Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Energy harvester, wireless sensor device having the energy harvester, and system for monitoring railroad vehicle using the same
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Application No.: US14927861Application Date: 2015-10-30
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Publication No.: US09701325B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Jaehoon Kim , Jae Yun Lee , Kwan Sup Lee , Young Il Kim , Kun Min Yeo
- Applicant: Korea Railroad Research Institute
- Applicant Address: KR Uiwang
- Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- Current Assignee Address: KR Uiwang
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: KR10-2013-0048539 20130430; KR10-2013-0048545 20130430; KR10-2013-0127338 20131024
- Main IPC: G07C5/00
- IPC: G07C5/00 ; G01J1/42 ; B60C23/00 ; B61L15/00 ; H02N2/18 ; G01D11/00 ; G01M17/08 ; H02K7/18 ; H02K35/02 ; B61L27/00 ; B61L25/04

Abstract:
A railroad vehicle monitoring system installed on a railroad vehicle includes: wireless sensor devices installed at attached equipment of the railroad vehicle, including a sensor that senses statuses of the attached equipment, configured to wirelessly transmit a sensing value sensed by the sensor in real time, and including an energy harvester configured to convert energy generated by running of the railroad vehicle into electric energy, and supply the electric energy as a power source for the sensor, a signal process in the sensing value, and wireless communication of the sensing value; sink node devices configured to wirelessly receive the sensing value and output, in real time, railroad vehicle status information obtained by integrating the received sensing value; and a vehicle status monitoring device configured to receive the railroad vehicle status information, integrate and manage the railroad vehicle status information, and output the integrated railroad vehicle status information in real time.
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