Conveyor Belt Monitoring System and Method
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1. A conveyor belt temperature anomaly detection system, comprising:
- an infrared line scanner having one or more infrared detectors and arranged to scan the surface of a conveyor belt in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the conveyor belt and to generate thermal image data in dependence on infrared radiation detected by the infrared detector; and
a processing unit configured to process the thermal image data to identify temperature anomalies in the material travelling on the surface of the conveyor belt.
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Abstract
A conveyor belt temperature anomaly detection system, comprising: an infrared line scanner having one or more infrared detectors and arranged to scan the surface of a conveyor belt in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the conveyor belt and to generate thermal image data in dependence on infrared radiation detected by the infrared detector; and a processing unit configured to process the thermal image data to identify temperature anomalies in the material travelling on the surface of the conveyor belt.
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1. A conveyor belt temperature anomaly detection system, comprising:
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an infrared line scanner having one or more infrared detectors and arranged to scan the surface of a conveyor belt in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the conveyor belt and to generate thermal image data in dependence on infrared radiation detected by the infrared detector; and a processing unit configured to process the thermal image data to identify temperature anomalies in the material travelling on the surface of the conveyor belt. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A conveyor belt temperature anomaly detection system, comprising:
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a two dimensional array of infrared detectors arranged to receive infrared radiation from the surface of a conveyor belt and to generate thermal image data in dependence on the received infrared radiation; and a processing unit configured to process the thermal image data to identify temperature anomalies in the material travelling on the surface of the conveyor belt. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for detecting temperature anomalies in material transported on a conveyor belt, the method comprising:
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scanning an infrared line scanner across the surface of the conveyor belt in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the conveyor belt; generating thermal image data based on infrared radiation received by the infrared line scanner from the material travelling on the conveyor belt; processing the thermal image data to identify temperature anomalies in material travelling on the surface of the conveyor belt. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 55)
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42. A method for detecting temperature anomalies in material transported on a conveyor belt, the method comprising:
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directing a two dimensional array of infrared detectors toward a surface of the conveyor belt; generating thermal image data in dependence on received infrared radiation; and processing the thermal image data to identify temperature anomalies in the material travelling on the surface of the conveyor belt. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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