JP2007218725A - Inspection system of inner wall surface of closed space, such as tunnel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact inspection system, capable of accurately inspecting the change state of the inner wall surface of a closed space, such as a tunnel at a low cost. <P>SOLUTION: The inspection system of the inner wall surface of the closed space, such as the tunnel is comprises a digital still camera, the omnidirectional photographic lens mounted on the digital still camera, a rotary encoder for automatically controlling the shutter of the digital still camera at each preset moving distance of a moving vehicle or the like, to continuously photographing the inner wall surface of the closed space and a monitor device for developing and monitoring the photographing of the digital still camera. Even if the circumferential photographic area in the cross-section of the inner wall surface of the closed space, such as a tunnel, the photographing over the whole periphery of the inner wall surface of the closed space can be performed accurately over a wide range, by using only a single digital still camera. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to cracks and water leaks in tunnels, exposure of reinforcing bars, generation of alkaline ejecta, etc., and deformations appearing on the inner walls of enclosed spaces such as tunnels or tunnels and joint grooves using box culverts, etc. The purpose of this system is to reduce inspection labor and costs, and to accurately monitor deformation.

  Although it is indispensable to constantly monitor the aging of the inner wall surface in long tunnels such as roads and railways from the viewpoint of maintaining safety, there are limits to the actual inspection of the inside of the tunnel by visual inspection. It is difficult to expect. Therefore, in recent years, one or more line sensor cameras are attached to the rotating device installed in the tunnel, and these are scanned in the circumferential direction of the tunnel wall surface to acquire a line segment image of the inner wall surface of the tunnel. There is a “tunnel wall image capturing method and apparatus” that moves the rotating device by a predetermined width in the axial direction (depth direction) of the tunnel and repeats this operation to obtain a developed image continuous in the axial direction of the tunnel. It was developed (see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, in order to detect cracks in the inner wall surface of the tunnel, each of the subdivisions divided by dividing the inner wall surface by performing image processing on the image data while running the photographing carriage with a plurality of cameras to correspond to the wall surface. Perform extraction and quantification of cracks and output them for each sub-section, or obtain the above-mentioned crack information for all of a number of consecutive sub-sections and display the crack information along with its distribution map. What was made into is also known (refer patent document 2).

Furthermore, for the purpose of simplifying the structure, one electronic camera is used, and the anti-inner wall surface image projected on the convex mirror provided at the center of the lateral side is taken with the electronic camera to obtain a basic image, and the vertical image of the basic image is obtained. The direction is indicated and corrected by gravity, and the basic image is sequentially decomposed into a plurality of concentric annular images having different radii, and further developed into a linear image so that a developed image can be output. A “wall developed image creation device” is also known (see Patent Document 3).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-294065 JP 2001-141660 A Japanese Patent No. 25662059

  In the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, a line sensor camera is mounted on a rotating device installed in a tunnel, and the rotating device is rotated to scan in the circumferential direction on the inner wall surface of the tunnel to obtain an image of the inner wall surface of the tunnel. Further, the above-mentioned apparatus is moved at predetermined distances in the length direction of the tunnel to repeatedly acquire images at various locations, thereby obtaining a continuous inner wall surface developed image in the tunnel length direction.

  Since a so-called CCD type line sensor camera is used in Patent Document 1, a relatively large scale illumination means is required for photographing, so that not only the entire apparatus becomes large but also as a power source for illumination. Images taken due to the necessity of installing a large-scale power generator, the need to install multiple line sensor cameras when the wall area is large, and the distance between the lens and each part of the subject are different This tends to cause distortion, making it difficult to accurately inspect the inner wall of the tunnel.

  In addition, since the apparatus described in Patent Document 2 is used by arranging a plurality of cameras in a radial manner facing the inner wall surface of the tunnel, an increase in the size of the apparatus cannot be avoided as in the above-described Patent Document 1. In addition, frames containing overlapping parts are extracted from the video data captured by each camera and synthesized, and the same processing is performed on the data from each camera to create an image of the entire tunnel. It is inevitable that the system as a whole will be large and expensive, such as requiring separate processing software for associating the brightness level with the crack width.

