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US 2016/0355201 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 vehicle includes a database containing vehicle route data and at least one location of a route to be inspected. The database may be accessed by vehicles with on-board inspection systems so that they may inspect the location of route to be inspected
Claims15
An inspection system, comprising:
- a sensor system on board a vehicle and configured for inspection of a route on which the vehicle is configured to travel;
- a database containing vehicle route data and at least one location of the route to be inspected;
- a control system on board the vehicle, wherein the control system is configured to activate the sensor system for inspecting the route based on a location of the vehicle as cross-referenced to the database;
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- an energy management system on board the vehicle, the energy management system configured to control movement of the vehicle based at least in part on the database.
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An inspection system comprising:
- a sensor system on board a vehicle configured for inspection of a route on which the vehicle is configured to travel;
- a control system on board the vehicle, wherein the control system includes an energy management system that is configured to generate a trip plan to control movement of the vehicle;
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- a database that contains vehicle route data, a location of the route to be inspected, a frequency that the location of the route is to be inspected, and a previous time that the location of the route was inspected;
- wherein the control system is configured to activate the sensor system for inspecting the route based on the frequency, the previous time, and a location of the vehicle as cross-referenced to the database.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a time period during which a vehicle route inspection location is to be inspected;
- identifying all inspection vehicles that will be traveling along a route containing the vehicle route inspection location during the established time period;
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- directing 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.