Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Track-data verification
- Patent Title (中): 跟踪数据验证
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Application No.: US14491390Application Date: 2014-09-19
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Publication No.: US09346476B2Publication Date: 2016-05-24
- Inventor: Glen Dargy , Lee Olson , Matt Schouten , Gregory G. Hackbarth
- Applicant: Herzog Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Joseph
- Assignee: HERZOG TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: HERZOG TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Joseph
- Agency: Erickson Kernell Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC
- Main IPC: B61L23/04
- IPC: B61L23/04 ; B61L25/02

Abstract:
A track-data verification vehicle and method for verifying positive train control (PTC) track data. The vehicle includes a 360° camera and a precision positioning system co-located on a vertical axis on the vehicle. The 360° camera provides a video image with indicators that are useable to align an asset with the positioning system. A second video camera is positioned interior to the vehicle to capture an image of a monitor associated with a train management control (TMC) unit and of operator inputs to the TMC unit; the TMC unit executes a PTC track-data verification application. The process of verifying asset locations is thus recorded and can be reviewed and approved by a Federal Railroad Administration representative without requiring the representative to be physically present within the vehicle during track-data verification.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150094885A1 TRACK-DATA VERIFICATION Public/Granted day:2015-04-02
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