Inspection portal system and methods thereto

An inspection portal system comprising:

• a support structure comprising a first side, a second side, and a top side supported by the first and second sides, the support structure configured to span across a railroad track and to permit a train to pass therethrough;
• an overhead inspection system attached to the top side, the overhead inspection system comprising one or more overhead cameras comprising an overhead line scan camera and an overhead area scan camera, and one or more overhead lights;
• a first side inspection system attached to the first side of the support structure, the first side inspection system comprising one or more first cameras and one or more first lights and configured to capture images of a first side of a railcar;
• a second side inspection system attached to the second side of the support structure, the second side inspection system comprising one or more second cameras and one or more second lights and configured to capture images of a second side of the railcar;
• an undercarriage inspection system comprising one or more undercarriage inspection assemblies, each of the one or more undercarriage inspection assemblies being located between the rails of a railway and comprising one or more undercarriage cameras and one or more undercarriage lights;
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• one or more tie-mounted inspection assemblies, each of the one or more tie-mounted inspection assemblies being attached to one or more ties of a railway at a location outside the rails of the railway, and comprising one or more third cameras and one or more third lights;
• one or more wheel detection sensors configured to detect a presence or a non-presence of a railcar wheel at a location along the railway that is upstream from the support structure;
• one or more computing devices in electrical communication with:
• the one or more wheel detection sensors;
• inspection portal cameras comprising the one or more overhead cameras, the one or more first cameras, the one or more second cameras, the one or more undercarriage cameras, and the one or more third cameras;
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• inspection portal lights comprising the one or more overhead lights, the one or more first lights, the one or more second lights, the one or more undercarriage lights, and the one or more third lights, wherein the one or more computing devices is configured to determine a capture timing for each of the inspection portal cameras based at least in part on a train speed estimation determined according to wheel detection events detected by the wheel detection sensors,
• wherein the one or more computing devices is further configured to determine the capture timing for each of the inspection portal cameras based on a physical distance between the wheel detection sensors and each corresponding one of the inspection portal cameras.