Patents by Inventor Thomas Wessling

Thomas Wessling 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).

  • Range-finding based image processing rail way servicing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6647891
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying a feature of a railway and deploying equipment for servicing same by image processing range data pertaining to the railway feature. The method includes identifying a feature of a railway, wherein the identifying involves processing an image corresponding to ranges to the feature. The apparatus includes a vision system for determining a range to a feature of the railway and means for positioning equipment relative to, for servicing, the feature, based on the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Norfolk Southern Corporation
    Inventors: Quentin Holmes, Paul Kortesoja, David McCubbrey, Joseph Samson, Thomas Wessling, Lester Witter, Robert Rendleman, John Blanchfield, Gregory Lowe
  • Range-finding based image processing rail way servicing apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20020078853
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying a feature of a railway and deploying equipment for servicing same by image processing range data pertaining to the railway feature. The method includes identifying a feature of a railway, wherein the identifying involves processing an image corresponding to ranges to the feature. The apparatus includes a vision system for determining a range to a feature of the railway and means for positioning equipment relative to, for servicing, the feature, based on the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Quentin Holmes, Paul Kortesoja, David McCubbrey, Joseph Samson, Thomas Wessling, Lester Witter, Robert Rendleman, John Blanchfield, Gregory Lowe