US 11,835,570 B2
System and method for power transmission line monitoring
Nathan Douglas Pinney, New Albany, IN (US); Thomas Anderson McChesney, Lexington, KY (US); and Elliott J. Gould, Somerville, MA (US)
Assigned to LineVision, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by LineVision, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/052,620.
Application 17/167,927 is a division of application No. 16/257,991, filed on Jan. 25, 2019, granted, now 10,948,531, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Application 18/052,620 is a continuation of application No. 17/167,927, filed on Feb. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,493,547.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,603, filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145515 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G01R 31/08 (2020.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G01R 29/08 (2006.01); G01R 21/01 (2006.01); G01P 5/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/50 (2006.01); G01W 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/085 (2013.01) [G01B 11/026 (2013.01); G01B 11/0616 (2013.01); G01P 5/02 (2013.01); G01S 17/50 (2013.01); G01W 1/00 (2013.01); G01R 21/01 (2013.01); G01R 29/085 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transmission line monitoring system, comprising:
a camera clearance sensor, wherein the camera includes an embedded image analytics system allowing identification of a transmission line conductor as a foreground object against any background object; and
a controller for processing data from the clearance sensor to assess geometry and/or motion of transmission line conductors.