RAIL VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING
First Claim
1. A method of processing rail vehicles, the method comprising:
- identifying each individual rail vehicle as a plurality of attached rail vehicles move along a set of rails using data acquired by at least one sensing device;
acquiring measurement data for each identified rail vehicle as it moves along the set of rails from at least one sensing device;
analyzing the measurement data for each identified rail vehicle; and
automatically routing each identified rail vehicle based on the analyzing.
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Abstract
A solution for further automating the identification, processing, and/or routing of rail vehicles is provided. Each individual rail vehicle in a series of rail vehicles is identified and measurement data is acquired for the rail vehicle. The measurement data is analyzed and the rail vehicle is automatically routed based on the analysis. The rail vehicle can be routed to an outbound track based on a destination, to a maintenance shop for repair, and/or to a local track for repair and/or re-measurement. The solution can further incorporate expert systems and data mining to reduce the number of rail vehicles that are unnecessarily routed for repair and/or inadvertently allowed to pass with one or more unsafe conditions.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of processing rail vehicles, the method comprising:
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identifying each individual rail vehicle as a plurality of attached rail vehicles move along a set of rails using data acquired by at least one sensing device; acquiring measurement data for each identified rail vehicle as it moves along the set of rails from at least one sensing device; analyzing the measurement data for each identified rail vehicle; and automatically routing each identified rail vehicle based on the analyzing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for processing rail vehicles, the system comprising:
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at least one sensing device configured to acquire data as a plurality of attached rail vehicles move along a set of rails; a component configured to identify each individual rail vehicle in the plurality of attached rail vehicles using the data acquired by the at least one sensing device; a component configured to analyze measurement data acquired by the at least one sensing device for each identified rail vehicle; and a component configured to automatically route each identified rail vehicle based on the analyzed measurement data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for processing rail vehicles, the system comprising:
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at least one sensing device configured to acquire data as a plurality of attached rail vehicles move along a set of rails; a component configured to identify each individual rail vehicle in the plurality of attached rail vehicles using the data acquired by the at least one sensing device; and a component configured to automatically route each identified rail vehicle to an outbound track based on a destination for the rail vehicle, wherein the component configured to automatically route includes a robotic device configured to detach a first rail vehicle from a second rail vehicle in the plurality of attached rail vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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