Trolley-wire display device, trolley-wire display system, and trolley-wire display data creation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10740936-B2
Application number	US-201616348382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2016
Priority date	Nov 14, 2016
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

In a trolley-wire display device, a display reference point of point-group data is set for each point on a trolley wire having a height and a displacement measured based on a reference obtained from rails. First and second points on a track center line are used to calculate a first distance, and a third distance based on the first distance and a second distance. The first point corresponds to the display reference point. The second point corresponds to each point on the trolley wire. The first distance is a distance from the first point to each second point. The second distance is a distance from a positional start point to the first point. The third distance is a distance from the start point to each second point, and is used to create display data for displaying a height and a displacement of each point on the trolley wire.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A trolley-wire display device comprising:
a display reference point setter to set a display reference point of point-group data for each point on a trolley wire having a height and a displacement that are measured on the basis of a reference obtained from rails defining a track on which a train runs, the display reference point serving as a positional reference used when each point is displayed, the point- group data being an aggregate of points obtained by three-dimensional measurement of a target object, the rails being two in number, the reference obtained from the rails including a track center line located at a center between the two rails and on a rail plane including surfaces of the two rails, the surfaces of the two rails contacting the train;
a distance measurer to obtain first and second points on the track center line, calculate a first distance, and calculate a third distance on a basis of the first distance and a second distance, the first point corresponding to the display reference point, the second point corresponding to each point on the trolley wire, the first distance being a distance from the first point to each second point, the second distance being a distance from a positional start point used when each point on the trolley wire is displayed, to the first point, the third distance being a distance from the start point to each second point; and
a display controller to create, on the basis of the third distance, display data for displaying a height and a displacement of each point on the trolley wire corresponding to the second point.

2. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the display reference point setter detects a specified railway structure from the point-group data, extracts a single point from among points contained in the detected railway structure, and sets the extracted single point as the display reference point.

3. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the display reference point setter sets, as the display reference point, a point specified by a user from the points contained in the point-group data.

4. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the display reference point setter sets the display reference point, using positional information on a railway structure.

5. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 4 , wherein
the display controller creates the display data containing the positional information on the railway structure.

6. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the display controller creates display data for displaying the height and the displacement of each point on the trolley wire corresponding to the second point, with reference to the track center line.

7. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the display controller creates display data for displaying, in three-dimensional coordinates, the height and the displacement of each point on the trolley wire obtained by three- dimensional measurement and the track center line.

8. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the display controller creates display data containing a first threshold that is a specified range of the height and a second threshold that is a specified range of the displacement.

9. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 8 , wherein
when there is a third point that is a point on the trolley wire, the third point exceeding at least one of the first threshold and the second threshold, the display controller creates display data for highlighting the third point.

10. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the display controller holds display data created in the past, and when, among the plurality of superposed pieces of display data, there is a fourth point displayed more than a specified third threshold away from a display position of points of other pieces of display data located at the same distance as the fourth point, the display controller creates display data for highlighting the fourth point.

11. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 8 , wherein
the display controller outputs information on the highlighted point in a table format.

12. The trolley-wire display device according to claim 1 , further comprising;
a display to display the display data.

13. A trolley-wire display system comprising:
a rail detector to detect, from point-group data, rails defining a track on which a train runs, the point-group data being an aggregate of points obtained by three- dimensional measurement of a target object;
a reference setter to set a reference for measuring a height and a displacement of a point on a trolley wire on a basis of the detected rails;
a trolley-wire detector to detect a point on the trolley wire from the point- group data;
a height and displacement measurer to measure a height and a displacement of a point on the trolley wire by using the reference;
a display reference point setter to set a display reference point of the point- group data for each point on the trolley wire having the height and the displacement that are measured by the height and displacement measurer, the display reference point serving as a positional reference used when each point is displayed, the rails being two in number, the reference set by the reference setter including a track center line located at a center between the two rails and on a rail plane including surfaces of the two rails contacting the train;
a distance measurer to obtain first and second points on the track center line, calculate a first distance, and calculate a third distance on the basis of a second distance and the first distance, the first point corresponding to the display reference point, the second point corresponding to each point on the trolley wire, the first distance being a distance from the first point to each second point, the second distance being a distance from a positional start point used when each point on the trolley wire is displayed, to the first point, the third distance being a distance from the start point to each second point; and
a display controller to create, on the basis of the third distance, display data for displaying a height and a displacement of each point on the trolley wire corresponding to the second point.

14. A trolley-wire display data creation method comprising:
setting a display reference point of point-group data for each point on a trolley wire having a height and a displacement that are measured on the basis of a reference obtained from rails defining a track on which a train runs, the display reference point serving as a positional reference used when each point is displayed, the point-group data being an aggregate of points obtained by three-dimensional measurement of a target object, the rails being two in number, the reference obtained from the rails including a track center line located at a center between the two rails and on a rail plane including surfaces of the two rails, the surfaces of the two rails contacting the train
obtaining first and second points on the track center line, the first point corresponding to the display reference point, the second point corresponding to each point on the trolley wire;
calculating a first distance from the first point to each second point and calculating a third distance on a basis of the first distance and a second distance from a positional start point used when each point on the trolley wire is displayed, to the first point, the third distance being a distance from the start point to each second point; and
on the basis of the th

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Irie Megumi
• Kamei Katsuyuki

Classifications

• G06T11/26 Primary

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• B60M1/28 Primary

  Manufacturing or repairing trolley lines (scaffold cars B60P; B61D15/00; platforms therefor B66F11/04; manufacturing conductors in general H01B13/00; overhead lines in general H02G1/00) · CPC title

• G01B11/0608

  Height gauges · CPC title

• G01B11/2518

  Projection by scanning of the object · CPC title

• G01B11/14

  for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures (G01B11/26 takes precedence; rangefinders G01C3/00) · CPC title