Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Train wheel detection and thermal imaging system
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Application No.: US16549259Application Date: 2019-08-23
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Publication No.: US11558583B2Publication Date: 2023-01-17
- Inventor: Gabriel G. Abreo
- Applicant: PROGRESS RAIL LOCOMOTIVE INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Lagrange
- Assignee: PROGRESS RAIL LOCOMOTIVE INC.
- Current Assignee: PROGRESS RAIL LOCOMOTIVE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Lagrange
- Agency: Harrity & Harrity, LLP
- Main IPC: G01S13/32
- IPC: G01S13/32 ; H04N7/18 ; H04N5/232 ; G01M17/10 ; G01J5/00 ; B61L23/00

Abstract:
A system that includes a detection device, an imaging device, and a control device is disclosed. The detection device may generate proximity data relating to a proximity of an undercarriage of a rail vehicle, and the imaging device may capture one or more thermal images of the undercarriage. The control device may receive a first thermal image and a second thermal image of the undercarriage. The first thermal image may be captured using a first integration time, and the second thermal image may be captured using a second integration time. The control device may determine composite thermal data associated with the undercarriage. The composite thermal data may include information mapping a first range of thermal data and mapping a second range of thermal data to one or more components of the undercarriage. The control device may cause an action to be performed in connection with the composite thermal data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210058588A1 TRAIN WHEEL DETECTION AND THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-02-25
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