Linear assets inspection system

• US 20100064241A1
• Filed: 05/20/2009
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canadian National Railway Company
• Original Assignee: Canadian National Railway Company
• Inventors: Abbott, Brian, Lilley, David, Tays, Dwight
• Application Number:
  US12/454,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20100064241A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 23/04 for monitoring the mechanical state of the route
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/30 Transportation; Communications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

The invention provides a graphical user interface implemented on a computer including an information area for displaying to a user at the computer inspection status information in connection with one or more components of a linear asset infrastructure. The graphical user interface also includes a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information on the one or more components of the linear asset infrastructure.

Claims

1. ) A graphical user interface implemented on a computer, comprising:

a) an information area for displaying to a user at the computer work assignment status information in connection with one or more work assignments to be performed on components of a linear asset infrastructure;

b) a control component operable by the user at the computer to cause the graphical user interface to display additional information on the one or more work assignments.

2. ) A graphical user interface as defined in claim 1, wherein the linear asset infrastructure includes a railway infrastructure.

3. ) A graphical user interface as defined in claim 2, wherein the additional information includes a plurality of entries, each entry corresponding to a component of the railway infrastructure on which a work assignment is to be performed.

4. ) A graphical user interface as defined in claim 3, wherein each entry includes an identifier of the component of the railway infrastructure associated with the entry.

5. ) A graphical user interface as defined in claim 3, wherein each entry includes information identifying a geographical location of the component of the railway infrastructure associated with the entry.

6. ) A graphical user interface as defined in claim 5, wherein the geographical location includes the geographical coordinates of the component of the railway infrastructure associated with the entry.

7. ) A graphical user interface as defined in claim 2, wherein the component of the railway infrastructure is selected in the group consisting of track segment and feature.

8. ) A graphical user interface as defined in claim 2, wherein the control component includes a clickable control.

9. ) A graphical user interface as defined in claim 8, wherein the clickable control includes a hyperlink.

10. ) A graphical user interface implemented on a computer for recording conditions against components of a linear asset infrastructure, the graphical user interface including:

a) a first input area to receive information input by a user for identifying a component against which an actual condition is to be recorded, the actual condition being indicative of a deviation from an operational requirement of the component;

b) a second input, area to receive information input from the user to describe the actual condition, the second information area displaying to the user a set of input options, the options in the set corresponding to conditions that can possibly be associated with the component, the set of input options allowing the user to select an input option that matches the actual condition to provide a description of the actual condition in the second input area.