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EP1577440A3 - Measurement apparatus - Google Patents

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EP1577440A3
EP1577440A3 EP05251576A EP05251576A EP1577440A3 EP 1577440 A3 EP1577440 A3 EP 1577440A3 EP 05251576 A EP05251576 A EP 05251576A EP 05251576 A EP05251576 A EP 05251576A EP 1577440 A3 EP1577440 A3 EP 1577440A3
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Prior art keywords
measurement apparatus
measured
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image
illumination
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French (fr)
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EP1577440A2 (en
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Stephen c/o Laser Rail Limited Ingleton
Harriet c/o Laser Rail Limited Miller
David c/o Laser Rail Limited Johnson
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Laser Rail Ltd
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Laser Rail Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B35/00—Applications of measuring apparatus or devices for track-building purposes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61K—AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAYS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61K9/00—Railway vehicle profile gauges; Detecting or indicating overheating of components; Apparatus on locomotives or cars to indicate bad track sections; General design of track recording vehicles
    • B61K9/08—Measuring installations for surveying permanent way
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B2203/00—Devices for working the railway-superstructure
    • E01B2203/16—Guiding or measuring means, e.g. for alignment, canting, stepwise propagation

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Civil Engineering (AREA)
  • Structural Engineering (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Investigating, Analyzing Materials By Fluorescence Or Luminescence (AREA)

Abstract

Measurement apparatus 20, in particular for measuring structures alongside railway tracks, comprises a vehicle 22 preferably in the form of a portable trolley movable relative to a structure to be measured, structure illumination means 24 for illuminating a region of the structure to be measured, and image capturing means 26 for capturing an image of the region of the structure illuminated by the structure illumination means 24. An illumination arrangement for inspecting a structure is also disclosed.
EP05251576A 2004-03-17 2005-03-16 Measurement apparatus Withdrawn EP1577440A3 (en)

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GB0405914 2004-03-17
GB0405914A GB2412261A (en) 2004-03-17 2004-03-17 Apparatus for determining the profile of structures alongside railway tracks

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EP1577440A2 EP1577440A2 (en) 2005-09-21
EP1577440A3 true EP1577440A3 (en) 2005-12-07

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US4065856A (en) * 1973-05-23 1978-01-03 British Railways Board Maintenance machines for railway track
US4179216A (en) * 1977-05-31 1979-12-18 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft M.B.H. Apparatus for measuring the profile of a railroad tunnel
DE4238034C1 (en) * 1992-11-11 1994-03-31 Michael Dipl Ing Sartori Method and device for inspecting, contactless scanning of the immediate vicinity of a track with regard to certain measurement criteria
DE19801311A1 (en) * 1997-10-30 1999-05-06 Gsg Knape Gleissanierung Gmbh Rail connected maintenance vehicle taking measurements with movement relative to track
US6356299B1 (en) * 1996-08-05 2002-03-12 National Railroad Passenger Corporation Automated track inspection vehicle and method
US20040263624A1 (en) * 2003-05-02 2004-12-30 Ensco, Inc. Video inspection system for inspection of rail components and method thereof

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JPH0850317A (en) * 1994-08-05 1996-02-20 Toyo Consultant Kk Remote photographing device
DE19510560A1 (en) * 1995-03-23 1996-09-26 Misoph Rotraud High speed monitor for inspecting rail profile of railway track
FR2739182B1 (en) * 1995-09-25 1997-12-19 Drouard DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF A RAIL TRACK IN RELATION TO A REFERENCE TRACK
GB2372315A (en) * 2001-02-20 2002-08-21 Digital Image Res Ltd Determining the track condition in a transport system
JP2002256565A (en) * 2001-02-28 2002-09-11 National House Industrial Co Ltd Underfloor inspection work vehicle and underfloor inspection method using the same

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4065856A (en) * 1973-05-23 1978-01-03 British Railways Board Maintenance machines for railway track
US4179216A (en) * 1977-05-31 1979-12-18 Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industriegesellschaft M.B.H. Apparatus for measuring the profile of a railroad tunnel
DE4238034C1 (en) * 1992-11-11 1994-03-31 Michael Dipl Ing Sartori Method and device for inspecting, contactless scanning of the immediate vicinity of a track with regard to certain measurement criteria
US6356299B1 (en) * 1996-08-05 2002-03-12 National Railroad Passenger Corporation Automated track inspection vehicle and method
DE19801311A1 (en) * 1997-10-30 1999-05-06 Gsg Knape Gleissanierung Gmbh Rail connected maintenance vehicle taking measurements with movement relative to track
US20040263624A1 (en) * 2003-05-02 2004-12-30 Ensco, Inc. Video inspection system for inspection of rail components and method thereof

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