US 11,731,676 B2
Systems and methods for railway asset management
Evan Weiner, Chicago, IL (US); and Brad A. Myers, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Amsted Rail Company, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Amsted Rail Company, Inc., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,677.
Application 17/837,677 is a continuation of application No. 17/715,636, filed on Apr. 7, 2022, abandoned.
Application 17/715,636 is a continuation of application No. 17/362,174, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,325,625.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,652, filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/048,871, filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388556 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B61L 27/40 (2022.01); B61L 27/57 (2022.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); B61L 27/70 (2022.01)
CPC B61L 27/57 (2022.01) [B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); B61L 27/40 (2022.01); B61L 27/70 (2022.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 15/205 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0174 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for Augmented Reality (AR) based railyard management, comprising:
obtaining real world information collected by a computing device about railway assets located in a railyard;
processing the real world information to recognize a marking on at least one of the railway assets;
generating holographic image data based on content of the recognized marking;
providing an individual with an augmented reality experience by overlaying the holographic image data on a visible real world environment; and
using the content of the recognized marking to facilitate automated railyard management tasks.