Method for monitoring a railway system and sensor arrangement for a railway system
AssigneeFrauscher Sensortechnik GmbH
InventorsRudolf THALBAUER, Martin ROSENBERGER, Florian EINBÖCK
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Abstract
A method for monitoring a railway system is provided. The method may include arranging a sensor below a movable railway element of the railway system, and measuring a spatial position of at least a segment of the movable railway element by a contactless measurement by the sensor. The sensor may be configured to differentiate between at least two different spatial positions of the segment of the movable railway element, and the respective spatial position may relate to the distance between the segment of the movable railway element and a rail of the railway system. Furthermore, a sensor arrangement for a railway system is provided.
Claims15
A method for monitoring a railway system, the method comprising:
- arranging a sensor below a movable railway element of the railway system;
- and
- measuring a spatial position of at least a segment of the movable railway element by a contactless measurement by the sensor,
- wherein:
- the sensor is configured to differentiate between at least two different spatial positions of the segment of the movable railway element;
- and
- the respective spatial position relates to a distance between the segment of the movable railway element and a rail of the railway system.
A sensor arrangement for a railway system, the sensor arrangement comprising:
- a sensor that is configured to measure a spatial position of at least a segment of a movable railway element of the railway system in a contactless measurement and to differentiate between at least two different spatial positions of the segment of the movable railway element,
- wherein:
- the sensor is configured to be arranged below the movable railway element;
- and
- the respective spatial position relates to a distance between the segment of the movable railway element and a rail of the railway system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.