  Further, the one described in the cited document 3 has a convex mirror at the center of the lateral side and an electronic camera that captures an image projected on the convex mirror to obtain an underground photographic image, and a circular image photographed concentrically. The image is expanded from the center side (outside) of the circle to the width (diameter) of the circular cross section, and is expanded into a linear image maintained in the vertical direction by a level, and a continuous image is obtained by sequentially connecting the images. It is a thing.

  In Cited Document 3, the apparatus can be simplified because only one electronic camera is used. However, the convex lens to be used has a lot of random distortion and tends to vary in image processing. In addition, if the resolution is increased, a problem of focus adjustment occurs, so that the object to be photographed is limited to a very small cross section, so that there is no versatility.

  Therefore, in the present invention, an imaging apparatus in which the presence or absence of deformation of the inner wall surface of the closed space, such as cracks or water leaks in the inner wall surface of a closed space such as a tunnel, or the presence or absence of alkaline ejecta, is disclosed. The inspection according to the first aspect of the present invention can be attached to a moving vehicle or the like traveling in a closed space such as a tunnel. A digital still camera, an omnidirectional photographic lens attached to the digital still camera, and a shutter of the digital still camera are automatically controlled for each moving distance of a preset moving vehicle, etc. For wall surface inspection system for closed space such as tunnels, which consists of a rotary encoder and a monitor device for developing and monitoring the imaging of a digital still camera

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographing stand that can be attached to a moving vehicle or the like traveling in a closed space such as a tunnel, a digital still camera attached to the stand, and all the digital still cameras attached to the digital still camera. The azimuth taking lens, a rotary encoder that automatically controls the shutter of the digital still camera for each moving distance of a preset moving vehicle, etc., and continuously images the inner wall surface of the closed space, and the imaging of the digital still camera are developed and monitored. The present invention relates to an inner wall surface inspection system for a closed space such as a tunnel composed of a monitor device.

  Furthermore, the invention of claim 3 is a photographing stand that can be attached to a moving vehicle or the like traveling in a closed space such as a tunnel, a digital still camera attached to the stand, and an omnidirectional photographing attached to the digital still camera. A lens, a rotary encoder that automatically controls the shutter of the digital still camera for each moving distance of a preset moving vehicle or the like, and continuously images the inner wall surface of the tunnel, and a monitor device that unfolds and monitors the imaging of the digital still camera; The present invention also relates to a closed space inner wall surface inspection system such as a tunnel including image correction software that corrects the distortion of the developed digital still camera in accordance with the shape of the cross section of the inner wall of the closed space.

  Furthermore, the invention of claim 4 is a photographing stand that can be attached to a moving vehicle or the like traveling in a closed space such as a tunnel, a digital still camera attached to the stand, and an omnidirectional photographing attached to the digital still camera. A lens, a rotary encoder that automatically controls the shutter of the digital still camera for each moving distance of a preset moving vehicle or the like, and continuously images the inner wall surface of the closed space, and a monitor device that unfolds and monitors the imaging of the digital still camera And a system for inspecting the inner wall of a closed space, such as a tunnel, comprising: software for converting the annular image of the deployed digital still camera into unfolded image; and image correction software for correcting the unfolded image according to the shape of the cross section of the inner wall of the closed space About.

  Further, in the invention of claim 5, a telescopic height adjusting arm having a base portion rotatably fixed thereto is attached to the photographing stand with a digital still camera fixed to the distal end portion. 4 relates to a closed space inner wall surface inspection system such as a tunnel according to any one of 4;

  According to the present invention, since the photographing of the inner wall surface of a closed space such as a tunnel is performed by a digital still camera and an omnidirectional photographing lens attached to the digital still camera, not only in front of the digital still camera, It is possible to photograph the inner surface of the closed space over a wide range from the position of the omnidirectional photographing lens attached to the camera to the rear, even if the photographing area in the circumferential direction of the cross section on the inner wall surface of the closed space such as a tunnel is large A wide range of images can be accurately captured with only one digital still camera.

