METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DETERMINATION OF CONVEYOR BELT DAMAGE Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC G05B19/42 B65G43/02 

FIELD: computer technology for automated detection of damage to the conveyor belt.

SUBSTANCE: invention includes the following steps: a sequence of frames is obtained from at least one infrared and one video camera placed in such a way as to obtain thermal and video images of the surface of the conveyor belt; obtaining data on the maximum T_max and base T_base temperatures of the surface of the conveyor belt for the obtained frames of the thermal image; determining the presence of damage to the conveyor belt in the event that the frames of the thermal image during the specified time window Δ_time, the excess of T_max over T_base by more than the specified value of the temperature window Δ_temp is recorded, whereas the computing device processes video images and thermograms obtained in the process of shooting from video and infrared cameras, and generates an augmented reality display in the graphical user interface (GUI) by superimposing a thermogram or areas whose temperature is higher than the base surface temperature on the video image tape T_base more than the specified value of the temperature window Δ_temp.

EFFECT: increasing the accuracy of determining damage to the conveyor belt, due to the analysis and processing of frames of the thermal image of the belt surface and video images of the belt surface.

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