A 3D profile apparatus (10) for train wagons (12) comprises a plurality of 3D image sensors (14) mounted above the rail track (16) to provide 3D images of the wagon (12) below. When the individual images are fused together they provide a complete panoramic three dimensional picture of a wagon profile. The 3D profile apparatus (10) also comprises a data processing apparatus (20) for processing the 3D images produced by the 3D image sensors (14) to generate a 3D profile of the train wagon (12). The data processing (apparatus 20) comprises a 3D wagon profile recorder (26) and a 3D wagon profile fill controller (28). Four 3D image sensors (14a, 14b, 14e and 14f) are connected to the 3D wagon profile recorder (26), and two more 3D image sensors (14c and 14d) are connected to the 3D wagon profile fill controller (28). The 3D profile of the train wagons includes a load profile of the wagon (12a) when it is filled with ore, a dynamic measurement of a load in the wagon (12b) during the loading process, as well as a wagon profile of an empty wagon (12c).


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    Title :

    Train wagon 3D profiler


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    Publication date :

    2016-10-20


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL / B61K Andere Hilfseinrichtungen für Eisenbahnen , OTHER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAYS / G01B MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS , Messen der Länge, der Dicke oder ähnlicher linearer Abmessungen



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