicle. A speed sensor measures a speed of the vehicle passing through the apparatus and providing an electrical output corresponding to the speed. An image formation module converts an output of the detector into an image of the vehicle, based on the measured speed of the vehicle. A cross-section of the fan-shaped beam is substantially similar to a width of the detector. The X-rays comprise primarily photons with energy between 2.5 and 9 MeV. A filter is adjacent to the collimator for filtering out low energy X-ray photons. A vehicle presence sensor can be used, whose output is used to turn the X-ray source on and off. An alignment platform can be used for aligning the fan-shaped beam with the detector. A frequency of the pulses is adjusted based on the speed of the vehicle. The X-ray source is turned off if the speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined threshold.

An under vehicle inspection system is disclosed. The under vehicle inspection system comprises a vehicle undercarriage inspection platform, a plurality of sensors mounted on the vehicle undercarriage inspection platform, and a data analysis element receiving and evaluating data captured by the plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors scans the undercarriage of a vehicle by moving relative to the vehicle undercarriage inspection platform.

The invention provides a suspect vehicle inspection and control method and system. The method comprises real-time acquiring a video stream and snap-shooting a vehicle image; subjecting the snap-shot image and a suspect vehicle sample image to color contrast to determine color similarity, and if the color similarity exceeds a set color similarity threshold, going to the next step; subjecting the snap-shot image and the suspect vehicle sample image to auxiliary characteristic contrast, to determine auxiliary characteristic similarity, the auxiliary characteristics including at least one of texture characteristics and shape characteristics; and comprehensively judging, and if the auxiliary characteristic similarity is larger than a set threshold, determining the comprehensive similarity by the auxiliary characteristic similarity or allowing the comprehensive similarity to depend on the auxiliary characteristic similarity. The vehicle image snap-shooting can be carried out by virtual coil triggering. Template match based on color can also be adopted to extract the auxiliary characteristics from a match region of the snap-shot image to be contrasted with the suspect vehicle sample image. The invention can realize rapid, efficient and accurate inspection and control effects, and save manpower and material resources.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle comprehensive ground station system which taken a vehicle body as a carrier; a device installed on the vehicle body comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle push-pull type fixed loading structure; the unmanned aerial vehicle push-pull type fixed loading structure comprises a sliding rail connected with an engineering vehicle; a loading flat plate for an unmanned aerial vehicle body to be placed is arranged at the upper part of the sliding rail; an embedded groove matched with an unmanned aerial vehicle body underframe is formed on the loading flat plate; and a buckle for fixing the unmanned aerial vehicle body underframe is also arranged on the loading flat plate. The invention further provides an application method of the unmanned aerial vehicle comprehensive ground station system. The unmanned aerial vehicle comprehensive ground station system and the application method thereof have the beneficial effects that an unmanned aerial vehicle can be matched for power transmission line inspection task, so that the safe reliability and the detection effectiveness can be effectively improved, and meanwhile, and the practical significance for the unmanned aerial vehicle inspection area and scope extension is prodigious.

The invention relates to the technical field of power grid inspection, in particular to a transmission inspection three-dimensional flight path automatic planning method based on laser point cloud data. The transmission inspection three-dimensional flight path automatic planning method comprises a laser point cloud data system, an analysis module and an unmanned aerial vehicle module. According tothe transmission patrol three-dimensional flight path automatic planning method based on the laser point cloud data, the laser point cloud data system is used as the basis, a ground point and a non-ground point are separated by combining a classification and extraction module, and a flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle patrol power transmission channel and a tower is planned the basis, so that not only are the technical requirements of unmanned aerial vehicle control personnel reduced, but also accurate tracking and fine polling can be carried out on the line targets, and it is guaranteed that the whole inspection work is carried out smoothly; and the unmanned aerial vehicle inspection flight path module is adopted, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle inspection flight path capable of achieving automatic planning is achieved, potential safety hazards and missed detection in the manual control unmanned plane inspection of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be effectively avoided, andthe safety and the efficiency of electric power patrol are improved.

A mobile vehicle inspection system includes a moving device; a driving device for driving the moving device to move during scanning inspection; a radiation source disposed on the moving device for emitting a ray; a rotary table pivotally disposed on the moving device; an upright post installed on the rotary table at a lower end of the upright post; transverse detector beam having an end connected with an upper end of the upright post; the upright detector beam having an upper end connected with the other end of the transverse detector beam, and extending downwards from the other end of the transverse detector beam so that the upright post, the transverse detector beam and the upright detector beam constitute a frame of a substantial inverted “U” shape, a ray emitted from the radiation source so as to inspect a vehicle to be inspected which passes through the inverted-“U”-shaped frame.

A dynamic inspection system determines a location of a technician with respect to an inspection vehicle and determines active voice commands to which it responds to based on that location. The technician can perform a vehicle inspection by providing voice commands to the dynamic inspection system, which can increase the technician's efficiency. Further, as the dynamic inspection system's active commands are customized for the location of the technician, the dynamic inspection system can filter out sound that does not include active voice commands, potentially increasing the accuracy of its voice recognition capability.

An under vehicle inspection system is disclosed. The under vehicle inspection system comprises a vehicle undercarriage inspection platform, a sensor mounted on sensor carriage, and a data analysis element receiving and evaluating data obtained by the sensor.

