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公开(公告)号:US11787452B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-17
申请号:US18104497
申请日:2023-02-01
Applicant: Ensco, Inc.
Inventor: Anthony Kim , David G. Ford , Jeffrey Bloom
CPC classification number: B61K9/08 , B61L23/041 , B61L23/042 , E05F15/70 , G01N21/55 , G01N21/95 , G02B7/182 , E05Y2900/51 , G01N2201/0216 , G01N2201/068
Abstract: A deployable measurement system for analyzing a rail of a railroad track includes a housing, a reflecting assembly coupled to the housing, a movement assembly coupled to the housing, and an optical measurement system disposed within the housing. Both the housing and the reflecting assembly are moveable between a stored position and a deployed position. The movement assembly includes a deployment assembly that moves the reflecting assembly from the stored position to the deployed position, and a retraction assembly that moves the reflecting assembly from the deployed position to the stored position. The optical measurement system emits and receives light. The reflecting assembly reflects the emitted light toward the rail. The reflecting assembly reflects light reflected off of the rail toward the optical measurement system. The light received by the optical measurement system is used to measure parameters related to the rail.
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公开(公告)号:US20230174122A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-08
申请号:US18104497
申请日:2023-02-01
Applicant: Ensco, Inc.
Inventor: Anthony Kim , David G. Ford , Jeffrey Bloom
CPC classification number: B61K9/08 , B61L23/042 , B61L23/041 , E05F15/70 , G01N21/55 , G02B7/182 , G01N21/95 , G01N2201/068 , E05Y2900/51 , G01N2201/0216
Abstract: A deployable measurement system for analyzing a rail of a railroad track includes a housing, a reflecting assembly coupled to the housing, a movement assembly coupled to the housing, and an optical measurement system disposed within the housing. Both the housing and the reflecting assembly are moveable between a stored position and a deployed position. The movement assembly includes a deployment assembly that moves the reflecting assembly from the stored position to the deployed position, and a retraction assembly that moves the reflecting assembly from the deployed position to the stored position. The optical measurement system emits and receives light. The reflecting assembly reflects the emitted light toward the rail. The reflecting assembly reflects light reflected off of the rail toward the optical measurement system. The light received by the optical measurement system is used to measure parameters related to the rail.
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公开(公告)号:US20200160733A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-21
申请号:US16684194
申请日:2019-11-14
Applicant: ENSCO, INC.
Inventor: Matthew Dick , Tarek Shalaby , Amaury Rolin , Andrew Straatvelt , Sajjad Meymand , Jeffrey Bloom , Anthony Kim , Humberto Fernandez , Zhipeng Liu , Samson Yilma , Xin Chen
Abstract: A method for autonomously navigating an aerial vehicle along a railroad track includes obtaining, from one or more cameras coupled to the aerial vehicle, image data reproducible as an image of a portion of the railroad track, identifying, based at least in part on the image data, a first rail and a second rail of the portion of the railroad track, determining, based at least in part on the identified first and second rails of the portion of the railroad track, a centerline of the portion of the railroad track, and generating, based at least in part on the determined centerline, flight instructions to cause the aerial vehicle to move relative to the railroad track.
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公开(公告)号:US20200180667A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-11
申请号:US16705137
申请日:2019-12-05
Applicant: Ensco, Inc.
Inventor: Anthony Kim , David G. Ford , Jeffrey Bloom
Abstract: A deployable measurement system for analyzing a rail of a railroad track includes a housing, a reflecting assembly coupled to the housing, a movement assembly coupled to the housing, and an optical measurement system disposed within the housing. Both the housing and the reflecting assembly are moveable between a stored position and a deployed position. The movement assembly includes a deployment assembly that moves the reflecting assembly from the stored position to the deployed position, and a retraction assembly that moves the reflecting assembly from the deployed position to the stored position. The optical measurement system emits and receives light. The reflecting assembly reflects the emitted light toward the rail. The reflecting assembly reflects light reflected off of the rail toward the optical measurement system. The light received by the optical measurement system is used to measure parameters related to the rail.
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公开(公告)号:US11590992B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US16705137
申请日:2019-12-05
Applicant: Ensco, Inc.
Inventor: Anthony Kim , David G. Ford , Jeffrey Bloom
Abstract: A deployable measurement system for analyzing a rail of a railroad track includes a housing, a reflecting assembly coupled to the housing, a movement assembly coupled to the housing, and an optical measurement system disposed within the housing. Both the housing and the reflecting assembly are moveable between a stored position and a deployed position. The movement assembly includes a deployment assembly that moves the reflecting assembly from the stored position to the deployed position, and a retraction assembly that moves the reflecting assembly from the deployed position to the stored position. The optical measurement system emits and receives light. The reflecting assembly reflects the emitted light toward the rail. The reflecting assembly reflects light reflected off of the rail toward the optical measurement system. The light received by the optical measurement system is used to measure parameters related to the rail.
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