  In general, a convex lens with inevitable random distortion is used, the lenses used are individually verified, the distortion characteristics are grasped, and the imaging by the lens is made to correspond to the distortion characteristics grasped in advance. By using the correction software, it is possible to obtain an accurate developed image, so that extensive verification of the inner wall surface of a closed space such as a tunnel can be performed very accurately and at low cost.

  Furthermore, for the lighting flash, it is sufficient to arrange only one digital still camera since it has only one digital still camera, and the entire device is more compact and narrower than conventional ones. It can be used in any part, and it can be easily moved and assembled. In addition, since there is little power consumption, there is no need to connect a commercial power supply, and there is no need to install a generator. Moreover, even if the length of the closed space such as a tunnel is considerably long, it is possible to take a continuous developed image over the entire length.

  In addition, since it has a rotary encoder that automatically controls the shutter of the digital still camera for every moving distance of moving vehicles, etc. Thus, continuous and accurate imaging can be automatically obtained, and labor can be significantly reduced.

  In addition, when using a photographic mount with a digital still camera fixed to the tip and a telescopic height adjustment arm with the base fixed rotatably, it can be mounted on a truck or truck. When it is loaded and fixed on the loading platform, it becomes easy to position the digital still camera that captures the inside of the closed space in the center of the closed space such as a tunnel.

  In the following, the specific contents of the present invention will be described. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a photographic stand that can be attached to the rear of a loading platform of a moving vehicle (truck T in FIG. The height adjusting arm 14 is a digital still camera mounted on the gantry 1 via the height adjusting arm 6, 15 is an omnidirectional photographing lens mounted on the digital still camera, and 18 is a rotary encoder. Further, the gantry 1 has a frame 2 and a fixed mast 4 attached to the gantry 1 in a planted state, and moving casters 3 and 3 are attached to both ends of the frame 2.

  The arm 6 for height adjustment is slidably moved into the fixed arm 7 along the fixed arm 7 and a fixed arm 7 rotatably attached to the upper end of the fixed mast 4 via the hinge 5. And a hydraulic cylinder 9 having one end fixed to the fixed mast 4 via a hinge 9a for moving the tip of the fixed arm 7 up and down at an arbitrary angle as required. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes an angle meter for use as a guide for adjusting the angle of the fixed arm 7 by the hydraulic cylinder 9. Although not shown, the telescopic arm 8 described above is configured to be telescopic with respect to the fixed arm 7 by a necessary length in the length direction by a separately provided hydraulic cylinder.

  A mounting base 12 is provided at the distal end of the telescopic arm 8 via a hinge 11 whose angle can be freely adjusted. Further, the mounting base 12 has a digital still camera 14 and a frame 13 for attaching a flash device. And the auxiliary | assistant frame 13a is attached. The digital still camera 14 preferably has a high image quality of 5 million pixels or more, but is not necessarily limited thereto. The digital still camera 14 is mounted and fixed on the mounting base 12 by an appropriate method such as using a fixing screw portion at the bottom.

  Furthermore, an omnidirectional photographing lens 15 is attached to the digital still camera 14. The omnidirectional photographing lens 15 used here is preferably a PALNON lens unit (sales source: Tateyama System Laboratory Co., Ltd.) such as PAL-S60-F. This PALNON lens unit is a Panorama Annular Lens (panoramic annular lens), which is an omnidirectional lens for a camera capable of photographing 360 degrees around by one photographing, and a part of the lens is further rearward than the side surface of the lens. It is possible to shoot at a wide angle up to a certain angle range. Generally, what is mainly used for indoor / outdoor monitoring and monitoring is diverted for shooting in the tunnel of the present invention.

  In addition, the flash unit mounting frame 13 on the mounting base 12 has a total of eight flash units 16 so as to surround the digital still camera 14 so that each flash irradiation direction faces the inner wall surface of the tunnel. It is attached toward the outside of the radiation (see FIG. 2). In the figure, reference numeral 17 denotes an angle meter for finely adjusting the camera mounting angle.

