Brake component monitoring

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9945652
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13573686

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A solution for evaluating a component of a vehicle, such as a brake pad of a rail vehicle, is provided. An imaging component can acquire image data for a target area of the vehicle within which at least a portion of the component is visible. The target area can be illuminated by an illumination device that is, for example, horizontally offset from the imaging device to highlight the three-dimensional structure in the target area by creating shadows in the image data. A set of points corresponding to the component can be identified in the image data using the shadows. A measurement for at least one attribute of the component can be calculated from the set of points.

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC MACHINES CORPORATION850 RIVER STREET TROY NY 12180

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gamache, Ronald W East Greenbush, US 27 944
Glasser, Nicholas P Troy, US 2 14
Mian, Zahid F Loudonville, US 85 3099

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