Patent ID: 11904914
Assignee: BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
capturing, by a machine vision device, an image of an object in a railway environment, wherein the machine vision device is attached to a first train car that is moving in a first direction along a first railroad track of the railway environment;
analyzing, by the machine vision device, the image of the object using one or more machine vision algorithms to determine a value associated with the object;
determining, by the machine vision device, that the value associated with the object indicates a potential deficiency of the object affecting a second railroad track of the railway environment and not affecting the first railroad track; and
communicating, by the machine vision device, an alert to a component of a second train car that is moving in a second direction along a second railroad track instructing the second train car to perform an action associated with the second railroad track, wherein the second direction along the second railroad track is different from the first direction along the first railroad track, wherein the alert comprises an indication of the potential deficiency of the object, wherein the first railroad track of the railway environment is adjacent to the second railroad track of the railway environment.