System, Method and Computer Readable Medium for Determining an Informational Property of Wayside Equipment Adjacent to a Route
First Claim
1. A system for determining an informational property of wayside equipment adjacent to a route, said system comprising:
- a camera configured to collect visible spectral data of said wayside equipment, said camera being attached to a powered system traveling along said route;
at least one filter, said at least one filter being configured to filter a known portion of said visible spectral data based upon known properties of said filter; and
a controller coupled to said camera, said controller configured to compare unfiltered visible spectral data with said filtered visible spectral data, in conjunction with said known properties of said filter, to determine said informational property of said wayside equipment, wherein the unfiltered visible spectral data comprises the data collected by the camera prior to the at least one filter being applied thereto.
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Abstract
A system is provided for determining an informational property of wayside equipment adjacent to a route. The system includes a camera to collect visible spectral data of the wayside equipment. The camera is attached to a powered system traveling along the route. The system includes at least one filter to filter a known portion of the visible spectral data based upon known filter properties. The system further includes a controller coupled to the camera, to compare unfiltered visible spectral data with the filtered visible spectral data, in conjunction with the known properties of the filter, to determine the informational property of the wayside equipment. The unfiltered visible spectral data includes the data collected by the camera prior to the at least one filter being applied to the camera. Additionally, a method and computer readable medium are provided for determining an informational property of wayside equipment adjacent to a route.
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1. A system for determining an informational property of wayside equipment adjacent to a route, said system comprising:
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a camera configured to collect visible spectral data of said wayside equipment, said camera being attached to a powered system traveling along said route; at least one filter, said at least one filter being configured to filter a known portion of said visible spectral data based upon known properties of said filter; and a controller coupled to said camera, said controller configured to compare unfiltered visible spectral data with said filtered visible spectral data, in conjunction with said known properties of said filter, to determine said informational property of said wayside equipment, wherein the unfiltered visible spectral data comprises the data collected by the camera prior to the at least one filter being applied thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for determining an informational property of wayside equipment adjacent to a route, said method comprising:
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collecting visible spectral data of said wayside equipment with a camera attached to a powered system traveling along said route; filtering a known portion of said visible spectral data based upon known properties of at least one filter; and comparing unfiltered visible spectral data with said filtered visible spectral data in conjunction with said known properties of said filter to determine said informational property of said wayside equipment, said unfiltered visible spectral data comprising at least part of the visible spectral data collected by the camera prior to said filtering. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Computer readable medium for determining an informational property of wayside equipment adjacent to a route, said computer readable medium comprising computer program code that when executed by a controller causes the controller:
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to receive visible spectral data of wayside equipment collected by a camera attached to a powered system traveling along said route, said camera being connected to the controller, wherein a known portion of said visible spectral data is filtered based upon known properties of at least one filter, and wherein at least part of said collected visible spectral data is maintained as unfiltered data; and to compare the unfiltered visible spectral data with said filtered visible spectral, in conjunction with said known properties of said filter, to determine said informational property of said wayside equipment.
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