Automated tie marking

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12077197
APP PUB NO 20230278599A1
SERIAL NO

17815429

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A system and method for automating railroad maintenance for a tie gang using electronic tie marking (ETM) configured to optimize railroad asset maintenance. The system enables the automating of an adaptive maintenance process for the asset that is being maintainanced. The system can identify a railroad asset scheduled for maintenance using various forms of inspection including real-time kinematic (RTK)-corrected GPS data, radar signal processing data, and real-time imaging. The system also provides for the acquisition and upload of asset pictures for verification and analysis of a railroad asset. The system can identify a next location to perform maintenance and can calculate an optimum path based on sensor input incorporating machine-specific and environmental characteristics. The system further can provide a customizable user interface to identify, track, and process information related to maintenance of the railroad asset.

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BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY2500 LOU MENK DRIVE AOB 3 FORT WORTH TX 76102

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brick, Michael James Fort Worth, US 11 18
Keller, Richard William Spokane Valley, US 6 3
Kelly, Lisa Marie Weatherford, US 9 6
Minton, Samuel Brandon, US 11 18

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