Monitoring unit for monitoring a railway track and method for monitoring a railway track
AssigneeFrauscher Sensortechnik GmbH
InventorsRudolf THALBAUER, Martin ROSENBERGER, Florian EINBÖCK
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Abstract
A monitoring unit for monitoring a railway track is provided. The monitoring unit may include a processing unit, at least one wheel sensor connectable to a rail of the railway track, and a sensor arrangement connectable to a railway switch of the railway track. The wheel sensor and the sensor arrangement may be connected with the processing unit, and the processing unit may include an output that is connectable to a signaling system. Furthermore, a method for monitoring a railway track is provided.
Claims15
A monitoring unit for monitoring a railway track, the monitoring unit comprising:
- a processing unit;
- at least one wheel sensor connectable to a rail of the railway track;
- and
- a sensor arrangement connectable to a railway switch of the railway track, wherein:
- the wheel sensor and the sensor arrangement are connected with the processing unit;
- and
- the processing unit comprises an output that is connectable to a signaling system.
A method for monitoring a railway track, the method comprising:
- detecting at least one position signal by a wheel sensor connected to a rail of the railway track;
- transferring the position signal to a processing unit;
- detecting at least one sensor signal by a sensor arrangement connected with a railway switch of the railway track;
- transferring the sensor signal to the processing unit;
- and
- providing an output signal by the processing unit to a signaling system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.