US 12,034,294 B2
System, server and method for monitoring utility systems
Richard Fields, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/137,848.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,109, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0203151 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H02H 7/26 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); H02H 3/04 (2006.01); H02H 5/04 (2006.01); H02H 5/12 (2006.01); G08B 25/06 (2006.01)
CPC H02H 7/261 (2013.01) [G01J 5/0096 (2013.01); G06T 7/248 (2017.01); H02H 3/04 (2013.01); H02H 5/046 (2013.01); H02H 5/12 (2013.01); G08B 25/06 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility structure monitoring system including:
one or more sensors,
one or more utility power lines, and
one or more utility structures;
wherein the one or more sensors are configured to detect a hazard at a predetermined distance from the one or more utility power lines and generate a hazard signal;
wherein the utility structure monitoring system is configured to generate a hazard alert upon receiving the hazard signal generated by the one or more sensors;
wherein the one or more sensors includes one or more angle switches; and
wherein the one or more angle switches are configured to generate the hazard signal in response to the one or more utility structures shifting beyond a predetermined angle.