TY - JOUR
T1 - The Visual Inspection Methodology for Ceiling Utilizing the Blimp
AU - Nitta, Yoshihiro
AU - Inai, Shinsuke
AU - Matsumura, Kunio
AU - Ishida, Masami
AU - Onai, Toshio
AU - Nishitani, Akira
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been partially supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant Number JP15K06304.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper proposes a visual inspection methodology for the ceiling element of a gymnasium utilizing a blimp robot with a Wi-Fi camera. In the proposed methodology, the blimp robot with the Wi-Fi camera inspects the damage location and captures the photographic image of the damage condition. The inspection blimp robots will be able to estimate the damage condition without any process of engineers' on-site-inspection involved. To demonstrate the capabilities of such blimp robots, the visual inspections for the ceiling of a gymnasium and the actual bridge deck has been conducted. The results of the application to real structures indicate that the Wi-Fi camera on the blimp robot can estimate the damages from the captured image, and the proposed methodology will provide valuable information for the repair and maintenance decision making of damaged elements located on high attitude.
AB - This paper proposes a visual inspection methodology for the ceiling element of a gymnasium utilizing a blimp robot with a Wi-Fi camera. In the proposed methodology, the blimp robot with the Wi-Fi camera inspects the damage location and captures the photographic image of the damage condition. The inspection blimp robots will be able to estimate the damage condition without any process of engineers' on-site-inspection involved. To demonstrate the capabilities of such blimp robots, the visual inspections for the ceiling of a gymnasium and the actual bridge deck has been conducted. The results of the application to real structures indicate that the Wi-Fi camera on the blimp robot can estimate the damages from the captured image, and the proposed methodology will provide valuable information for the repair and maintenance decision making of damaged elements located on high attitude.
KW - Blimp
KW - Ceiling Element
KW - Rapid Damage Assessment
KW - Remote Control
KW - Visual Inspection
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U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.482
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.04.482
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85020450828
SN - 1877-7058
VL - 188
SP - 256
EP - 262
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
T2 - 6th Asia Pacific Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, APWSHM 2016
Y2 - 7 December 2016 through 9 December 2016
ER -