| US 7,537,378 B2 | ||
| Wire disconnection inspecting device and method | ||
| Keita Sekine, Saitama (Japan); Kazuyuki Fukamachi, Utsunomiya (Japan); Katsumi Takeishi, Fujimino (Japan); and John Cheek, Mechanicsburg, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 11/791,617 PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/021733 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date May 25, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/057364, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 01, 2006. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2004-342789 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2004; and application No. 2004-342964 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0143338 A1, Jun. 19, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01N 25/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 374—5 [374/141; 374/121; 374/57; 324/505; 250/341.6] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A wire disconnection inspecting method comprising the steps of:
connecting a terminal unit to an electronic control unit mounted on a vehicle;
detecting a preparation timing which is a prescribed distance and/or a prescribed time before said vehicle reaches a prescribed
inspection position, for an inspection unit to start energizing a heater conductor on a glass panel of said vehicle through
said terminal unit; and
when the arrival of said vehicle at the prescribed inspection position is detected, controlling said inspection unit to acquire
a thermal image of said glass panel captured by an infrared camera and processing said thermal image to inspect said heater
conductor for a wire disconnection.
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