INSPECTION WORK ASSIST DEVICE AND INSPECTION WORK ASSIST METHOD

• Main Authors: NAITO MASAHIRO, KAMIYA MASASHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 30.11.2017
• Subjects: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inspection work assist device that generates, from a camera image in which a visual field ahead of an inspection worker is photographed, a result of determination of whether the inspection worker has consciously pointed the finger as he made inspection.SOLUTION: The inspection work assist device is characterized by comprising; a fingertip detection unit 201 for detecting the fingertip coordinates of an inspection worker from a camera image in which a visual field ahead of the inspection worker is photographed; an inspection object recognition unit 202 for recognizing an inspection object included in the camera image from the camera image and preset inspection object information, and acquiring the coordinates of the recognized inspection object; an indication state determination unit 204 for determining, from the physical relationship of the fingertip coordinates detected by the fingertip detection unit and the inspection object coordinates acquired by the inspection object recognition unit, whether or not the inspection worker points the finger at the inspection object; and a finger pointing confirmation determination unit 205 for determining, from the determination result of the indication state determination unit, whether or not the inspection worker has pointed the finger at the inspection object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】 点検作業者の前方視界を撮像したカメラ画像から点検作業者が意識的に指差し点検したかを判断した結果を生成する点検作業支援装置を提供する。【解決手段】 点検作業者の前方視界を撮像したカメラ画像から、点検作業者の指先の座標を検出する指先検出部２０１と、カメラ画像と予め設定された点検対象物情報とからカメラ画像に含まれる点検対象物を認識し、認識された点検対象物の座標を取得する点検対象物認識部２０２と、指先検出部で検出した指先の座標と点検対象物認識部で取得した点検対象物の座標との位置関係から、点検作業者が前記点検対象物を指差ししているかを判定する指示状態判定部２０４と、指示状態判定部の判定結果から点検作業者が点検対象物を指差確認したかを判定する指差確認判定部２０５とを備えることを特徴とするものである。【選択図】 図１