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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Marine As, Ålesund, NO;
Inventor:
Sverre Rye Torben, Langevåg, NO;
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE MARINE AS, Ålesund, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B66D 1/36 (2006.01); B65H 54/28 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2013.01); B65H 54/2854 (2013.01); B65H 54/2875 (2013.01); B66D 1/36 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 13/02 (2013.01); B65H 2701/35 (2013.01);
Abstract
System for controlling the loading or unloading a cable [or the like onto a drum [], wherein the drum [] has a known first rotation axis loading or unloading the cable, the system also comprises an imaging means [aimed at the cable [from a position at a distance from the drum rotation axis, the imaging means [being adapted to measure the direction of the cable [relative to the rotational axis of the drum. The imaging means can be constituted by a video camera.