Patent ID: 11932290
Assignee: BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 9:
10. A system for auditing railroad assets, comprising:
a memory having a database storing a plurality of railroad data, engines, and models; and
a processor operably coupled to the memory and capable of executing machine-readable instructions to perform program steps, the program steps including:
a model modification engine configured to modify a spatial model of a railroad environment including a railroad asset, captured by a sensor disposed on a vehicle, in response to one or more field indications, wherein the model modification engine is configured to model the spatial model in response to receiving a field indication that the railroad environment has or will be modified; and
a comparison engine configured to compare spatial model data from one or more spatial models to determine whether an anomaly exists.