Unlock instant, AI-driven research and patent intelligence for your innovation.

Route examining system

A route and electrical inspection technology, applied in the control system of the transportation center, railway traffic management, railway car body parts, etc., can solve the problem of not being able to determine the position of the vehicle system.

Active Publication Date: 2016-11-30
GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC
View PDF9 Cites 0 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

[0011] In some cases, some vehicle location determination systems may not be able to determine the location of vehicle systems
For example, during initialization of the location determination system, the vehicle system may not be able to determine the location of the vehicle system
The location determination system may not be able to determine the location of the vehicle system during its travel in certain locations (e.g. tunnels, canyons, urban areas, etc.)

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Route examining system
  • Route examining system
  • Route examining system

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment Construction

[0091] Embodiments of the inventive subject matter described herein relate to systems for examining routes traveled by vehicle systems in order to identify potential segments of damaged or disrupted routes. In an embodiment, the vehicle system may inject electrical signals into the route from a first vehicle in the vehicle system while the vehicle system is traveling along the route and monitor the electrical signal at another second vehicle (which is also in the vehicle system) route to check the route. Detection of the signal at the second vehicle and / or detection of a change in the signal at the second vehicle may indicate a potentially damaged (eg, damaged or partially damaged) segment of the route between the first and second vehicles. In an embodiment, the route may be a route of a rail vehicle system and the first and second vehicles may be used to identify damaged or partially damaged segments of one or more tracks of the route. The electrical signals injected into th...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

No PUM Login to View More

Abstract

Systems for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics.

Description

[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims priority over U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 165007, filed May 21, 2015 (the "'007 application") and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 161626, filed May 14, 2015 (the "'093 application") right. This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. Application No. 14 / 527246, filed October 29, 2014 ("the '246 application"), which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Application No. 14 / 016310, filed September 3, 2013 (" '310 Application', now a continuation-in-part of, and claiming priority to, U.S. Patent No. 8,914,171), which claimed U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 729,188, filed November 21, 2012 (the "'188 Application") priority. The entire disclosures of the '007 application, the '626 application, the '093 application, the '246 application, the '188 application, and the '310 application are incorporated by reference. [0003] Government License Rights [0004] This invention was m...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B61K9/08
CPCB61K9/08B61L23/044B61L23/045B61L27/53
Inventor B.A.马修斯G.博弗曼Y.A.普罗特尼科夫F.W.惠勒M.奈里J.M.弗里斯
Owner GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC