US 12,254,648 B2
Systems and methods for locating objects
Michael Saied Saniei, Fort Worth, TX (US); Xiaoyan Si, Kirkland, WA (US); and Siva Prasad Vysyaraju, Keller, TX (US)
Assigned to BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed by BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/459,406.
Application 18/459,406 is a continuation of application No. 17/364,660, filed on Jun. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,763,480.
Application 17/364,660 is a continuation of application No. 16/540,867, filed on Aug. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,107,233, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410354 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01S 19/45 (2010.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/70 (2017.01) [G01S 19/45 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for locating objects, comprising:
a data collection engine configured to collect data, via one or more processors, from a GPS unit, a camera, and an administrator, and detect an object in an image representative of a physical object, wherein the data collection engine receives the image from the camera via a network;
a pixel engine configured to analyze, via the one or more processors, pixels of the image with a point of interest (POI) from data collection engine and determine a number of pixels from the POI of the image to an edge of image;
a locator engine configured to determine, via the one or more processors, a POI location associated with physical object by determining a first distance from the POI to the camera using the number of pixels and an angle of camera; and
a comparison engine configured to compare, via the one or more processors, two determined locations associated with the physical object by comparing the POI location to a field location associated with physical object.