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RAILWAY INSPECTION SYSTEM

  • US 20130231873A1
  • Filed: 03/01/2012
  • Published: 09/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A railway inspection system for monitoring defects of a rail, comprising:

  • an inspection vehicle configured for traversing the rail;

    a sensor disposed on said vehicle and configured for obtaining rail condition data;

    a memory disposed on said vehicle and storing previous rail condition data from a previous traversal of the rail;

    a display device disposed on said vehicle;

    a processor disposed on said vehicle; and

    a non-transitory computer-readable medium, disposed on said vehicle, and containing instructions, which when executed by said processor, causes performance of the following steps in real-time as said vehicle traverses the rail;

    obtaining current rail condition data from said sensor;

    displaying on said display device representative images of said current rail condition data;

    retrieving said previous rail condition data from said memory; and

    displaying on said display device representative images of said previous rail condition data;

    wherein said sensor, said memory, said display device, said processor, and said computer-readable medium are electronically connected.

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