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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2017
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Chris Schuchmann, Melbourne, FL (US);

Robert Peipert, Melbourne, FL (US);

Timothy Brown, Erie, PA (US);

Derek Woo, Melbourne, FL (US);

Assignee:

GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01); B61K 9/08 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); B61K 9/08 (2013.01); B61L 23/041 (2013.01); B61L 23/047 (2013.01); B61L 23/048 (2013.01); G06K 9/00651 (2013.01); B60W 30/10 (2013.01); G01C 21/3461 (2013.01);
Abstract

A route inspection system includes one or more processors configured to identify a reference location in sensor data provided by one or more sensors onboard a vehicle system. The reference location is identified along a route being traveled by the vehicle system. The one or more processors also are configured to identify a location of interest in subsequent sensor data provided by the one or more sensors. The location of interest identified along the route being traveled by the vehicle system. The one or more processors also are configured to determine a degree of curvature in the route based on a difference between the reference location and the location of interest.


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