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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Tetra Tech, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventor:
Darel Mesher, Spruce Grove, CA;
Assignee:
TETRA TECH, INC., Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 3/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G01M 17/10 (2006.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/245 (2006.01); B61L 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/00 (2013.01); B61L 27/0077 (2013.01); B61L 27/0094 (2013.01); G01B 11/245 (2013.01); G01B 11/25 (2013.01); G01B 11/2518 (2013.01); G01B 11/2545 (2013.01); G01M 17/10 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); B61L 9/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30236 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01);
Abstract
A broken wheel detection system for detecting broken wheels on rail vehicles even when such vehicles are moving at a high rate of speed by determining the positions, lengths, or orientations of structured light lines projected against passing wheels.