System and method for monitoring a railroad grade crossing
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorsStuart Goose, Stefan Fritschi, Mark Corbo
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Abstract
A system (200) for monitoring a railroad grade crossing (100, 250) includes an illumination device (220, 230) for illuminating a section of a railroad grade crossing (100, 250), and a control device (240) in communication with the illumination device (220, 230). The illumination device (220, 230) is configured to obtain data of the section of the railroad grade crossing (100, 250) while illuminating the section, and the control device (240) is configured to receive and evaluate the data. Further, a method (600) for monitoring a railroad grade crossing (100, 250) is provided.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A system for monitoring a railroad grade crossing comprising:
- an illumination device for illuminating a section of a railroad grade crossing, and
- a control device in communication with the illumination device,
- wherein the illumination device is configured to obtain data of the section of the railroad grade crossing while illuminating the section, and
- wherein the control device is configured to receive and evaluate the data.
A method for monitoring a railroad grade crossing comprising:
- obtaining data of a section of a railroad grade crossing while illuminating the section by at least one illumination device;
- receiving the data by a control device in communication with the at least one illumination device;
- and
- evaluating he data by the control device, wherein the control device is configured to communicate with components activating crossing warning devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.