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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:
Nov. 04, 2025

Filed:

May. 10, 2023
Applicant:

Norfolk Southern Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Mahbod Amouie, Atlanta, GA (US);

Evan T. Gebhardt, Atlanta, GA (US);

Gongli Duan, Snellville, GA (US);

Myles Grayson Akin, Marietta, GA (US);

Wei Liu, Manlius, NY (US);

Tianchen Wang, Atlanta, GA (US);

Mayuresh Manoj Sardesai, Atlanta, GA (US);

Ilya A. Lavrik, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

Norfolk Southern Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B61L 27/57 (2022.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); B61L 27/57 (2022.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30248 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method in which one or more processing devices perform operations may include obtaining a field image of a railcar collected from a field camera system and applying a machine-learning algorithm to the field image to generate a machine-learning algorithm output. The method may also include performing a post-processing operation on the machine-learning algorithm output to generate a filtered machine-learning algorithm output. Further, the method may include detecting a defect of the railcar using the filtered machine-learning algorithm output.


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