Method and apparatus for monitoring railway defects
First Claim
1. A computer system for displaying railway defects, the computer system comprising:
- a receiver for receiving positional data and current status data for a portion of a railway;
a historical database for retrieving historical status data for the portion of the railway in response to the positional data;
a processor for comparing the historical status data to the current status data to determine a difference in the two sets of data which may indicate a defect occurring over time for the portion of the railway;
a geographic database for forming an image of a geographic region in response to the positional data;
an overlay generator for forming an overlay image in response to the defect; and
a display for displaying the image of the geographic region and the overlay image.
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Abstract
A computer program product for a computer system including a processor, a display, a historical database, and a geographic database, for determining railway defects includes a computer readable memory including code that directs the processor to receive positional data and status data for a portion of a railway, code that directs the processor to retrieve historical status data for the portion of the railway in response to the positional data from the historical database, code that directs the processor to compare the historical status data to the status data to determine a defect for the portion of the railway, code that directs the processor to retrieve an image of a geographic region in response to the positional data from the geographic database, code that directs the processor to determine an icon in response to the defect, and code that directs the display to display the image of the geographic region and the icon for the defect.
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1. A computer system for displaying railway defects, the computer system comprising:
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a receiver for receiving positional data and current status data for a portion of a railway; a historical database for retrieving historical status data for the portion of the railway in response to the positional data; a processor for comparing the historical status data to the current status data to determine a difference in the two sets of data which may indicate a defect occurring over time for the portion of the railway; a geographic database for forming an image of a geographic region in response to the positional data; an overlay generator for forming an overlay image in response to the defect; and a display for displaying the image of the geographic region and the overlay image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for a computer system including a processor, a display, a historical database, and a geographic database, for determining railway defects, the computer system comprising:
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a computer readable memory including; code that directs the processor to receive positional data and current status data for a portion of a railway; code that directs the processor to retrieve historical status data for the portion of the railway in response to the positional data from the historical database; code that directs the processor to compare the historical status data to the current status data to determine a difference in the two sets of data which may indicate a defect occurring over time for the portion of the railway; code that directs the processor to retrieve an image of a geographic region in response to the positional data from the geographic database; code that directs the processor to determine an icon in response to the defect; and code that directs the display to display the image of the geographic region and the icon for the defect. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for determining railway defects in a computer system including a display, a historical database, and a geographic database, the method comprising:
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receiving positional data and current status data for a rail track; retrieving historical status data from the historical database for the rail track in response to the positional data; comparing the historical status data to the current status data to determine a difference in the two sets of data which can indicate a defect occurring over time for the rail track, if any, the defect having a defect type; displaying an image of a geographic region from the geographic database on the display in response to the positional data; and displaying an icon on the display in response to the defect type, if any. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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