With our innovative Rail OCR solution, you can easily record all train data on your tracks. Our solution is unique because we use artificial intelligence to analyze real-time video images instead of traditional photos. This makes our technology incredibly fast, highly accurate, scalable, and cheaper than traditional Rail OCR systems.
Innovative Rail Ocr Solution
Rail OCR based on AI
Automate the registration of all movements on your tracks
Use our Rail OCR solution to automate the registration of train data. Increase the efficiency of your tracks, improve safety, and save on labor costs. Real-time video images are analyzed using IP cameras in combination with artificial intelligence. Our algorithm is able to quickly understand and recognize everything on the video.
Think of information for container terminals such as:
- UIC numbers
- Container numbers
- ISO codes
- GEVI/UN numbers
- ADR labels and classification
- Matching of GEVI numbers with ADR labels
- Door direction
- Position on chassis
- Reefer cooling unit
- Chassis revision date
- Wagon length
- Speed
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For bulk terminals, we recognize information such as:
- UIC numbers
- GEVI/UN numbers
- ADR labels and classification
- Raster weights
- Volume
- Tare weight
- Kettle revision date
- Chassis revision date
- Wagon length
- Speed
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REAL-TIME VIDEO
Unmatched quality and reliability
Our Rail OCR solution is incredibly accurate because our technology works with video images. By using video instead of photos, the algorithm has the choice of thousands of individual frames of an object to base conclusions on. This means that the quality and reliability of the collected data with our technology is unmatched by traditional Rail OCR systems.
NO DETECTION SYSTEM REQUIRED
Wagon Counter Model
What makes our Rail OCR solution unique is that supplai does not require any detection system in the tracks. Our algorithms recognize the direction of the train, count the number of wagons, and can therefore handle shunting. Does a train stop? Does it decrease or increase speed? No problem!
AI VS. TRADITIONAL RAIL OCR
Traditional Rail OCR
Line-scan cameras are used for traditional Rail OCR, which take multiple photos at one height. These photos are then stitched together into one image and scanned based on a predefined set of letters and characters. Therefore, traditional Rail OCR systems can have difficulty reading information that is not placed in a standard location, or when the photo is unclear due to lighting or weather conditions. That is why traditional Rail OCR systems remain dependent on human controls to correct errors and ensure accuracy. Hardware also remains a major investment.
Artificial intelligence is now also used to analyze the photos taken with line-scan cameras. This still does not come close to the speed and accuracy of our technology.
Our technology
Our Rail OCR solution uses artificial intelligence in combination with IP cameras, which makes it possible to read information from a real-time video.
Our technology uses algorithms to understand and analyze the videos in a way that is close to human intelligence. The algorithm is self-learning and can adapt to become more accurate as it processes more information. Our Rail OCR technology is therefore very flexible and can handle different situations; think of different types of characters, trains, layouts, and languages, but also bad weather or busy backgrounds. Because our Rail OCR technology is software-based, the investment is also much lower!
ProRail even saw an opportunity to go one step further and, together with supplai, developed the Brake Shoe Model. An algorithm to measure the thickness of the brake pads. All based on AI and video without any sensors in the track.
Read more about the collaboration between ProRail and supplai here.
WHY YOU CHOOSE SUPPLAI
The benefits of our Gate OCR solution
Cost- effective: software instead of hardware
Fast: video instead of photo
Minimal error chance: hundreds of photos instead of one photo
User-friendly
Modular and widely scalable
Self-trainable
RAIL OCR PLATFORM
Train the algorithm via the platform
An online platform is part of our Rail OCR solution. Here, all collected images and data are stored, and you can train the algorithm. For example, if the algorithm has not recognized something correctly, you can correct it in the platform. This way, you train the algorithm to understand it correctly the next time. This makes the quality of your Rail OCR solution better over time! Nice to have such a new smart employee, right?
The platform can be fully customized based on your preferences. For example, let it communicate intelligently with every TOS or TMS you use on your railway terminal. This way, you make your processes even more efficient! If damage is reported to a wagon, tank, or container, simply enter the relevant number and immediately see the correct video and photos!
The Rail OCR platform is even available for mobile devices and works on various operating systems.
Security
Our algorithms are local to the terminal, which means that we do not need to send data to external servers to process it. This makes our solution faster and safer. Moreover, we meet all required security standards to ensure that our customers’ data is safe and protected!
Fully mobile portal
Many terminals are under development and excavation work can be costly. That’s why we’ve innovated by creating a fully mobile portal. We achieve this by casting the portal in a block of concrete, making it easily movable. The portal we installed at Broekman Logistics, for example, is 18 meters long and only weighs 300 kg. It’s ideal if you anticipate changes to your terminal but still want to automate!
Due to AI-based Rail OCR, ProRail makes smarter investments and manages the railway network more efficiently
“The quality of the products supplied by supplai is very good. They can switch quickly like to think along with you, and are open and transparent. Working with supplai is very pleasant and we like to do that in our Datalab. “
Advario uses the Rail OCR solution from supplai to speed up the process for each incoming train
“We chose to collaborate with supplai because of their expertise and experience with Rail OCR, the speed at which the solution could be implemented, and the minimal changes required in our hardware.”
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