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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Norman Haas, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Ying LI, Mohegan Lake, CT (US);
Charles A. Otto, Lansing, MI (US);
Sharathchandra Pankanti, Darien, CT (US);
Inventors:
Norman Haas, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Ying Li, Mohegan Lake, CT (US);
Charles A. Otto, Lansing, MI (US);
Sharathchandra Pankanti, Darien, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for automatically inspecting railroad tracks. The method includes assessing a configuration of rail components depicted in an image by comparing the configuration of the rail components to known hazards. The method also includes determining a severity of detected problems in the configuration of the rail components, using a computer processor.