Railway monitoring system and method
US10829135B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30236
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product for managing safety for a railway system. A computer system generates a probability of a safety issue for a particular section of a railroad track in the railway system using information from a set of weather event sources. A set of unmanned aerial vehicles is dispatched to the particular section of the railroad track when the probability of the safety issue exceeds a threshold. A number of images of the particular section of the railroad track is received from the set of unmanned aerial vehicles. A risk score for the safety issue at the particular section of the railroad track is generated using the number of images by the computer system. An action is performed to resolve the safety issue using the risk score, enabling the computer system to manage safety issues for the railway system.
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