Patents Assigned to Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Highways and Transportation
  • Patent number: 5016544
    Abstract: This invention relates to a convertible road/rail power vehicle including a tractor unit provided with retractable wheel sets and rail equipment that enable it to be operated on either highways or railway tracks and when on rail to pull a multiplicity of loaded or unloaded railway cars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Highways and Transportation
    Inventor: Ronald F. Woollam
  • Patent number: 4247870
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for marking a line, such as the centerline, along a roadway, using a vehicle carrying paint marking apparatus, in which a pair of television cameras, one mounted on each side of the vehicle, view the edges of the roadway and project the images onto a split screen. By keeping the images on the screen in a predetermined relationship the operator can steer the vehicle in a path along the roadway uniformly spaced from its edges. Preferably a third camera, centrally located on the vehicle, views the vanishing point of the roadway when straight and the image of the vanishing point is registered with a predetermined mark associated with the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Highways and Transportation
    Inventors: Lorne G. Gabel, Garry E. Paulson, Thomas G. Kirk