Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detection system and method for rail vehicle
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Application No.: US14549906Application Date: 2014-11-21
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Publication No.: US09694835B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Jared Klineman Cooper , John William Brand , Robert Francis Bryant , Scott William Dulmage , David Allen Eldredge , Robert James Foy , Samuel William Golden , John Welsh McElroy
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Global Patent Operation
- Agent John A. Kramer
- Main IPC: B61L23/00
- IPC: B61L23/00 ; G08B13/00 ; B60R25/00 ; B61L15/00

Abstract:
A detection system for a rail vehicle includes a control module, which has a sensor input for receiving a signal from a sensor. The control module is configured to receive the signal and to output information responsive to the signal. In operation, the control module and a sensor are deployed on board the rail vehicle. The sensor is configured to generate the signal responsive to detecting a designated condition on board the rail vehicle. When the condition occurs, the sensor outputs the signal, which is received by the control module. Responsive to the signal, the control module outputs the information, such as communicating information of the signal content to another rail vehicle, or to an off board location. The designated condition may be unauthorized use of a handheld wireless device in a rail vehicle, or intruder entry into an unmanned rail vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150076290A1 DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAIL VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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