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Railway structure hazard predictor

  • US 5,529,267 A
  • Filed: 07/21/1995
  • Issued: 06/25/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A railway hazard predictor for monitoring railway track having rail mounted on a structure comprising:

  • at least one rail sensor mounted to sense physical characteristics imposed on said rail from a railway vehicle occupying said rail;

    at least one alignment sensor mounted intermediate said rail and said structure to sense relative strain between said rail and said structure independent of said physical characteristic sensed by said rail sensor;

    collection means for real time collecting data from said rail sensor and said alignment sensor;

    processing means for analyzing said data and producing a rail signal indicative of rail integrity and a structure signal indicative of structure integrity; and

    a neural network for reducing said rail signal and said structural signal into a train presence and misalignment detection.

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