ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,570, issued on July 22, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"System and method for railroad track geometry measurement" was invented by Kanyon W. Loyd (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for detecting and measuring physical conditions of a railroad track based on image-based distance measurements are provided. In embodiments, at least one object associated with a condition of a railroad track is detected in at least one image. A first point and a second point on the at least one object is detected. A pixel distance between the first point and the second point is measured, and a phys...