US Patent Issued to The Island Radar on July 1 for "Warning light sensor system for automatically determining a proper operation of a railroad crossing warning system" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,297, issued on July 1, was assigned to The Island Radar Co. (Olathe, Kan.).

"Warning light sensor system for automatically determining a proper operation of a railroad crossing warning system" was invented by Thomas N. Hilleary (Lenexa, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warning light sensor system for a railroad crossing including a warning light includes a process-based device configured to analyze received real time images of the warning light, determine, whether the crossing warning system is operating properly; and communicate a confirmation that the crossing warning system is operating properly prior to the train arriving at ...