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US 12,735,082 B2Granted
Systems and methods for railway asset management
AssigneeAmsted Rail Company, Inc.
InventorsEvan Weiner, Brad A. Myers
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Abstract
Systems and methods for railway asset management. The methods comprise: using a virtual reality device to recognize and collect real world information about railway assets located in a railyard; and using the real world information to (i) associate a railway asset to a data collection unit, (ii) provide an individual with an augmented reality experience associated with the railyard and/or (iii) facilitate automated railyard management tasks.
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A method for Augmented Reality (AR) based railyard management, comprising:
- using a computing device to recognize and collect real world information about railway assets located in a railyard;
- processing the real world information to recognize a marking on at least one of the railway assets based on images and/or videos captured by the computing device;
- generating holographic image data based on content of the recognized marking, the holographic image data comprising a railyard map updated to show a current location of the railway asset in the railyard;
- using the real world information to provide an individual with an augmented reality experience by overlaying the holographic image data on a visible real world environment;
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- using the content of the recognized marking to facilitate automated railyard management tasks.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to:
- process real world information to recognize a marking on at least one of the railway assets based on images and/or videos captured by a computing device;
- generate holographic image data based on content of the recognized marking, the holographic image data comprising a railyard map updated to show a current location of the railway asset in the railyard;
- use the real world information to facilitate provision of an augmented reality experience to an individual by overlaying the holographic image data on a visible real world environment;
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- use the content of the recognized marking to facilitate automated railyard management tasks.
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