A method for identifying and tracking vehicles and for monitoring vehicular regulatory compliance and collecting vehicle related fees includes the steps of implanting a plurality of passive bar-code or active transponder-type signaling devices on every vehicle, including cars, boats and aircrafts, registered in the United States, Canada and Mexico and those of foreign registry allowed to operate within the tri-national borders by regional or international treaty agreement; issuing a mandatory unique VIN ID vehicle identification code for each vehicle by a central registration agency, said code associated identically with the vehicle's VIN vehicle identification number and with the registered owner / owners of the vehicle; associating said VIN ID code with said signaling devices; inputting information concerning said vehicle to said central agency, said information comprising vehicle title, insurance, driver license information, accident history, vehicular inspection and emissions; establishing an account at said central agency, said account not requiring a subscription; providing vehicle VIN code scanner / readers in selected areas in the sky and on the ground near the entry of a transportation pathway; reading said VIN ID identification code with said vehicle code scanner / readers; communicating said identification VIN ID code and a date and time and geographical location to said central agency; using said VIN ID code to charge said account with a relevant fee incurred by said vehicle during a period of time; and issuing a periodic report to the title owner / owners of the vehicle containing identifications of the time, the place, the fee charges and the account balance.

The invention discloses a belt conveyor automatic inspection system and method based on a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle, and belongs to a belt conveyor fault inspection system and method. The automatic inspection system consists of a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned aerial vehicle ground workstation and a navigation identification, wherein the multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle body, an unmanned aerial vehicle navigation system, an unmanned aerial vehicle inspection system, an airborne power supply and a wireless signal transmitting terminal; the unmanned aerial vehicle ground workstation comprises a multifunctional computer and a wireless signal receiving terminal; the flight path of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be determined by identifying the navigation identification by the navigation system; a carrier roller on any position of the belt conveyor can be monitored by the inspection system; a monitoring signal is sent to the unmanned aerial vehicle ground workstation. The inspection method comprises a navigation method and an inspection method. A navigation mark is overlaid to automatically inspect the carrier roller of the belt conveyor, so that the abnormal state of the carrier roller can be detected in time, and more severe economic loss and casualties can be avoided. The belt conveyor automatic inspection system has the advantages of simple structure, good detection effect and time and labor saving.

A containers / vehicles inspection system with adjustable radiation X-ray angle relates to the technical field of radiation inspection. The present invention comprises a detector arm rack equipped with detectors, a second collimator, a pulling device, and an accelerator rack with the accelerator. X-ray produced by the accelerator is right opposite to the calibrator, the first collimator and the second collimator all of which are arranged in order, wherein, said accelerator rack is further composed of a horizontal regulation mechanism for moving the base forward and afterward horizontally, a vertical regulation mechanism for moving the bending framework up and down vertically, a rotary regulation mechanism for rotating the cantilever, a pitching regulation mechanism for driving the accelerator to make pinching movement, as well as a framework formed by a base, a vertical arm, a bending framework and a cantilever. Compared with the prior arts, the present invention is advantageous in reasonable structural design, convenient use and high imaging quality, especially satisfactory effect of focused inspection to some suspicious areas. So it is the necessary equipment for inspecting the Customs goods.

A system and method for reducing the shop time of a vehicle, e.g., a locomotive, at a maintenance facility by obtaining onboard systems parameter data during a period when the vehicle is inbound to the maintenance facility for required periodic scheduled maintenance, and by determining, at the maintenance facility and prior to arrival of the vehicle at the maintenance facility, from the data received from the inbound vehicle, whether any of the data is out of a predetermined range or is trending to be out of range.

The invention discloses a structural auto-archiving method for unmanned aerial vehicle inspection images of a power transmission line. Geographic longitude and latitude coordinates collected by an unmanned aerial vehicle positioning chip when photographing is carried out are added to blocks of an image file EXIF collected by inspecting the power transmission line through an unmanned aerial vehicle; geographic position coordinate information stored in the image file collected by inspecting the power transmission line through the unmanned aerial vehicle is analyzed; the geographic position coordinate information is compared and analyzed with geographic coordinate information of power transmission towers in a production standing book; auto-archiving of the unmanned aerial vehicle inspection images taking towers and line sections as objects is realized; and the firm foundation is laid for further analysis and application of inspection image data.

The invention discloses a power transmission line fault maintenance system and method based on an unmanned aerial vehicle inspection tour image. The system is composed of a remote monitoring platform and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to sequentially collect image information in all tower ranges at an inspection tour line according to an inspection task and transmits the information to the remote monitoring platform. The remote monitoring platform is used for planning an inspection task, making an inspection line and sending the made inspection line to the unmanned aerial vehicle, monitoring the progress of the inspection task, receiving real-time information from the inspection process of the unmanned aerial vehicle, carrying out classification and arrangement on the image collected by the unmanned aerial vehicle so as to carry out screening and fault elimination by the management staff to obtain a fault image of a power transmission line, marking a fault image, generating a corresponding maintenance task based on the marked image, and sending the task to a maintenance worker. Therefore, the work efficiency of inspection of the unmanned aerial vehicle is improved; the manual error is avoided; and the accuracy of the fault analysis and maintenance is enhanced.

A vehicle service system and method to determine spatial parameters of a vehicle, employing a display system under processor control, to display or project visible indicia onto surfaces in proximity to a vehicle undergoing a safety system service or inspection identifying one or more locations, relative to the determined vehicle centerline or thrust line, at which a calibration fixture, optical target, or simulated test drive imagery is visible for observation by a sensor onboard the vehicle.