  Further, the rotary encoder 18 is built in a wheel 21 attached to the tip of an encoder bar 20 that is held by a holder 19 that can be fixed to the track T so as to be adjustable in height. The movement distance associated with the traveling of the track T is automatically measured, and a signal is sent to the digital still camera 14 via a sequencer provided on the gantry 1 for each predetermined movement distance (for example, 2 m), so that the eight flash devices 16 Continuous automatic photographing can be performed by operating the shutter in synchronization with flash irradiation.

  In the above-described configuration, the gantry 1 is fixedly installed at the rear of the loading platform of the truck T, and the digital still camera 14 is positioned at the approximate center in a closed space such as a tunnel by operating the hydraulic cylinder 9 and the telescopic arm 8. The front of the still camera 14 is in the length direction of a closed space such as a tunnel, and the flash irradiation directions of the eight flash devices 16 surrounding the digital still camera 14 are on the side of the digital still camera 14 (the inner wall surface of the tunnel). While the truck T is running at a constant speed at a low speed (for example, about 2 km / h), the rotary encoder 18 sequentially performs continuous automatic photographing of the inner wall surface of the closed space for every fixed distance.

  When shooting is completed, the recorded recording medium is taken out from the digital still camera 14 and displayed and monitored as a circular image by a monitor device (not shown) provided separately, and software for converting this into developed imaging is used. Inspect and monitor the final deformation of the inner wall of the closed space such as a tunnel by correcting the distortion in accordance with the shape of the cross section of the inner wall of the closed space using software that corrects the developed image. Get an image.

  In other words, since the annular image (primary image) taken out from the recorded recording medium is taken with the annular image lens and has a large distortion, the distortion characteristics of the annular image lens to be used in advance are verified. Therefore, it is necessary to create software for removing distortion equivalent to the measurement photograph level.

  Specifically, a cylindrical body R having a perfect circle cross section as shown in FIG. 4 is used, and a pattern for test photographing (see the multipoint diagram of the circumferential surface of the cylindrical body in FIG. 4) is applied to the inner wall surface thereof. A digital still camera 14 having an omnidirectional photographing lens 15 attached to one end side of the cylindrical body R is disposed, and the other end side of the cylindrical body R is placed with the omnidirectional photographing lens 15 positioned at the center of the cylindrical body R. Start shooting for. The photographed image is displayed as an original image as shown in FIG. 5A, and if this is further developed as a developed image using distortion correction software, it appears as a primary developed image as shown in FIG. 5B. As described above, the distortion characteristics of the omnidirectional photographing lens 15 can be obtained by preliminarily photographing the inner diameter surface of the perfect circular cylindrical body R.

  However, since the above is based on the condition that the subject (the inner diameter surface of the closed space such as a tunnel) is a perfect circle, if the inner diameter surface of the closed space that is the actual subject is a non-perfect circle or a rectangle, all A three-dimensional distortion is generated due to a change in the distance between the azimuth photographing lens 15 and the subject (the inner surface of the closed space). When the actual cross section of the closed space is not a perfect circle, as shown in FIG. 3A, the distance from the omnidirectional photographing lens 15 at the center depends on the cross sectional shape in the closed space such as a tunnel. The shooting point intervals U1 to U6 above or below the wall surface and the shooting point intervals O1 to O6 on the side of the wall surface are displayed differently.

  As a result, when this annular image (primary image) is converted to unfolded image using software for converting unfolded image, it is accompanied by distortion as shown in “Primary image unfolding” shown in the lower part of FIG. It will be expressed in form. For 3D distortion, the distortion component is grasped by actually measuring the design shape of the structure or the structure itself, and image processing is performed on the basis of the distortion component. As shown in the upper part of FIG. Make corrections.

  As described above, it is possible to obtain a developed image in a state where the inner diameter surface of the tunnel is cut in a circle, and further to obtain a continuous developed image in the tunnel by synthesizing these images using software that synthesizes them in the order of photographing. By performing visual verification based on the obtained continuous images, it is possible to carry out high-precision inspections such as cracks and water leakage in the tunnel inner wall surface, exposure of reinforcing bars, and the presence or absence of alkaline ejecta.

