MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617044618 A) filed by Norfolk Southern Corporation; and Georgia Tech Research Corporation on April 07, 2026, for Apparatuses, Systems, And Methods For Monitoring Moving Vehicles.
Inventors include Amouie, Mabby Nicholas; Gebhardt, Evan Thomas; Usher, Colin; Quick, Benjamin; Black, Trent; Rose, John; Strube, Emily; Patel, Priyank; Ramsey, Nick; Samoylov, Alex; Hoang, John; Mandrekar, Parth; Thomas, Sean; Darling, Howard Taylor-Bryce; Yeager, Brian, Thomas; Fox, Thomas, Samuel; and Strothers, Ian.
The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.
Abstract: Railcar inspection systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed, including a railcar inspection portal. The railcar inspection portal includes a physical structure positioned around a railroad track, and through which a railcar can travel. The railcar inspection portal can include wheel detection sensors along the railroad track for detecting the presence of a railcar passing over the sensors. The sensors can transmit signals, corresponding to railcars passing over the sensors, to computing devices for determining railcar speeds. The railcar inspection portal can include imaging devices configured to capture images and readings of railcars passing through the inspection portal. Based on a determined speed corresponding to a passing railcar, the computing devices can control the imaging devices to capture specific areas or components of the passing railcar, or individual cars thereon. The computing devices can process the captured images to detect defects corresponding to the passing railcar, or individual cars thereon.
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