WO1989007749A1 - A method and equipment for measuring a pile of logs - Google Patents
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- WO1989007749A1 WO1989007749A1 PCT/FI1989/000028 FI8900028W WO8907749A1 WO 1989007749 A1 WO1989007749 A1 WO 1989007749A1 FI 8900028 W FI8900028 W FI 8900028W WO 8907749 A1 WO8907749 A1 WO 8907749A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
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- the object of the invention is a method and equipment for measuring a pile of logs, in particular its volume.
- Finnish patent publications Nos. 51584 and 54971 show a method of measuring the side density of a pile of wood. This takes place optically by measuring the ratio of dark and light areas at the end of the pile.
- the end of the pile is filmed with a TV camera, on the basis of the video signal of which the ratio referred to is calculated.
- the length and width of the pile must be measured separately in order to be able to calculate an estimate of the solid cubic measure.
- the method does not provide an especially precise result, particu ⁇ larly as piles of wood are rarely the same length.
- the height and length of the pile used in the calculations are average values, which must be estimated. A large possibility of error arises from this. Even the basic method, the measurement of the side density by means of the ratio referred to, has not been satisfactorily implemented in practice.
- the intention of this invention is to create a new and simple method and equipment for the measurement of a pile of logs as automatically as possible.
- the principal characteristics of the method in accordance with the invention are presented in the accompanying Patent Claim 1.
- the basis of the invention is the application of object recognition to recognize the ends of the logs of the pile, by means of which their location can be measured.
- object recognition in this connection substantially improves the reliability of the measurement compared with known methods. This is based especially on the registration of the form and location of the end of each individual log, on account of which the total magnitudes are not average magnitudes, but the total values of individual recognized objects. Because the logs may cross over inside the pile, it is not necessarily possible to recognize both sides of the ends of the same log.
- the characteristic features of the equipment in accordance with the invention are presented in Patent Claim 4.
- the camera can be either a matrix camera or a normal analog video camera, the picture from which is digitalized separately. It is particular ⁇ ly advantageous to use a linear camera, because it can be installed in the same carrier as the distance measurement device.
- a log pile measurement system equipped with two measurement units.
- the log pile 1 is placed for measurement in fork 2, which then delimits the measurement area.
- the fork 2 is connected to an ordinary weighing device, by means of which to weight of the whole pile 1 is obtained.
- the basic components of the system are the measuring units 3 and 8 on either side of the pile carried by the fork 2, and the calculating equipment 9.
- Xt consists of an AT-type microcomputer and the data on each pile comes from the printer 7 connected to it.
- the measuring units 3 and 8 consist of a carrier 4 and its transfer device 5 as well as the IR laser-pulse distance measurement device 10 and CCD linear video camera 6, which are installed on the carrier.
- the measuring units 3 and 8 are located in relation to the pile fork 2 in such a way that they lie in the same line as the direction of the ends of the pile of logs. Fork 2 delimits the measurement area to about 2.8 m x 2.8 m.
- the transfer device 5 of the carrier 4 is dimensioned to cover the whole of this area in such a way that both filming and distance measurement take place perpendicularly to the ends of the pile.
- the measurement is carried out as follows.
- the pile 1 of logs to be measured is placed in fork 2.
- the transfer device 5 By means of the transfer device 5 the carrier 4 is moved in steps over the measuring area. After every horizontal pass the horizontal guide rail is lowered by a suitable step.
- the distance measurements are registered in the calculation equipment 9 as a matrix.
- the linear camera 6 does not necessarily need to be moved over such a dense field. If the line sensor of camera 6 is vertical, a few passes are sufficient. In practice it is simpler to carry out the filming separately.
- the filming creates another matrix, in which one nucleus contains the picture nucleus in question as a numerical value of the strength of light from 0...255.
- the treatment of the picture begins by searching the picture matrix for limit-value points, in which the brightness of the picture changes sharply. After this, an attempt is made to fit curves of various sizes to the limit-value points.
- Various kinds of criteria can be used to approve the outline of the end of a log. If, for example, the space between two curves that are near to one another strike more limit-value points than are the limit of acceptance, it can be assumed that these points depict the end of a log. The remainder of the limit-value points that form part of the object can be easily found and the missing sections of the curve can be estimated.
