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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Harsco Technologies Llc, Fairmont, MN (US);
Inventor:
Javier Fernandez, Fairmont, MN (US);
Assignee:
HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Fairmont, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06V 10/774 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B61C 13/00 (2006.01); B61C 17/00 (2006.01); B61K 9/08 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/001 (2013.01); B61C 13/00 (2013.01); B61C 17/00 (2013.01); B61K 9/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/248 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/7747 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods for identifying, detecting, and/or tracking rail features. In some aspects, a system includes a camera and a computer having at least one memory, at least one processor configured to receive a plurality of images from the camera, and for each of the images: assigning a location identifier and identifying one or more rail features that correspond to one of a plurality of predetermined rail features. In some systems, the at least one processor is configured to determine a location of each of the one or more identified rail features.