Data integrity improvements of rail car identification process in localities having adjacent railway tracks
First Claim
1. A system of identifying rolling stock within a rail yard when additional rolling stock may be present on an adjacent track, the system comprising:
- a) identification markers attached on opposite sides of a rolling stock;
b) an identification marker reader located proximate a track upon which the rolling is upon operable to communicate with the markers to gather information from the markers;
c) a processor in communication with the identification marker reader; and
d) an algorithm within the processor for using the information associated with the identification markers to determine a location of the rolling stock.
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Abstract
A system of identifying rolling stock within a rail yard when additional rolling stock may be present on an adjacent track, the system including identification markers attached on opposite sides of a rolling stock, an identification marker reader located proximate a track upon which the rolling is upon operable to communicate with the markers to gather information from the markers, a processor in communication with the identification marker readers, and an algorithm within the processor for using the information associated with the identification markers to determine a location of the rolling stock.
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1. A system of identifying rolling stock within a rail yard when additional rolling stock may be present on an adjacent track, the system comprising:
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a) identification markers attached on opposite sides of a rolling stock; b) an identification marker reader located proximate a track upon which the rolling is upon operable to communicate with the markers to gather information from the markers; c) a processor in communication with the identification marker reader; and d) an algorithm within the processor for using the information associated with the identification markers to determine a location of the rolling stock. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer software code for identifying and determining a position of rolling stock within a rail yard using a system that includes at least two identification devices proximate opposite sides of the rolling stock, an identification reader proximate a first track upon which the rolling stock traverses that is in communication with the identification devices when the identification devices are proximate, and a processor, the computer software code comprising:
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a) a computer software module for determining if rolling stock is proximate the identification readers; b) a computer software module for processing information received from the identification devices; c) a computer software module for determining if the first track has rolling stock upon it; d) a computer software module for determining if a second track has rolling stock upon it; and e) a computer software module for verifying the track rolling stock is on the first track. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of identifying rolling stock within a rail yard using a system having an identification tag on the rolling stock and an identification tag reader proximate a first rail track, the method comprising:
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a) determining whether rolling stock is proximate the identification tag readers; b) processing tag indicia from the tags; c) determining whether rolling stock is proximate a second track; and d) verifying whether the rolling stock is on the first track. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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