FLOTATION TYPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME

• Main Authors: KANEHIRA TOKUYUKI, HIRAI MASAYUKI, ECHIGO SHIGERU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 25.05.2017
• Subjects: AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES; AVIATION; CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLYING SUITS; HELICOPTERS; OR VIADUCTS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flotation type inspection device having an unmanned flotation machine mounted with a camera, and suitable for a proximity visual inspection.SOLUTION: A flotation type inspection device comprises a platform airframe having an unmanned flight module for executing flotation, flight and resting in the air by a plurality of rotors and an adsorption-movement module provided in an upper part of its unmanned flight module and executing the movement by adsorbing to an inspection object and separation from its inspection object and a camera module having an expansion type arm provided in a lower part of the unmanned flight module and an inspection camera provided in a tip part of its expansion type arm, in which the camera module approaches the center of gravity of the camera module to the center of gravity of the platform airframe by contracting the expansion type arm in flotation, flight and resting in the air of the platform airframe, and extends the expansion type arm when the adsorption-movement module is adsorbed to the inspection object, and arranges the inspection camera in the proximity visual inspection position to the injection object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】カメラを搭載した無人浮上機を具え、かつ近接目視点検に適した浮上式点検装置を提供することにある。【解決手段】複数のロータにより浮上、飛行および空中での静止を行う無人飛行モジュールと、その無人飛行モジュールの上部に設けられて点検対象に吸着しての移動とその点検対象からの分離とを行う吸着移動モジュールとを有するプラットフォーム機体と、無人飛行モジュールの下部に設けられた伸縮式アームおよび、その伸縮式アームの先端部に設けられた点検用カメラを有するカメラモジュールとを具え、カメラモジュールは、プラットフォーム機体の浮上、飛行および空中での静止中は伸縮式アームを縮めて当該カメラモジュールの重心をプラットフォーム機体の重心に近づけ、吸着移動モジュールが点検対象に吸着している間は伸縮式アームを伸ばすとともに点検用カメラを点検対象に対する近接目視点検位置に配置する浮上式点検装置である。【選択図】図１