US 12,276,380 B2
Method for determining division schemes of smart gas pipeline network inspection areas and internet of things system thereof
Zehua Shao, Chengdu (CN); Haitang Xiang, Chengdu (CN); and Yaqiang Quan, Chengdu (CN)
Assigned to CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Chengdu (CN)
Filed by CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Sichuan (CN)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/610,249.
Application 18/610,249 is a continuation of application No. 18/301,251, filed on Apr. 16, 2023, granted, now 11,959,596.
Claims priority of application No. 202310104342.7 (CN), filed on Feb. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0218986 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. F17D 5/00 (2006.01); G16Y 20/00 (2020.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/50 (2020.01)
CPC F17D 5/005 (2013.01) [G16Y 20/00 (2020.01); G16Y 40/10 (2020.01); G16Y 40/50 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a division scheme of a smart gas pipeline network inspection area, implemented based on an Internet of Things system for determining the division scheme of the smart gas pipeline network inspection area, wherein the Internet of Things system includes a smart gas user platform, a smart gas service platform, a smart gas pipeline network safety management platform, a smart gas sensor network platform, and a smart gas object platform that interact in turn, the smart gas sensor network platform is configured as a communication network and gateway to realize network management, protocol management, instruction management, and data analysis;
the smart gas pipeline network safety management platform includes a smart gas pipeline network inspection management sub-platform and a smart gas data center, the smart gas pipeline network inspection management sub-platform interacts with the smart gas data center in two directions, and the smart gas pipeline network inspection management sub-platform obtains data from the smart gas data center and feeds corresponding inspection management related data back;
the smart gas object platform includes a smart gas pipeline network device object sub-platform and a smart gas pipeline network inspection engineering object sub-platform, the smart gas pipeline network device object sub-platform corresponds to a gas pipeline network device in a target inspection area, and the smart gas pipeline network inspection engineering object sub-platform corresponds to gas pipeline network inspection engineering in the target inspection area; and
the smart gas sensor network platform includes a smart gas pipeline network device sensor network sub-platform and a smart gas pipeline network inspection engineering sensor network sub-platform, the smart gas pipeline network device sensor network sub-platform corresponds to the smart gas pipeline network device object sub-platform, and the smart gas pipeline network inspection engineering sensor network sub-platform corresponds to the smart gas pipeline network inspection engineering object sub-platform;
and the method is executed by a processor in the smart gas pipeline network safety management platform, the method comprising:
obtaining area feature information of the target inspection area of a gas network based on the smart gas object platform through a processor in the smart gas sensor network platform, wherein the target inspection area is determined by user input into the smart gas user platform;
generating one or more key inspection points in the target inspection area based on the area feature information of the target inspection area by the processor in the smart gas pipeline network safety management platform;
generating one or more candidate division schemes based on the one or more key inspection points by the processor in the smart gas pipeline network safety management platform;
generating, by the processor in the smart gas pipeline network safety management platform, a population to be optimized including a first preset count of individuals based on the one or more candidate division schemes, wherein each of the individuals corresponds to one of the one or more candidate division schemes;
generating, by the processor in the smart gas pipeline network safety management platform, a target division scheme by performing a plurality of rounds of iterative optimization on the one or more candidate division schemes until a preset condition is satisfied;
generating, by the processor in the smart gas pipeline network safety management platform, one or more inspection zones in the target inspection area based on the target division scheme; and
allocating inspection personnel to perform inspection in the one or more inspection zones.