Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Norfolk Southern Corporation

Mabby Nicholas Amouie

Evan Thomas Gebhardt

Colin Usher

Thomas Samuel Fox

Alex Samoylov

Brian Thomas Yeager

Sean Thomas

Parth Mandrekar

John Hoang

Evan T Gebhardt

Emily Strube

John Rose

Ian Strothers

Priyank Patel

Nick Ramsey

Benjamin Quick

Trent Black

Howard Taylor-Bryce Darling

Railcar inspection systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed, including a railcar inspection portal. The railcar inspection portal includes a physical structure positioned around a railroad track, and through which a railcar can travel. The railcar inspection portal can include wheel detection sensors along the railroad track for detecting the presence of a railcar passing over the sensors. The sensors can transmit signals, corresponding to railcars passing over the sensors, to computing devices for determining railcar speeds. The railcar inspection portal can include imaging devices configured to capture images and readings of railcars passing through the inspection portal. Based on a determined speed corresponding to a passing railcar, the computing devices can control the imaging devices to capture specific areas or components of the passing railcar, or individual cars thereon. The computing devices can process the captured images to detect defects corresponding to the passing railcar, or individual cars thereon.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for monitoring moving vehicles

Assemblies, systems, and methods for inspecting vehicles are disclosed. An assembly can comprise a first angled camera, a second angled camera, an upright camera, lights, and a housing configured to attach to a railway between opposing rails. The first angled camera can be oriented at least partially in a vertical direction and at least partially in a first horizontal direction, and directed to a first target region from a first viewpoint. The second angled camera can be oriented at least partially in the vertical direction and at least partially in a second horizontal direction that is substantially opposite the first horizontal direction, and directed to a second target region from a second viewpoint. The upright camera can be oriented substantially in a vertical direction, and configured to capture images of a third target region from a third viewpoint.

Undercarriage inspection assemblies and systems

Systems and methods for gathering data on passing vehicles can comprise a support structure spanning across a railroad track; an overhead inspection system attached to the support structure and comprising one or more cameras for gathering data on the top portion of the passing railcar; a first side inspection system and a second side inspection system attached to the support structure, and each comprising one or more cameras and one or more lights and configured to capture images of opposing sides of a railcar; an undercarriage inspection system comprising one or more undercarriage inspection assemblies, each of which can comprise one or more cameras and one or more lights; and one or more tie-mounted inspection assemblies comprising one or more cameras and one or more lights.

Inspection portal system and methods thereto

An inspection assembly can comprise a first camera, a second camera, one or more lights, and a housing. The first camera can be angled at least partially in a vertical direction and at least partially in a horizontal direction to thereby be configured to capture images of a target region in a three-dimensional space from a first viewpoint. The second camera can be positioned apart from the first camera, angled at least partially in the vertical direction and at least partially in the horizontal direction, and directed to the target region from a second viewpoint that is different from the first viewpoint. The housing can comprise a base and a shroud and can be configured to attach to one or more rail ties and to at least partially envelop the first camera and the second camera.

Rail-side inspection assemblies and systems

Growing community of inventors

Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Mabby Nicholas Amouie