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Device for measuring wear of trolley wire by image processing

US7795604B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2007
Grant dateSep 14, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/952
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a trolley wire wear measurement device by image processing in which a line sensor is arranged vertically and upward on a roof of an inspection car so that the line sensor looks up to a trolley wire and a lighting means that illuminates the trolley wire is formed by arranging a plurality of point light sources in a straight line in a direction perpendicular to a travelling direction of the inspection car on the inspection car.

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