Patents by Inventor Anpeng Zhang

Anpeng Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TANKS IN RAILWAY ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20240124035
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by an image detection tool, a tank within an image of a railway environment and identifying, by the image detection tool, a railroad track within the image of the railway environment. The method also includes determining, by the image detection tool, a distance between the tank and the railroad track and comparing, by the image detection tool, the distance between the tank and the railroad track to a predetermined threshold distance. The method further includes determining, by the image detection tool, that the tank presents a hazard to the railway environment in response to comparing the distance between the tank and the railroad track to the predetermined threshold distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: BNSF Railway Company
    Inventors: Andrea Leticia Arias Llorenty, Sandra N. Green, Rucha D. Jani, David Matthew King, Doug McReynolds, Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Stephanie Ortiz Watkins, Nathaniel Richmond, Xiaoyan Si, Je Sang Sung, Anpeng Zhang
  • Systems and methods for detecting tanks in railway environments
    Patent number: 11884310
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by an image detection tool, a tank within an image of a railway environment and identifying, by the image detection tool, a railroad track within the image of the railway environment. The method also includes determining, by the image detection tool, a distance between the tank and the railroad track and comparing, by the image detection tool, the distance between the tank and the railroad track to a predetermined threshold distance. The method further includes determining, by the image detection tool, that the tank presents a hazard to the railway environment in response to comparing the distance between the tank and the railroad track to the predetermined threshold distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BNSF Railway Company
    Inventors: Andrea Leticia Arias Llorenty, Sandra N. Green, Rucha D. Jani, David Matthew King, Doug McReynolds, Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Stephanie Ortiz Watkins, Nathaniel Richmond, Xiaoyan Si, Je Sang Sung, Anpeng Zhang
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TANKS IN RAILWAY ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20210331723
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by an image detection tool, a tank within an image of a railway environment and identifying, by the image detection tool, a railroad track within the image of the railway environment. The method also includes determining, by the image detection tool, a distance between the tank and the railroad track and comparing, by the image detection tool, the distance between the tank and the railroad track to a predetermined threshold distance. The method further includes determining, by the image detection tool, that the tank presents a hazard to the railway environment in response to comparing the distance between the tank and the railroad track to the predetermined threshold distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Andrea Leticia Arias Llorenty, Sandra N. Green, Rucha D. Jani, David Matthew King, Doug McReynolds, Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Stephanie Ortiz Watkins, Nathaniel Richmond, Xiaoyan Si, Je Sang Sung, Anpeng Zhang
  • Systems and methods for detecting tanks in railway environments
    Patent number: 10919546
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying, by an image detection tool, a tank within an image of a railway environment and identifying, by the image detection tool, a railroad track within the image of the railway environment. The method also includes determining, by the image detection tool, a distance between the tank and the railroad track and comparing, by the image detection tool, the distance between the tank and the railroad track to a predetermined threshold distance. The method further includes determining, by the image detection tool, that the tank presents a hazard to the railway environment in response to comparing the distance between the tank and the railroad track to the predetermined threshold distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: BNSF Railway Company
    Inventors: Andrea Leticia Arias Llorenty, Sandra N. Green, Rucha D. Jani, David Matthew King, Doug McReynolds, Seyed Mohammad Nourbakhsh, Stephanie Ortiz Watkins, Nathaniel Richmond, Xiaoyan Si, Je Sang Sung, Anpeng Zhang