	US 12,134,545 B2
	Crane inspection system and crane
Minoru Toida, Tokyo (JP); Kohei Honjo, Aichi (JP); and Katuaki Kamashima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION CRANES CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,113.
Application 17/511,113 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/017523, filed on Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-086274 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041411 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B66C 13/16 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); B66C 13/46 (2006.01); B66C 23/42 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC B66C 13/16 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B66C 13/46 (2013.01); B66C 23/42 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G06T 2200/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01)]

11 Claims

1. A crane inspection system comprising:

a drone including an imaging unit, wherein the drone is configured to fly around a crane or to move along a guide member provided in the crane, in which the crane includes a boom capable of derricking; and

a controller configured to perform predetermined processing on captured image data captured by the imaging unit,

wherein the drone is configured to

move to an imaging position based on a derricking angle of the boom detected by a sensor included in the crane, and

image a plurality of locations including an inspection location of the crane, and

the controller is configured to perform at least one of

diagnostic processing for determining whether or not an abnormality occurs at the inspection location of the crane, based on the captured image data,

processing for processing the captured image data into processed image data suitable for a user to determine the abnormality, or

display processing for displaying a processed image based on the processed image data to the user.