ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,123, issued on April 7, was assigned to Harsco Technologies LLC (Fairmont, Minn.).
"Rail feature identification system" was invented by Javier Fernandez (Fairmont, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes systems, devices, and methods for identifying, detecting, and/or tracking rail features. In some aspects, a system includes a camera and a computer having at least one memory, at least one processor configured to receive a plurality of images from the camera, and for each of the images: assigning a location identifier and identifying one or more rail features that correspond to one of a plurality of prede...