  In this case, it is also possible to create dedicated image software for cracks and automatically extract the shape and size of cracks such as length and width. Further, regarding the occurrence of an abnormality other than a crack, it is possible to manually extract the above-described developed image by visual confirmation. In addition, regarding the various information such as cracks and water leaks that have been extracted, the exposure of reinforcing bars, and alkaline ejecta, if the data is transplanted and organized separately using the form creation software, the work of inspecting the inner wall of the tunnel will be performed. It becomes even more efficient.

  In the above embodiment, the gantry 1 is attached to the rear part of the loading platform of the moving vehicle such as the truck T. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may make it install. The number of flash devices 16 attached around the digital still camera 14 is also eight in the above-described embodiment. However, in some cases, the number of flash devices 16 may be smaller than this, or may be larger.

The side view showing the outline of the photography instrument showing an example of the wall surface inspection system of closed spaces, such as a tunnel of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part specifically showing a mounting relationship between a digital still camera in FIG. 1, an omnidirectional photographing lens mounted on the digital still camera, and a flash unit. An imaging principle diagram (A) and a development view (B) showing imaging of a digital still camera using an omnidirectional imaging lens. The slope figure showing an example of the cylinder whose section used for measuring the distortion characteristic of the omnidirectional photographing lens to be used is a perfect circle. The original image (A) by the omnidirectional photography lens measured using the cylindrical body of FIG. 4, and its primary expansion | deployment image (B).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stand 2 Frame 3 Caster 4 Fixed mast 5 Hinge 6 Height adjustment arm 7 Fixed arm 8 Telescopic arm 9 Hydraulic cylinder 9a Hinge 10 Angle meter 11 Hinge 12 Mounting base 13 Frame 13a Auxiliary frame 14 Digital still camera 15 Omnidirectional photography Lens 16 Flash device 17 Angle meter 18 Rotary encoder 19 Holder 20 Encoder bar 21 Wheel R Round cylindrical body T Track

Claims (5)

  A digital still camera that can be attached to a moving vehicle or the like that travels in a closed space such as a tunnel, an omnidirectional photographing lens that is attached to the digital still camera, and a digital still camera that has a predetermined moving distance such as a moving vehicle. A closed space inner wall inspection system such as a tunnel, which consists of a rotary encoder that automatically controls the shutter and continuously images the inner wall surface of the closed space, and a monitor device that monitors and monitors the imaging of the digital still camera.   An imaging stand that can be attached to a moving vehicle or the like traveling in a closed space such as a tunnel, a digital still camera attached on the stand, an omnidirectional imaging lens attached to the digital still camera, and a preset movement In a closed space such as a tunnel consisting of a rotary encoder that automatically controls the shutter of a digital still camera for each moving distance of a vehicle, etc., and continuously monitors the inner wall of the closed space, and a monitor device that monitors and monitors the imaging of the digital still camera Wall inspection system.   An imaging stand that can be attached to a moving vehicle or the like traveling in a closed space such as a tunnel, a digital still camera attached on the stand, an omnidirectional imaging lens attached to the digital still camera, and a preset movement A rotary encoder that automatically controls the shutter of a digital still camera for each moving distance of a vehicle, etc., and continuously images the inner wall surface of a closed space, a monitor device that unfolds and monitors the imaging of the digital still camera, and a deployed digital still camera A closed space inner wall inspection system, such as a tunnel, comprising image correction software that corrects distortion in accordance with the shape of the cross section of the inner wall of the closed space.   An imaging stand that can be attached to a moving vehicle or the like traveling in a closed space such as a tunnel, a digital still camera attached on the stand, an omnidirectional imaging lens attached to the digital still camera, and a preset movement A rotary encoder that automatically controls the shutter of the digital still camera for each moving distance of the vehicle, etc., and continuously images the inner wall surface of the closed space, and a monitor device that displays and monitors the digital still camera as an annular image. System for inspecting the inner wall of a closed space such as a tunnel comprising software that converts an original image (annular imaging) of a digital still camera into unfolded image and image correction software that corrects the unfolded image according to the shape of the inner wall section of the enclosed space . 5. The telescopic height adjustment arm having a base portion rotatably fixed thereto is attached to the photographing mount, with a digital still camera fixed to the tip portion. Wall surface inspection system for closed spaces such as tunnels.

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