System and method for inspecting railroad track

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G01C 3/08 (2006.01)

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CA 2572082

A system and method for inspecting railroad track is disclosed. The disclosed system includes lasers, cameras, and a processor. The lasers are positioned adjacent the track. The laser emits a beam of light across the railroad track, and the camera captures images of the railroad track having the beam of light emitted thereon. The processor formats the images so that they can be analyzed to determine various measurable aspects of the railroad track. The disclosed system can include a GPS receiver or a distance device for determining location data. The measurable aspects that can be determined by the disclosed system include but are not limited to the spacing between crossties, the angle of ties with respect to rail, cracks and defects in surface of ties, missing fastener components, misaligned fastener components, sunken tie plates, raised spikes, rail wear, gage of rail, ballast height relative to ties, size of ballast stones, and break or separation in the rail. The system includes one or more algorithms for determining these measurable aspects of the railroad track.

La présente invention concerne un système et un procédé d'examen de voie ferrée à base de lasers, de caméras et d'un processeur. Les lasers sont placés contre la voie. Un tel laser émet un faisceau de lumière en travers de la voie, la caméra prenant des vues de la voie recevant le faisceau de lumière émise. Le processeur formate les images de façon qu'elles puissent être analysées pour évaluer divers aspects mesurables de la voie. Le système de l'invention peut comporter un récepteur GPS ou un calculateur de distance pour déterminer des données d'emplacement. Les aspects mesurables qui peuvent être évalués par le système de l'invention peuvent notamment porter sur les distances entre travers, l'angle des traverses par rapport aux rails, les fissures et les défauts superficiels des traverses, les pièces d'éclissage manquantes ou désalignées, les éclissages enfoncés, les crampons ressortis, l'usure du rail, le calibre du rail, la hauteur de ballast par rapport aux traverses, le calibre des pierres de ballaste, ainsi que les cassures ou séparations dans le rail. Le système comporte un ou plusieurs algorithmes permettant de déterminer ces aspects mesurables de la voie ferrée.

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