Application of intelligent video monitoring system for railway freight car loading

If the advent of high-speed rail technology has ushered in a "speed revolution" in rail transportation, then the application of AI technology will create an "intelligent revolution" in rail travel. Railways are the main arteries of the national economy. Railway transportation safety not only affects the efficiency and benefits of the railway itself, but also directly impacts the production, life, stability, and harmony of the entire society. Railway freight transportation is an important part of railway transportation.

In the process of railway freight transportation, timely detection of abnormal issues such as over-limit, over-biased, and overloaded goods, and identifying vehicles with such goods is crucial for ensuring driving safety. It is one of the effective measures to ensure safe driving. Abnormal cargo loading is a significant cause of railway transportation accidents. Therefore, real-time dynamic monitoring of the loading status of freight cars is a vital means to ensure their safe operation.

The railway freight car loading video monitoring system achieves dynamic detection and real-time monitoring of the loading status of arriving and departing freight trains. It provides accurate and timely pre-inspection information for freight inspectors and also supplies the necessary basis for querying and analyzing abnormal loading conditions of freight cars. A smart rail transit solution provider hopes to find a 4U rack-mounted industrial computer for its rail freight car loading video intelligent monitoring system. The equipment must meet the following conditions:

• High performance, capable of processing multiple sets of data;
• Rich IO interfaces, strong scalability;
• Stable equipment, capable of 7*24h continuous operation;
• 3C certified, with high reliability.

This railway freight car loading video intelligent monitoring system integrates linear array high-definition color imaging, car number recognition, deep learning, and other technologies to scan moving freight cars in real-time, producing high-definition color images. In this system, PADR-S501 realizes intelligent recognition and voice warning of nine major types of cargo inspection issues, such as cargo loading reinforcement, door and window cover valve closure, tarpaulin covering, container transportation, and sealing. It outputs the inspection results in real-time, automatically generates inspection reports, and performs other operating steps.

JHC’s PADR-S501 is a standard 19-inch 4U rack-mounted industrial computer with an X86 architecture solution. This project is equipped with an Intel i7-7700 CPU. It has extremely strong expansion capabilities, with 3 PCIe + 1 PCI expansion slots supporting the insertion of multiple data acquisition cards, enabling the fusion processing of multi-channel video data. The multiple IO interfaces, audio output capabilities supporting 5.1 channels, and high-fidelity audio enable real-time voice warnings when problems are detected. Multiple display functions, with HDMI + VGA + DVI-D three independent displays, allow cargo inspectors to complete monitoring and inspection work efficiently. It has passed the China National Compulsory Product Certification, boasts extremely high reliability, supports wide temperature operation, is earthquake-resistant and shock-resistant, and meets the demands of 7*24h continuous and stable operation.

Learn more about PADR-S501-I953 series