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Method and system for displaying a condition status of a component of a linear asset system

  • US 10,521,739 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2019
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for recording inspection information during a partial inspection of contiguous railroad track segments in a railway network infrastructure, the method comprising:

  • a. providing a database in which are stored records associated with different railroad track segments on the railway network infrastructure;

    b. performing a partial inspection by a human operator of a given railroad track segment, the partial inspection including an inspection of a first portion of the given railroad track segment for railroad defects that could lead to service failures of the railroad track segment, the first portion having a length which is less than a total length of the given railroad track segment, whereby a second portion corresponding to a remainder of the given railroad track segment remains uninspected for railroad track defects;

    c. executing software by one or more processors, the software configured for;

    i. implementing a first Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a first computer device, the first graphical user interface including an inspection status indicator providing an indication of an inspection status of the railroad track segment, the first GUI including an input object to enable an inspector performing the inspection of the track segment to input information delineating the first portion from the second portion;

    ii. in response to input from the inspector at the input object delineating the first portion from the second portion, causing the status indicator to change operational condition from a first condition to a second condition, in the first condition the inspection status indicator depicting an inspection state conveying that the track segment in its entirety is not inspected and in the second operational condition the inspection status indicator simultaneously depicting multiple inspection states, different from each other and associated with respective portions of the track segment, indicating that the first portion of the track segment is inspected while the second portion of the track segment is not inspected.

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