摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical route examination system and method for examining routes traveled by vehicles and/or equipment disposed alongside the routes.SOLUTION: Optical route examination systems 100 and methods obtain image data of a field of view of a camera 106 (106a, 106b) disposed onboard a vehicle 102 as the vehicle 102 moves along a route 120, and autonomously examine the image data onboard the vehicle 102 to identify one or more of a feature of interest and a designated object. The feature of interest includes a standard gauge distance between two or more portions of the first route, and the designated object includes a sign and wayside equipment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 |