US 12,320,834 B2
Real-time fault detection and infrared inspection system
Darryl Mendivil, San Luis Obispo, CA (US)
Filed by Darryl Mendivil, San Luis Obispo, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/173,144.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,640, filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0247436 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. G01R 31/08 (2020.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC G01R 31/085 (2013.01) [G01R 31/088 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); H04N 5/2624 (2013.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A real-time monitoring system for high-voltage electrical transmission lines comprising:
a fixed imaging system comprising a chassis, a camera having a visual imaging device and an infrared imaging device, the camera located between two heat sinks, the heat sinks comprising a first heat sink located above said camera and a second heat sink located on a base of said chassis below said camera, vents on said base of said chassis, and a pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ) mount located below and attached to said chassis;
a communication center configured to receive input from said fixed imaging system;
a communication link, said communication link transferring input from said fixed imaging system to said communication center;
a control center communicating bidirectionally with said fixed imaging system;
a bidirectional link, said bidirectional link placed between said communication center and said control center to facilitate said bidirectional communication between said control center and said fixed imaging system; and,
a portable imaging system cooperating with said fixed imaging system; said portable imaging system capable of communicating through said communication link to said communication center and communicating bidirectionally through said bidirectional link to said control center,
wherein a preset infrared limit is downloaded to said portable imaging system and said fixed imaging system,
wherein the control center comprises a monitoring station configured to display a graph of infrared intensity against time with a time cursor and a threshold cursor against said graph, said time cursor engageable for movement to pan through recorded video and said threshold cursor engageable for movement to adjust an infrared threshold limit,
wherein said movement of said time cursor consists of movement along the time axis of said graph, and
wherein said movement of said threshold cursor consists of movement along the intensity axis of said graph.