A smart device for monitoring railway tracks in remote areas

Giuseppe Riccardo Leone, Massimo Magrini, Davide Moroni, Gabriele Pieri, Ovidio Salvetti, Marco Tampucci

Abstract: In this paper we present a smart camera prototype capable of performing computer vison tasks directly on-board. The prototype is applied to real time monitoring of railways for detecting fast failures and other hazardous events to train circulation and providing notifications and early warnings to users. Experiments in a test site are reported together with encouraging preliminary results.