Display device, display method, recording medium, and structure monitoring system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11078636-B2
Application number	US-201916437052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2018
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A display device displays displacement of a bridge serving as a structure on a display part in the form of image information that is visually recognizable, based on a displacement amount of the bridge, the displacement amount having been calculated based on an output signal output from an acceleration detector serving as a physical quantity sensor provided on the bridge.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display configured to display displacement of a bridge over which a vehicle travels as image information that is visually recognizable, based on displacement amounts of the bridge, wherein
the image information includes (i) a displayed image of the bridge and (ii) visual indicators of the displacement amounts at respective structural locations on the displayed image of the bridge, and
the display device is configured to calculate the displacement amount based on time-synchronized output signals received respectively from a plurality of acceleration detectors provided on the bridge, wherein, on the display device, the visual indicators are overlaid on the respective structural locations of the displayed image of the bridge and indicate a magnitude of the displacement amounts at the respective structural locations,
wherein the display device is configured to calculate respective magnitudes of the displacement amounts, and wherein the visual indicators separately indicate the respective magnitudes of the displacement amounts at the respective structural locations.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the image information is changed based on a change in the displacement amounts, and
wherein the changed image information is displayed by using at least one of color, shading, lines, dots, circles, numerical values, symbols, loci, graphs, histograms, and waveforms.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the displacement amounts of the bridge are relative values of the displacement amounts as calculated based on the output signals.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein information about overload is displayed on the display after determining that a preset overload reference value has been exceeded based on a weight of the vehicle, the weight of the vehicle having been measured by a weight measurement device provided on the bridge.

5. A structure monitoring system comprising the display device of claim 1 and further comprising:
the plurality of acceleration detectors;
a calculator that calculates the displacement amounts of the bridge based on the time-synchronized output signals received respectively from the plurality of acceleration detectors; and
a generator that generates the image information based on the calculated displacement amounts of the bridge.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , comprising a memory,
wherein the output signals are recorded in the memory.

7. The display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the image information corresponding to a selected time is displayed by operating a second tag displayed on the display and used to select a time.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a model image relating to the bridge is displayed, and
wherein the image information is displayed either so as to be superimposed on the model image or side by side with the model image.

9. The display device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the image information is a line display image including a plurality of line segments linking adjacent acceleration detectors among the plurality of acceleration detectors.

10. The display device according to claim 9 ,
wherein a display angle of the line display image is changed by operating a first tag provided on the display.

11. A display method comprising:
calculating displacement amounts of a bridge over which a vehicle travels based on time-synchronized output signals received respectively from a plurality of acceleration detectors provided on the bridge;
generating image information that visually represents the displacement of the bridge, based on the calculated displacement amounts of the bridge;
displaying the generated image information, wherein
the image information includes (i) an image of the bridge and (ii) visual indicators of the displacement amounts that are overlaid on respective structural locations on the image of the bridge and indicate a magnitude of the displacement amounts at the respective structural locations; and
calculating respective magnitudes of the displacement amounts, wherein the visual indicators separately indicate the respective magnitudes of the displacement amounts at the respective structural locations.

12. The display method according to claim 11 ,
wherein, in the step of generating the image information, image information that is changed based on change in the displacement amounts is generated by using at least one of color, shading, lines, dots, circles, numerical values, symbols, loci, graphs, histograms, and waveforms.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Okamoto Hiroshi
• Takeda Kazuyoshi
• Sakurai Makoto
• Sekiya Hidehiko
• Miki Chitoshi

Classifications

• E01D22/00 Primary

  Methods or apparatus for repairing or strengthening existing bridges {(electrochemical desalination or re-alkalisation C04B41/00); Methods or apparatus for dismantling bridges} · CPC title

• E01D15/127 Primary

  combined with ground-supported vehicles for the transport, handling or placing of such bridges or of sections thereof · CPC title

• G01P15/097

  by vibratory elements · CPC title

• G01P15/0891

  with indication of predetermined acceleration values (G01P15/135 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01P15/032

  by measuring the displacement of a movable inertial mass · CPC title