Method and apparatus for remote detection and control of data recording systems on moving systems

• US 7,593,963 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2005
• Issued: 09/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Burlingham, Joel, Ballesty, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin; Jean B
• Application Number:
  US11/288,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20070124332A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,393 Days
• Field of Search: 707 1- 10, 707100-1041, 707200-206, 701/2, 701/19, 701/20, 701/22, 701/29, 701/33, 701/35, 701/36, 702/184, 105/26.05
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B61L 27/57 for vehicles or trains, e.g. trackside supervision of train conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A method of remotely detecting and controlling whether locomotive data indicative of at least one of integrated diagnostic data, telemetry data and recording systems data from a locomotive is valid locomotive data, the method including remotely accessing locomotive data residing at the locomotive, reviewing a data parameter characteristic of the locomotive data, and comparing the data parameter to indicia signifying an expected data parameter characteristic.

Claims

1. A method of remotely detecting and controlling whether moving system data indicative of at least one of integrated diagnostic data, telemetry data and recording systems data from a moving system is valid moving system data, the method comprising:

a) remotely accessing moving system data residing at the moving system;

b) remotely reviewing a data parameter characteristic of the moving system data;

c) remotely comparing the data parameter to indicia signifying an expected data parameter characteristic;

d) remotely initiating a corrective action to obtain a secondary data parameter that correlates with the indicia if the data parameter does not correlate with the indicia; and

e) transmitting the moving system data to a remote location, if the data parameter does correlate with the indicia.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the corrective action comprises remotely initiating a shutdown of at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the moving system.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the corrective action comprises remotely reinitializing at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the moving system.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the corrective action comprises remotely rebooting at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the moving system.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the corrective action comprises remotely loading a different runtime of moving system data awaiting delivery to a remote location.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the steps of remotely accessing, reviewing and comparing are performed again once the corrective action is taken.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the data parameter characteristic comprises at least one of data file size, data time stamps, and elements contained in the moving system data.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the indicia is determined by the moving system data.

9. Computer software code storable on a computer readable medium and executable on a processor for remotely detecting and controlling moving system data indicative of at least one of integrated diagnostic data, telemetry data and recording systems data from a moving system, the moving system having a camera imaging an environment in a vicinity of the moving system, and a data integrity database comprising a plurality of indicia to determine whether the moving system data is valid data, the computer software code comprising:

a) a computer software module for remotely accessing moving system data residing at the moving system, when said computer software module is executed by said processor;

b) a computer software module for remotely reviewing a data parameter of the moving system data, when said computer software module is executed by said processor;

c) a computer software module for remotely comparing the data parameter to indicia in the data integrity database signifying an expected data parameter characteristic, when said computer software module is executed by said processor;

d) a computer software module for remotely initiating a corrective action to obtain a secondary data parameter that correlates with the indicia when the data parameter does not correlate with the indicia, when said computer software module is executed by said processor; and

e) a computer software module for transmitting the moving system data to a remote location when the data parameter does correlate with the indicia, when said computer software module is executed by said processor.

10. The computer software code of claim 9 wherein the computer software module for initiating a corrective action comprises a computer software module to remotely shutdown at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the moving system, when said computer software module is executed by said processor.

11. The computer software code of claim 9 wherein the computer software module for initiating a correction action comprises a computer software module to remotely reinitialize at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the moving system, when said computer software module is executed by said processor.

12. The computer software code of claim 9 wherein the computer software module for initiating a corrective action comprises a computer software module to remotely reboot at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the moving system, when said computer software module is executed by said processor.

13. The computer software code of claim 9 wherein the computer software module for initiating a corrective action comprises a computer software module for remotely loading a different runtime of moving system data awaiting delivery, when said computer software module is executed by said processor.

14. The computer software code of claim 9 wherein a data parameter characteristic comprises at least one of data file size, a data time stamp, and elements contained in the moving system data.

15. The computer software code of claim 9 wherein indicia in the data integrity database signifying an expected data parameter characteristic is determined by moving system data as said moving system data is collected.

16. A data verification system for remotely detecting and controlling whether collected moving system data indicative of at least one of integrated diagnostic data, telemetry data and recording systems data from a moving system is valid moving system data, the system comprising:

a) a wireless communication system for remotely accessing moving system data residing at the moving system;

b) a first data storage device containing collected moving system data;

c) a second data storage device containing acceptable data parameter ranges for valid moving system data;

c) a processor operable to remotely compare moving system data to acceptable data parameter ranges; and

d) wherein when moving system data does not correlate to acceptable data parameter ranges a corrective action is remotely initiated to obtain secondary moving system data that correlates with the acceptable data parameter ranges.

17. The data verification system of claim 16 wherein the corrective action comprises remotely shutting down of at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the moving system.

18. The data verification system of claim 16 wherein the correction action comprises remotely reinitializing at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the moving system.

19. The data verification system of claim 16 wherein the corrective action comprises remotely rebooting at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the moving system.

20. The data verification system of claim 16 wherein the corrective action comprises remotely loading a different runtime of moving system data awaiting delivery.

21. The data verification system of claim 16 wherein a data parameter characteristic comprises at least one of data file size, a data time stamp, and elements contained in the moving system data.

22. The data verification system of claim 16 wherein acceptable data parameter ranges are determined by moving system data after the moving system data has been collected.