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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2001
Quentin Holmes, Springfield, OR (US);
Paul Kortesoja, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David McCubbrey, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph Samson, Brighton, MI (US);
Thomas Wessling, Howell, MI (US);
Lester Witter, Saline, MI (US);
Robert Rendleman, Anacortes, WA (US);
John Blanchfield, Mooresville, NC (US);
Gregory Lowe, Moneta, VA (US);
Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk, VA (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for identifying a feature of a railway and deploying equipment for servicing same by image processing range data pertaining to the railway feature. The method includes identifying a feature of a railway, wherein the identifying involves processing an image corresponding to ranges to the feature. The apparatus includes a vision system for determining a range to a feature of the railway and means for positioning equipment relative to, for servicing, the feature, based on the range.