Method for retrieving a wiring schematic of an electrical installation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9679096-B2
Application number	US-201514676072-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2015
Priority date	Apr 2, 2014
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A method for reconstituting a diagram of an electrical installation including a plurality of electrical elements connected to a power source via protective elements arranged in an electrical panel. The wired electrical elements of the installation are identified using the electrical panel. The tree structure of the electrical connections of the elements identified and the position of each element in the arborescence are automatically determined. An electrical diagram of the installation is deduced using the tree structure of the electrical connections and the position of each element in the arborescence.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for reconstituting a diagram of an electrical installation comprising a plurality of electrical elements connected to a source of power via protective elements arranged in an electrical panel, the method comprising:
identifying wired electrical elements of the electrical installation using the electrical panel,
automatically determining a tree structure of the electrical connections of the identified wired electrical elements and position of each identified wired electrical element in said tree structure, and
generating an electrical diagram of the electrical installation using the automatically determined tree structure of the electrical connections and the position of each identified wired electrical element in said tree structure,
wherein said automatically determining the tree structure of the electrical connections includes:
locating at least one output terminal and at least one input terminal on each identified wired electrical element,
verifying electrical continuity between the output terminal of the a first identified wired electrical element and the input terminal of a second identified wired electrical element, and
determining a relative position of the second identified wired electrical element with respect to the first identified wired electrical element.

2. A method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electrical continuity between the output terminal of the first identified wired electrical element and the input terminal of the second identified wired electrical element is verified by detection of a current injected on the output terminal of the first identified wired electrical element, and
wherein the relative position of the second identified wired electrical element with respect to the first identified wired electrical element is determined by current measurement at a test point located downstream of said output terminal of the first identified wired electrical element.

3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification of the wired electrical elements is carried out manually.

4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the identification of the wired electrical elements is carried out automatically by image recognition using a photo of the electrical panel.

5. A tablet comprising a test module and memory comprising a computer program containing instructions the to perform the method according to claim 1 .

6. A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and comprising instructions, that when excepted by a computer, cause the method according to claim 1 to be performed.

7. A device for reconstituting a diagram of an electrical installation comprising a plurality of electrical elements connected to a power source via protective elements arranged in an electrical panel, the device comprising:
an image capturing unit,
an image processing unit to identify wired electrical elements of the electrical installation using an image of the electrical panel from the image capturing unit,
a test module to verify electrical continuity between an output of a first identified wired electrical element and an input of a second identified wired electrical element to determine a relative position of the second element with respect to the first element, and
a calculation module to automatically determine a tree structure of the electrical connections of the identified wired electrical elements and position of each identified wired electrical element in said tree structure to generate an electrical diagram of the electrical installation using the automatically determined tree structure.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the test module comprises: an electric current generator to inject a direct current Idc or an alternating current Iac on the output terminal of the first identified wired electrical element on the electrical panel, a voltmeter, a first ammeter, and a second ammeter.

9. The device according to claim 8 , further comprising a communication module to transmit the generated tree structure to a processing unit comprising a computer program to reconstitute the electrical diagram of the electrical installation.

10. A test module integrated into the device of claim 8 for reconstituting a diagram of an electrical installation comprising a plurality of electrical elements connected to a power source via protective elements arranged in an electrical panel, the test module comprising: an electric current generator to inject a direct Idc or alternating Iac electrical current on an output terminal of the first identified wired electrical element on the electrical panel, a voltmeter, a first ammeter, and a second ammeter.

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas
• Schneider Electric Industires Sas

Inventors

• Blondel Charles
• Gandanegara Grace
• Goutay Roland
• Herriot Yann

Classifications

• G01R31/52

  Testing for short-circuits, leakage current or ground faults · CPC title

• G06F2113/16

  Cables, cable trees or wire harnesses · CPC title

• H02B3/00 Primary

  Apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture, assembly, or maintenance of boards or switchgear · CPC title

• G06F2111/12

  Symbolic schematics · CPC title

• G01R31/69

  of terminals at the end of a cable or a wire harness; of plugs; of sockets, e.g. wall sockets or power sockets in appliances · CPC title