Drone Inspection Return Path for Focused Facility Data Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing technologies for facility examination using aerial vehicles face challenges in managing inspection loads while preventing oversight, as increasing the detail of examination data leads to higher inspection burdens and potential oversight during facility inspections.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device is employed, featuring a first instruction unit for aerial vehicles to acquire examination data near facilities, a position acquiring unit to identify specific areas requiring detailed inspection, and a second instruction unit to increase data acquisition at these areas, allowing the aerial vehicle to follow a return flight path to gather more detailed data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the aerial vehicle acquires detailed examination data throughout the entire facility, then the examination completeness is improved, but the inspection load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the examination data acquisition strategy across different locations. The aerial vehicle acquires detailed examination data at specific places identified as requiring detailed inspection, while acquiring standard examination data at other locations. This localized approach ensures thorough examination where needed while maintaining overall inspection efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by first acquiring standard examination data throughout the entire facility to identify specific places that require detailed inspection. Based on this preliminary examination, the system then directs the aerial vehicle to acquire additional detailed examination data at the identified specific places, preventing oversight while managing inspection load.
2Productivity
If the aerial vehicle acquires standard examination data only, then the inspection load is reduced, but examination oversight may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies feedback by using the results of the first examination (standard examination data) to guide the second examination (detailed examination data). The position acquiring unit identifies specific places based on the standard examination data that require further detailed inspection, and the aerial vehicle then acquires additional detailed data at these locations, ensuring no oversight occurs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by first conducting a standard examination to identify areas of concern, then using this information to guide subsequent detailed examination at specific locations, ensuring comprehensive coverage without excessive inspection load.
3Reliability
If the aerial vehicle performs multiple flight paths for detailed inspection, then the data acquisition completeness is improved, but the inspection time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by first conducting a standard examination flight to identify specific places requiring detailed inspection. This preliminary flight path planning allows subsequent detailed examination flights to be focused and optimized, reducing total inspection time while maintaining data acquisition completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by directing detailed examination resources only to specific places identified as needing them, rather than uniformly applying detailed examination across the entire facility. This localized approach reduces unnecessary flight time while ensuring complete data acquisition at critical locations.
Data Source
AI summary
Outward leg instructing unit provides a first instruction for causing drone to acquire examination data of a facility while flying in the vicinity of the facility. Position information acquiring unit acquires position information of a place of focus specified based on the examination data acquired in accordance with the first instruction. Return leg instructing unit provides, as a second instruction, an instruction for causing drone to acquire a greater amount of examination data than that acquired in accordance with the first instruction with regard to the place of focus indicated by the acquired position information, while flying so as to return on a path flown due to the first instruction. Return leg instructing unit provides as the second instruction an instruction to acquire examination data including image data of a greater number of shots, as compared with shooting performed in accordance with the first instruction.