Modular lamp system for railroad crossing warning device
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorsRichard Alan McGavock, Jr., Brian Harp
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Abstract
A modular lamp system (200) for a railroad crossing warning device includes a crossing lamp (210) and a crossing lamp base (220) controllable by a wayside control device (40), and a module (230) comprising an electronic circuit (250), wherein the crossing lamp base (220) is configured to provide power to the crossing lamp (210) and the module (230), and wherein, when the crossing lamp (210), the crossing lamp base (220) and the module (230) are assembled and in operation, the crossing lamp (210) performs a first action and the module (230) performs a second action, which is different from the first action.
Claims11
A railroad crossing warning device, comprising:
- a modular lamp system comprising:
- a crossing lamp and a crossing lamp base controllable by a wayside control device, and,
- a plurality of modules including a first module and a second module, wherein the plurality of modules is positioned between the crossing lamp and the crossing lamp base,
- wherein the crossing lamp base is configured to provide power to the crossing lamp and the plurality of modules,
- wherein the crossing lamp is configured to provide light when activated by the wayside control device,
- wherein the first module is configured for wireless communication with a remote device,
- wherein the second module comprises an inclinometer for gate level detection for a crossing gate, and
- wherein the second module comprises a connection point for connecting to one or more external devices, the one or more external devices are at least one of a camera, a motion sensor, a temperature probe, an infrared (IR) receiver, a laser emitter, and a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.