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Device for communicating and monitoring railway tracks and operating method

  • US 10,220,861 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2014
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for communicating with human users of a TGV train and monitoring railway tracks along a TGV train line, the device being self-powered, the device comprising a plurality of communicating and monitoring terminals arranged at regular intervals along the tracks and dividing the TGV train line into monitoring sections of a defined length, with each of the terminals comprising:

  • an image-capturing module comprising a long-range thermal camera configured to monitor trains on the tracks,a wireless communicating module that allows for communication between the terminals and with the human users of the train,a module configured to store electrical power continuously supplying the image-capturing module and the communicating module,a power-generating module configured to supply power to the module for storing electrical power comprising a means configured to recover the energy from the air displaced by the train running over the railway track, configured to permanent monitor by capturing images and making permanent wireless connections and images from the image capturing module available to the human users of the trains, the power generating module providing the power required by the communicating module and the module for storing electrical power;

    the device further including a terminal built inside the cockpit of the train on which the images recorded by the cameras and transmitted by the Wi-Fi network are displayed;

    the plurality of terminals being spaced along the tracks;

    wherein the electrical power consumption of each module is about one kilowatt per day.

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