PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16039106
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["702", "182000"]

Abstract:
A railroad track inspection system has multiple track scanning sensors, a data store, and a scan data processor. The scan data processor provides automatic analysis of the track scan data to detect track components within the scan data from a predetermined list of component types according to features identified in said scan data. The track scanning sensors, data store and scan data processor are attached to a common support structure for mounting the system to a railway vehicle in use. An inertia sensor and common master clock are used to make corrections to the output of the track scanning sensors to accommodate dynamic forces in use. The inspection system may be provided in a single housing for mounting to a conventional passenger/freight rail vehicles and may operate automatically in an unattended mode. The location of track components and/or defects may be logged.

Claim (Index 1):
A railroad track inspection system for mounting to a railroad vehicle, comprising:\n a plurality of track scanning sensors comprising one or more visual imaging sensor and one or more laser sensor system for three dimensional track geometry measurement; an inertia sensor; a data store for storing track scan data recorded by the track scanning sensors; and a scan data processor for automatic analysis of said track scan data upon receipt thereof to detect one or more track components within the scan data; wherein the system comprises a common housing defining an enclosure for the track scanning sensors, the inertia sensor, and scan data processor, the common housing having a common support structure on which the track scanning sensors and inertia sensor are mounted, the common housing having a mounting for attachment of the system to a railroad vehicle in use; and wherein the scan data processor is arranged to receive concurrent sensor signal outputs of the plurality of tack scanning sensors and the inertia sensor and to correct the output of one or more of the track scanning sensors based on the output of the inertia sensor so as to account for dynamic forces experienced by said one or more track scanning sensor during motion of the railroad vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 104.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96104
- Patent Class: 702.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14982312', '14982212', '14531814', '14599757', '13795841']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.1986809254107658
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5112620276575467
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.2299390356354438
- Mean Citation Score: 218.24217
- Max Citation Score: 317.97778
- Similarity Product: 262.6121494552827

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test