The United States Patent and Trademark Office has notified Rail Vision Ltd. it can patent its “system and method for built-in test for optical sensors.”
The new patent allowance covers the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) based technology designed for railways, and its ability to perform built-in, real-time tests of the optical sensor. The system can detect a reduction in optical quality and determine issues with “external optical disturbances” (EOD) or the failure of the optical sensors.
“By strengthening our IP portfolio with this latest patent allowance, we are now in a great position to accelerate the rollout of our game-changing technology into the massive US market,” Rail Vision CEO Shahar Hania said in an announcement.
“The US has seen more than 10,525 railroad crossing incidents in the last five years, resulting in nearly 1,300 deaths, including Five tragically lost just weeks ago when an Amtrak train collided with a dump truck in rural Missouri in late June,” Hania added. “It’s this very type of accident that our technology is designed to prevent, and our team is fully dedicated to making this evolution in train safety a reality.”
