Abnormality detection apparatus, control method, and computer-readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024255628-A1
Application number	US-202118560769-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 21, 2021
Priority date	May 21, 2021
Publication date	Aug 1, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Abnormality detection apparatus acquires reference point cloud data and inspection point cloud data for each of a plurality of parts in a space including a target object. The reference point cloud data includes point data representing a three-dimensional position and luminance at reference time for each of a plurality of parts. The inspection point cloud data includes point data representing a three-dimensional position and luminance at time of inspection for each of the plurality of parts. The abnormality detection apparatus generates difference point cloud data representing a difference in luminance between the reference time and the time of inspection for each of the parts, detects an excluded part to be excluded from a detection target of an abnormal part, and detects an abnormal part of the target object from the parts other than the excluded parts by using the difference point cloud data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An abnormality detection apparatus comprising:
at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor that is configured to execute the instructions to: acquire reference point cloud data indicating point data representing a three-dimensional position and luminance at reference time for each of a plurality of parts in a space including a target object, and inspection point cloud data indicating point data representing a three-dimensional position and luminance at time of inspection for each of the plurality of parts; generate difference point cloud data representing a difference in luminance between the reference time and the time of inspection for each of the parts by using the reference point cloud data and the inspection point cloud data; detect a moving object part, which is a part whose position changes over time, from the plurality of parts as an excluded part to be excluded from a detection target of an abnormal part; and detect an abnormal part of the target object at the time of inspection from the parts other than the excluded parts from the plurality of parts by using the difference point cloud data.

2 . The abnormality detection apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection of the excluded part includes:
dividing a plurality of pieces of the point data included in the reference point cloud data into clusters for pieces of the point data representing parts on the same object; and
determining the point data included in the same cluster as the point data representing the moving object part, and detecting the moving object part and the part represented by the determined point data as the excluded parts.

3 . The abnormality detection apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection of the excluded part includes further detecting, as the excluded part, a part prone to erroneous determination in determination of whether the part is an abnormal part, from the plurality of parts.

4 . The abnormality detection apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the reference point cloud data and the inspection point cloud data are generated by using a measurement apparatus that emits an electromagnetic wave in each of a plurality of directions, and wherein the detection of the excluded part includes using the reference point cloud data or the inspection point cloud data to detect, as the part prone to the erroneous determination, a part where an incident angle of the electromagnetic wave for that part equal to or larger than a threshold.

5 . The abnormality detection apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the detection of the excluded part includes detecting, as the part prone to the erroneous determination, a part positioned at an edge of an object by using the reference point cloud data or the inspection point cloud data.

6 . The abnormality detection apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection of the excluded part includes:
computing, for each piece of the point data included in the reference point cloud data, a first density representing the number of pieces of the point data indicating a three-dimensional position at which a distance from the three-dimensional position represented by the point data is equal to or larger than a threshold;
computing, for each piece of the point data included in the inspection point cloud data, a second density representing the number of pieces of the point data indicating a three-dimensional position at which a distance from the three-dimensional position represented by the point data is equal to or larger than a threshold; and
further detecting, as the excluded part, a part where a degree of a difference between the first density and the second density is equal to or larger than a threshold.

7 . A control method executed by a computer, the control method comprising:
acquiring reference point cloud data indicating point data representing a three-dimensional position and luminance at reference time for each of a plurality of parts in a space including a target object, and inspection point cloud data indicating point data representing a three-dimensional position and luminance at time of inspection for each of the plurality of parts; generating difference point cloud data representing a difference in luminance between the reference time and the time of inspection for each of the parts by using the reference point cloud data and the inspection point cloud data; detecting a moving object part, which is a part whose position changes over time, from the plurality of parts as an excluded part to be excluded from a detection target of an abnormal part; and detecting an abnormal part of the target object at the time of inspection from the parts other than the excluded parts from the plurality of parts by using the difference point cloud data.

8 . The control method according to claim 7 ,
wherein the detection of the excluded part includes:
dividing a plurality of pieces of the point data included in the reference point cloud data into clusters for pieces of the point data representing parts on the same object; and
determining the point data included in the same cluster as the point data representing the moving object part, and detecting the moving object part and the part represented by the determined point data as the excluded parts.

9 . The control method according to claim 7 ,
wherein the detection of the excluded part includes further detecting, as the excluded part, a part prone to erroneous determination in determination of whether the part is an abnormal part from the plurality of parts.

10 . The control method according to claim 9 ,
wherein the reference point cloud data and the inspection point cloud data are generated by using measurement apparatus that emits an electromagnetic wave in each of a plurality of directions, and wherein the detection of the excluded part includes using the reference point cloud data or the inspection point cloud data to detect, as the part prone to the erroneous determination, a part where an incident angle of the electromagnetic wave for that part is equal to larger than a threshold.

11 . The control method according to claim 9 ,
wherein the detection of the excluded part includes detecting, as the part prone to the erroneous determination, a part positioned at an edge of an object by using the reference point cloud data or the inspection point cloud data.

12 . The control method according to claim 7 ,
wherein the detection of the excluded part includes:
computing, for each piece of the point data included in the reference point cloud data, a first density representing the number of pieces of the point data indicating a three-dimensional position at which a distance from the three-dimensional position represented by the point data is equal to larger than a threshold;
computing, for each piece of the point data included in the inspection point cloud data, a second density representing the number of pieces of the point data indicating a three-dimensional position at which a distance from the three-dimensional position represented by the point data is equal to or larger than a threshold; and
further detecting, as the excluded part, a part where a degree of a difference between the first density and the second density is equal to or larger than a threshold.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute:
acquiring reference point cloud data indicating point data representing a three-dimensional position and luminance at reference time for each of a plurality of parts in a space including a target object, and inspec

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Ono Yoshimasa

Classifications

• G01S17/42

  Simultaneous measurement of distance and other co-ordinates (indirect measurement G01S17/46) · CPC title

• G01S7/497 Primary

  Means for monitoring or calibrating · CPC title

• G01B11/16

  for measuring the deformation in a solid, e.g. optical strain gauge · CPC title

• G01B11/24

  for measuring contours or curvatures · CPC title