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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2011
Matteo Sacchi, Correggio, IT;
Aurelio Piazzi, Castel S. Pietro Terme, IT;
Stefano Cagnoni, Parma, IT;
Luca Ascari, Parma, IT;
Matteo Sacchi, Correggio, IT;
Aurelio Piazzi, Castel S. Pietro Terme, IT;
Stefano Cagnoni, Parma, IT;
Luca Ascari, Parma, IT;
HENESIS S.R.L., , IT;
Abstract
A method for automatic diagnostics of images related to pantographs, comprising the steps of: capturing an image that shows a pantograph of a locomotive, the image being taken from an aerial view during the travel of the locomotive, the image comprising the gliding area of a plurality of slippers of the pantograph; identifying, by means of a module for classifying the pantograph model, the model of the pantograph within a plurality of pantograph models, on the basis of the image captured; determining, by means of a module for classifying materials, a material of which the slippers are composed among a plurality of materials, on the basis of the pantograph model identified; and determining a value related to the state of wear for each one of the plurality of slippers, on the basis of the type of material determined.