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US 7,007,898 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for railcar data acquisition and communication
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRussell Stephen Demuth, Robert Louis Steigerwald
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising: a data acquisition module adapted for acquiring railcar data from a railcar and generating acquired data; and an electronic transmitter adapted for receiving the acquired data, deriving transmitted data from the acquired data, and transmitting the transmitted data.
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An apparatus for railcar data acquisition and communication, said apparatus comprising:
- a data acquisition module adapted for acquiring ralicar data from a railcar and generating acquired data, said data acquisition module comprising a single-wire interface adapted for converting single-wire data to said acquired data;
- an electronic transmitter adapted for receiving said acquired data, deriving transmitted data from said acquired data, and transmitting said transmitted data;
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- a touch pad interface adapted for communicating said acquired data to an external touch pad.
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A system comprising:
- a railcar;
- a data acquisition module adapted for acquiring railcar data from said railcar and generating acquired data, said data acquisition module comprising a single-wire interface adapted for converting single-wire data to said acquired data;
- an electronic transmitter adapted for receiving said acquired data, deriving transmitted data from said acquired data, and transmitting said transmitted data, said electronic transmitter being further adapted for wirelessly transmitting said transmitted data;
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- a touch pad interface adapted for communicating said acquired data to an external touch pad.
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A method for railcar data acquisition and communication, said method comprising:
- acquiring railcar data from a railcar;
- generating acquired data from said railcar data;
- deriving transmitted data from said acquired data;
- and
- transmitting said transmitted data,
- said step of generating comprising converting single-wire data to said acquired data.
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A method for railcar data acquisition and communication, said method comprising:
- acquiring railcar data from a railcar;
- generating acquired data from said railcar data;
- deriving transmitted data from said acquired data;
- and
- transmitting said transmitted data,
- said step of transmitting comprising wirelessly transmitting said transmitted data,
- said step of generating comprising converting single-wire data to said acquired data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.