Detection system and detecting method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11440783-B2
Application number	US-202016814621-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2020
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

A detection system includes a plurality of support posts, cables supported by the support posts, a winding device operable to wind the cable, a lifting and lowering device that is connected to the cable, and is movable in an air when the cable is wound by the winding device, and a detecting device hung by the lifting and lowering device. The detecting device is configured to be moved by the winding device in a region defined by the support posts, and lowered by the lifting and lowering device to detect information concerning an object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A detection system comprising:
a plurality of support posts;
a cable supported by the support posts;
a winding device operable to wind the cable;
a lifting and lowering device that is connected to the cable, and is movable in an air when the cable is wound by the winding device; and
a detecting device hung by the lifting and lowering device, wherein
the detecting device is configured to be moved by the winding device in a region defined by the support posts, and configured to be lowered by the lifting and lowering device to detect information concerning an object.

2. The detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting device is lowered by the lifting and lowering device and detects information concerning a root side of a tree in a forest.

3. The detection system according to claim 2 , further comprising a processing device configured to analyze data obtained by detecting, from the air, a plurality of trees present in the region defined by the support posts, and determine a position among the trees, as a detection point at which the detecting device is lowered.

4. A detecting method comprising:
a first step of moving a lifting and lowering device to a point above a detection point, by winding a cable by a winding device operable to wind the cable supported by support posts, the lifting and lowering device being connected to the cable and being movable in an air when the cable being wound by the winding device;
a second step of lowering a detecting device by the lifting and lowering device, the detecting device being hung by the lifting and lowering device;
a third step of detecting information concerning an object, by the detecting device; and
a fourth step of lifting the detecting device by the lifting and lowering device, wherein
the first step through the fourth step are repeated at another detection point.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Suyama Kazuo
• Murakami Shinpei

Classifications

• B66F11/048 Primary

  Mobile camera platform · CPC title

• B66C21/00 Primary

  Cable cranes, i.e. comprising hoisting devices running on aerial cable-ways (rope or cable drives for trolleys, combinations of such drives with hoisting gear B66C11/16; railway systems B61B; rope or cable winding mechanisms B66D1/00) · CPC title

• B66C13/46

  Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements · CPC title

• A01G23/00

  Forestry · CPC title

• G01B11/24

  for measuring contours or curvatures · CPC title