Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Ikuko Kameyama

Hiroyuki Adachi

Yasuhiro Yuguchi

Takeshi Maehara

Mitsuaki Shimamura

Toru Taguchi

Koichi Soma

Tetsuro Nakagawa

A working apparatus has: a working equipment for doing works on a structure; a folding/unfolding mechanism for conveying the working equipment to the working position in a folded state; a conveyance mechanism (such as a horizontal thruster) for conveying the working equipment and the folding/unfolding mechanism to the working position; a pressing mechanism (such as a ballast tank) for pressing the working equipment against the lower surface of the structure; and a traveling mechanism including a wheel for traveling along the lower surface of the structure and positioning the apparatus.

Working device and working method

A method of computing an operating position based on a relative distance between a monitor and a movable body correlating data is obtained in advance for determining a one to one correlation between the relative distance and dimensions on the surface of a photographed object of an image. A relative angle is measured between the photographed object and the monitor. The movable body is photographed using a camera of the monitor. The distance and dimensions between reference points on the image are compared with the correlating data coincident with the measured relative angle.

Method and apparatus for measuring an operating position in a remote inspection

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Yokohama, Japan

Ikuko Kameyama