Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Jason P Joye

Dennis J Carroll

Avinash Gunda

Sai Rohit Kumar Danda

Philip L Griggs

David R Kracko

Minchao Zhu

Paerhati Remutula

Systems and methods for monitoring chain health of a chain having multiple links in a closed loop, as the chain cycles. The system includes: a camera statically positioned with respect to the chain, the camera configured to generate a frame to include a link from among the multiple links; and a controller module operationally coupled to the camera and programmed to repeat the steps of: receiving the frame; converting the frame to a black and white frame with a high-contrast; identifying a link type of the link in the black and white frame based on referencing a plurality of predefined skyline templates; and, storing the link with the link type and a respective temporal marker in a cache, storing a sequence. The system continues until discovering that the chain has cycled back to the starting link, identifies a type of chain for the chain, and fingerprints the chain.

Systems and methods for monitoring chain health

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Macomb, MI, United States of America

Jason P Joye