Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for monitoring of infrastructure condition
- Patent Title (中): 监测基础设施条件的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12243112Application Date: 2008-10-01
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Publication No.: US08412393B2Publication Date: 2013-04-02
- Inventor: Todd Alan Anderson , Nelson Corby , Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr. , Minesh Shah , Thomas Sebastian
- Applicant: Todd Alan Anderson , Nelson Corby , Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr. , Minesh Shah , Thomas Sebastian
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agent Joseph J. Christian
- Main IPC: B61L23/04
- IPC: B61L23/04 ; G08G1/123 ; G05D1/00 ; G06F17/00 ; G01M17/08

Abstract:
A system and method for vehicle-centric infrastructure monitoring system includes an inspection system mountable on a vehicle configured to travel over an expanse of rail track having a plurality of track blocks. The inspection system acquires track data for at least some track blocks along the expanse of rail track. The monitoring system also includes a positioning system to determine a location of the vehicle and generate location data indicative of an associated track block location, a communications device to transmit the track/location data to a remote location, and a centralized computing system positioned at the remote location to receive the transmitted track/location data. The centralized computing system is programmed to determine a current probability of a track condition for a track block and combine the current track condition probability with a previously determined cumulative track condition probability to provide an updated track condition probability for the track block.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100004804A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION Public/Granted day:2010-01-07
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