US 12,296,874 B2
Automated tie marking
Michael James Brick, Fort Worth, TX (US); Lisa Marie Kelly, Weatherford, TX (US); Samuel Minton, Brandon, SD (US); and Richard William Keller, Spokane Valley, WA (US)
Assigned to BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed by BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/194,016.
Application 18/194,016 is a division of application No. 17/687,210, filed on Mar. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,628,869.
Application 17/687,210 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/687,025, filed on Mar. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,565,730, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278602 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B61L 27/12 (2022.01); B61H 13/34 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/04 (2006.01); B61L 25/06 (2006.01); B61L 27/14 (2022.01); B61L 27/18 (2022.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 27/12 (2022.01) [B61H 13/34 (2013.01); B61L 15/0062 (2024.01); B61L 15/0081 (2013.01); B61L 15/009 (2013.01); B61L 23/041 (2013.01); B61L 25/06 (2013.01); B61L 27/14 (2022.01); B61L 27/18 (2022.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); B61L 2205/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heads-up display (HUD) system for indicating railway transportation directions and railway assets on which to perform maintenance, comprising:
a real-time sensor array for identifying a location of a machine from a plurality of acquired sensor inputs;
a display configured to display railway transportation directions and identify railway assets on which to perform maintenance;
a memory for storing the acquired sensor inputs and location data relating to the acquired sensor inputs, and information of a surrounding environment of the machine; and
a processor that is configured to identify the surrounding environment and update the display according to the location of the machine by performing the steps of:
displaying railway information onto the display;
displaying transportation information from a maintenance file based on the location of the machine on the display, wherein the transportation information includes a plurality of notices related to a path ahead of the machine;
receiving maintenance information from the maintenance file to display workhead information on the display, wherein the maintenance information includes a first symbol to indicate a location of one or more of the railway assets, a second symbol to indicate that the railway assets are to receive maintenance based on a queue of railway assets, and a third symbol to indicate that the railway assets are not to receive maintenance based on the queue of railway assets; and
displaying an updated icon based on a completion of maintenance according to the maintenance information and an updated location of the machine.