RAILWAY TRAIN DATA RECORDER WITH PARALLEL REMOTE ONLINE INCIDENT DATA STORAGE
First Claim
1. A railway train data recording system, comprising:
- a data recorder onboard a train, for acquiring train incident data;
an onboard communications system for wireless data transmission that is communicatively coupled to the data recorder, for transmitting the acquired incident data from the train;
an off-train communications system for wireless data transmission, s, for receiving the acquired incident data transmitted by the transmitter; and
a remote data storage device coupled to the wireless receiver.
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Abstract
Incident, data of the type stored in a railway train crash hardened memory module (CHMM) and/or other information acquired by a railway train data recorder are transmitted to a remote data storage site. Beneficially the remotely stored information transmitted from the train'"'"'s onboard recorder may be monitored and/or otherwise analyzed without having to wait for a scheduled periodic download of the CHMM. Parallel transmission and remote storage of incident data during train operation eliminates the need to carry a CHMM onboard the train or schedule dedicated incident data downloads while the train is stationary or otherwise out of service. Existing communications equipment for wireless data transmission already onboard the train may be used for the incident data transmission to the remote data storage device.
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20 Claims
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1. A railway train data recording system, comprising:
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a data recorder onboard a train, for acquiring train incident data; an onboard communications system for wireless data transmission that is communicatively coupled to the data recorder, for transmitting the acquired incident data from the train; an off-train communications system for wireless data transmission, s, for receiving the acquired incident data transmitted by the transmitter; and a remote data storage device coupled to the wireless receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for acquiring and remotely storing train incident data, comprising:
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acquiring train incident data in real time with a data recorder located onboard a train; transmitting the acquired incident data from the train with an onboard communications system for wireless data transmission that is communicatively coupled to the data recorder; receiving the acquired incident data transmitted by the onboard communications system with an off-train communications system for wireless data transmission; and storing the received acquired incident data in a remote data storage device coupled to the wireless receiver. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer software storage medium apparatus, comprising:
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non-transient software stored in a non-volatile storage medium for operating a railway train data recording system that is controlled by a processor coupled to a memory device, the data recording system capable of retrieving and storing a copy of said software from said medium and causing said processor to execute said software to; acquire train incident data from a train in real time with an onboard data recording system running the software; transmit the acquired incident data from the train with an onboard communications system for wireless data transmission communicatively coupled to the data recorder to an off-train communications system for wireless data transmission that receives the acquired incident data, wherein the received acquired incident data are stored in a remote data storage device coupled to the wireless receiver. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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