Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for detecting missing tooth in mining shovel
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Application No.: US15090646Application Date: 2016-04-05
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Publication No.: US09886754B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Ser Nam Lim , Ning Zhou , Joao Vitor Baldini Soares
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agent Pabitra K. Chakrabarti
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; E02F9/26 ; G06T7/40

Abstract:
A method for detecting missing tooth in mining shovel, implemented using a processing device, includes receiving a pair of image frames from a camera disposed on a rope mine shovel configured to carry a mining load. A tooth line region corresponding to the pair of image frames is detected to generate a pair of tooth line regions based on a shovel template set. A difference image is determined based on the pair of image frames and the pair of tooth line regions. Further, a response map representative of possible tooth positions is determined based on the difference image using a tooth template matching technique. A tooth line is selected among a plurality of candidate tooth lines based on the response map. Further, a tooth condition is determined based on the tooth line and the difference image. The tooth condition is notified to an operator of the rope mine shovel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170287124A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MISSING TOOTH IN MINING SHOVEL Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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