US 12,316,079 B2
Apparatus for monitoring a switchgear
Subanatarajan Subbiah, Neulussheim (DE); Ralf Gitzel, Mannheim (DE); and Benedikt Schmidt, Heidelberg (DE)
Assigned to ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed by ABB Schweiz AG, Baden (CH)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,882.
Application 17/465,882 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/055435, filed on Mar. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19161429 (EP), filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0397837 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02B 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06F 18/2433 (2023.01); G06F 18/40 (2023.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01)
CPC H02B 3/00 (2013.01) [G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06F 18/2433 (2023.01); G06F 18/40 (2023.01); G06N 3/045 (2023.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for monitoring a switchgear, the apparatus comprising:
a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a monitored infra-red image of the switchgear,
implement a machine learning classifier algorithm to analyze the monitored infra-red image and determine if there is one or more anomalous hot spots in the switchgear,
wherein the machine learning classifier algorithm has been trained based on a plurality of different training images comprising a plurality of synthetic infra-red images, wherein the plurality of synthetic infra-red images are directly output from an image processing algorithm by directly inputting at least one marked-up image of the switchgear into the image processing algorithm,
wherein the at least one marked-up image of the switchgear indicates a marking associated with at least one hotspot that is added based on user input from a user; and
output information relating to the one or more anomalous hot spots.