- Data on the outlines of the ends of the logs and their location in an XY direction are obtain as the final result of the treatment of the picture. The distance measurement data obtained from the places of the objects are added to these data.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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FI880736 | 1988-02-17 | ||
FI880736A FI83910C (en) | 1988-02-17 | 1988-02-17 | Method and apparatus for measuring the quantities of a timber knife |
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WO1989007749A1 true WO1989007749A1 (en) | 1989-08-24 |
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PCT/FI1989/000028 WO1989007749A1 (en) | 1988-02-17 | 1989-02-16 | A method and equipment for measuring a pile of logs |
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EP (1) | EP0403497A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPH03502835A (en) |
AU (1) | AU3058189A (en) |
FI (1) | FI83910C (en) |
WO (1) | WO1989007749A1 (en) |
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WO1991008438A1 (en) * | 1989-11-27 | 1991-06-13 | Vision-Systems Oy | A stacking method and equipment for measuring the timber volume and other dimensions of a stack of logs |
DE4303213A1 (en) * | 1992-07-08 | 1994-01-13 | Abb Patent Gmbh | Measuring incident region of bulk material e.g. brown coal - digitising video camera signals, forming image differences and evaluating vertical and horizontal grey levels and distribution |
WO2000079213A1 (en) * | 1999-06-23 | 2000-12-28 | Acanova Ab | Method and device for log measurement |
WO2001020324A1 (en) * | 1999-09-14 | 2001-03-22 | Opti-Wood Aps | Method for quality determination and handling of elongate wood items |
WO2011000743A1 (en) * | 2009-07-03 | 2011-01-06 | Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen | Acquiring round timber piles |
EP2568252A1 (en) | 2011-09-06 | 2013-03-13 | HM Puidukaubandus OÜ | Method and a device for accurate measuring of volume of timber |
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US3852579A (en) * | 1973-03-23 | 1974-12-03 | Sun Studs | Method and apparatus for determining the surface configuration of elongate objects, particularly logs |
SE391580B (en) * | 1972-03-27 | 1977-02-21 | Kajaani Oy Elektroniika | SET AND DEVICE TO META FLANKNESS AT A WOODEN STACK |
FI54971B (en) * | 1974-02-07 | 1978-12-29 | Kajaani Oy | FOERFARANDE FOER MAETNING AV FLANKTAETHETEN AV EN VEDTRAVE |
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- 1989-02-16 EP EP19890902391 patent/EP0403497A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1989-02-16 JP JP50219489A patent/JPH03502835A/en active Pending
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SE391580B (en) * | 1972-03-27 | 1977-02-21 | Kajaani Oy Elektroniika | SET AND DEVICE TO META FLANKNESS AT A WOODEN STACK |
US3852579A (en) * | 1973-03-23 | 1974-12-03 | Sun Studs | Method and apparatus for determining the surface configuration of elongate objects, particularly logs |
FI54971B (en) * | 1974-02-07 | 1978-12-29 | Kajaani Oy | FOERFARANDE FOER MAETNING AV FLANKTAETHETEN AV EN VEDTRAVE |
Cited By (7)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO1991008438A1 (en) * | 1989-11-27 | 1991-06-13 | Vision-Systems Oy | A stacking method and equipment for measuring the timber volume and other dimensions of a stack of logs |
DE4303213A1 (en) * | 1992-07-08 | 1994-01-13 | Abb Patent Gmbh | Measuring incident region of bulk material e.g. brown coal - digitising video camera signals, forming image differences and evaluating vertical and horizontal grey levels and distribution |
WO2000079213A1 (en) * | 1999-06-23 | 2000-12-28 | Acanova Ab | Method and device for log measurement |
WO2001020324A1 (en) * | 1999-09-14 | 2001-03-22 | Opti-Wood Aps | Method for quality determination and handling of elongate wood items |
WO2011000743A1 (en) * | 2009-07-03 | 2011-01-06 | Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen | Acquiring round timber piles |
EP2568252A1 (en) | 2011-09-06 | 2013-03-13 | HM Puidukaubandus OÜ | Method and a device for accurate measuring of volume of timber |
WO2021005265A1 (en) * | 2019-07-11 | 2021-01-14 | Teknosavo Oy | Method for determination of volume of pulp wood or timber stack |
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JPH03502835A (en) | 1991-06-27 |
FI83910C (en) | 1991-09-10 |
AU3058189A (en) | 1989-09-06 |
FI880736A0 (en) | 1988-02-17 |
EP0403497A1 (en) | 1990-12-27 |
FI880736A (en) | 1989-08-18 |
FI83910B (en) | 1991-05-31 |
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