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US 2014/0156123 A1Published application
Inspection system and method
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJARED KLINEMAN COOPER, NICHOLAS DAVID NAGRODSKY
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Abstract
An inspection system for use with a rail vehicle includes a database containing vehicle route data and at least one location of track to be inspected. The database may be accessed by rail vehicles with on-board inspection systems so that they may inspect the location of track to be inspected
Claims20
An inspection system, comprising:
- a database containing vehicle route data and at least one location of track to be inspected;
- wherein the database is configured to be accessed by a rail vehicle with an on-board inspection system, for the rail vehicle, when on a route contained in the database, to inspect one or more locations of track to be inspected along the route.
An inspection system comprising:
- a sensor system on board a rail vehicle configured for inspection of track on which the rail vehicle is configured to travel;
- a control system on board the rail vehicle, wherein the control system includes an energy management system on board the rail vehicle, the energy management system configured to generate a trip plan to control movement of the rail vehicle, the trip plan comprising throttle settings as a function of at least one of location or time;
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- a database stored on a non-transient computer readable electronic storage medium, wherein the control system is configured to communicate with the database, and wherein the database contains vehicle route data, a location of track to be inspected, a frequency that the location of track is to be inspected, and a previous time that the location of track was inspected;
- and wherein the control system is configured to activate the sensor system for inspecting the track based on the frequency, the previous time, and a location of the rail vehicle as cross-referenced to the database.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a time period during which a rail track inspection location is to be inspected;
- identifying all rail inspection vehicles that will be traveling along a route containing the rail track inspect location during the established time period;
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- directing rail inspection vehicles travelling along the route during the time period to inspect the inspection location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.