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System for detecting the state of a current collector

US10102618B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Claus Bahlmann · Princeton, US
Frank Gerstenberg · Berlin, DE
Christian Klier · Potsdam, DE
Frank Voss · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 2014
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 17, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30268
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for detecting a state of a current collector of an electrically driven vehicle includes a video camera device for digitally recording images of the current collector and an image-evaluating device for the data evaluation of the image recordings. The current collector has optically detectable markings, the position and/or shape and/or surface area and/or color of which can be detected by the image-evaluating device in an automated manner. A system that makes the automatic state detection faster and more reliable is thereby provided.

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