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(11) EP 4 059 805 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.01.2023 Bulletin 2023/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.09.2022 Bulletin 2022/38

(21) Application number: 22162767.2

(22) Date of filing: 17.03.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B61L 23/04(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B61L 23/041
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 17.03.2021 GB 202103661

(71) Applicant: Siemens Mobility Limited
London, NW1 1AD (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Marshall, Archie
    Chippenham, SN15 1GG (GB)

(74) Representative: Deffner, Rolf 
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Postfach 22 16 34
80506 München
80506 München (DE)

   


(54) REAL-TIME COMPUTER VISION-BASED TRACK MONITORING


(57) A rail-vehicle mounted system arranged to receive data concerning a state of a track ahead of the vehicle, and to analyse the data in real time to indicate conditions of the track ahead of the vehicle, the system comprising a sensor unit mounted on the rail vehicle and directed at a track ahead of the rail vehicle in the direction of motion.







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