Leaked Gas Detection Device And Leaked Gas Detection Method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018321141-A1
Application number	US-201615771861-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 19, 2016
Priority date	Oct 29, 2015
Publication date	Nov 8, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

In a leaked gas detection device and a leaked gas detection method according to the present invention, a gas cloud image area of a gas cloud formed with a leaked gas is extracted on the basis of an infrared image of a target area, a gas temperature of the gas cloud is acquired, a concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud is obtained, and a reliability degree that is an index representing the degree of reliability with respect to the obtained concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud is obtained on the basis of a background temperature in the gas cloud image area and the gas temperature of the gas cloud.

First claim

1 . A leaked gas detection device comprising:
an infrared image acquisitor that acquires an infrared image of a target area; a hardware processor that extracts a gas cloud image area of a gas cloud formed with a leaked gas on the basis of the infrared image of the target area acquired in the infrared image acquisitor; and a gas cloud temperature acquisitor that acquires a gas temperature of the gas cloud; the hardware processor obtaining a concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud, and obtaining a reliability degree that is an index representing the degree of reliability with respect to the concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud obtained in the hardware processor on the basis of a background temperature in the gas cloud image area extracted in the hardware processor and the gas temperature acquired in the gas cloud temperature acquisitor.

2 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hardware processor makes the gas cloud image area extracted in the hardware processor, the concentration-thickness product of the leaked gas obtained in the hardware processor, and the reliability degree obtained in the hardware processor displayable on a display, respectively obtains the concentration-thickness products of the gas cloud at a plurality of points of the gas cloud on the basis of the infrared image of the target area acquired in the infrared image acquisitor, respectively obtains the reliability degrees for the plurality of concentration-thickness products of the gas cloud respectively obtained at the plurality of points in the gas cloud, and displays, for each of the plurality of points in the gas cloud, an area corresponding to the point, filling the area with a predetermined color, on the display, and does not display the concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud and the reliability degree corresponding to the point on the display unit, when the reliability degree corresponding to the point is equal to or less than a predetermined first threshold.

3 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hardware processor respectively obtains the concentration-thickness products of the gas cloud at a plurality of points of the gas cloud on the basis of the infrared image of the target area acquired in the infrared image acquisitor, respectively obtains the reliability degrees for the plurality of concentration-thickness products of the gas cloud respectively obtained at the plurality of points in the gas cloud, and determines, for each of the plurality of points in the gas cloud, a point having a highest reliability degree in points around the point when the reliability degree corresponding to the point is equal to or less than a predetermined second threshold.

4 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hardware processor makes the gas cloud image area extracted in the hardware processor, the concentration-thickness product of the leaked gas obtained in the hardware processor, and the reliability degree obtained in the hardware processor displayable on a display, and displays the reliability degree in a display color of the concentration-thickness product.

5 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the hardware processor obtains the concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud again after passage of a predetermined time when the reliability degree obtained in the hardware processor is equal to or less than a predetermined third threshold.

6 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the gas cloud temperature acquisitor is a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of atmospheric air.

7 . A leaked gas detection method comprising:
acquiring an infrared image of a target area; extracting a gas cloud image area of a gas cloud formed with a leaked gas on the basis of the infrared image of the target area acquired in the acquiring of an infrared image of a target area; acquiring a gas temperature of the gas cloud; obtaining a concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud; and obtaining a reliability degree that is an index representing the degree of reliability with respect to the concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud obtained in the obtaining of a concentration-thickness product on the basis of a background temperature in the gas cloud image area extracted in the extracting and the gas temperature acquired in the acquiring of a gas cloud temperature.

8 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 2 , wherein
the hardware processor obtains the concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud again after passage of a predetermined time when the reliability degree obtained in the hardware processor is equal to or less than a predetermined third threshold.

9 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 2 , wherein
the gas cloud temperature acquisitor is a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of atmospheric air.

10 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 3 , wherein
the hardware processor obtains the concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud again after passage of a predetermined time when the reliability degree obtained in the hardware processor is equal to or less than a predetermined third threshold.

11 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 3 , wherein
the gas cloud temperature acquisitor is a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of atmospheric air.

12 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 4 , wherein
the hardware processor obtains the concentration-thickness product of the gas cloud again after passage of a predetermined time when the reliability degree obtained in the hardware processor is equal to or less than a predetermined third threshold.

13 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 4 , wherein
the gas cloud temperature acquisitor is a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of atmospheric air.

14 . The leaked gas detection device according to claim 5 , wherein
the gas cloud temperature acquisitor is a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of atmospheric air.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc
• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Tsuchiya Shinsuke

Classifications

• G06T7/11

  Region-based segmentation · CPC title

• G01N21/85

  Investigating moving fluids or granular solids · CPC title

• G01N33/0059

  Avoiding interference of a gas with the gas to be measured · CPC title

• G01N2021/3531

  without instrumental source, i.e. radiometric · CPC title

• G06T2207/10048

  Infrared image · CPC title