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Systems and methods for analyzing thermal properties of a railroad

US11358617B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 13, 2020
Grant dateJun 14, 2022
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30252
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for analyzing thermal properties of a railroad includes a thermal imaging device configured to generate thermal image data reproducible as a thermal image of a portion of the railroad, the thermal image data being associated with a location of the portion of the railroad, an electronic display device, a memory device configured to receive and store therein the generated thermal image data; and one or more processors configured to: determine a temperature metric of the portion of the railroad based at least in part on the thermal image data; and cause the electronic display device to display (i) a first graph indicative of the temperature metric of the portion of the railroad and (ii) a second graph indicative of a railroad track geometry metric associated with the location of the portion of the railroad.

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