Dynamic monitoring of mobile railway car undercarriage
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1. A mobile railway car monitoring system, comprising:
- a plurality of sensor nodes coupled to an undercarriage portion of a railway car;
a control node coupled to the railway car;
wherein each of the plurality of sensor nodes is configured to monitor the undercarriage portion of the railway car when in motion and transmit information about the undercarriage portion to the control node; and
wherein the control node is configured to receive the information about the undercarriage portion, process the information by at least monitoring for patterns of deviation in the information from a population of sensors comprising each of the plurality of sensor nodes to determine a fault condition for the undercarriage portion, and wirelessly report the fault condition to a collection system.
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Abstract
What is disclosed is a mobile railway car monitoring system. The mobile railway car monitoring system includes a plurality of sensor nodes coupled to an undercarriage portion of a railway car, and a control node coupled to the railway car. Each of the plurality of sensor nodes is configured to monitor the undercarriage portion of the railway car when in motion and transmit information about the undercarriage portion to the control node. The control node is configured to receive the information about the undercarriage portion, process the information to determine a fault condition for the undercarriage portion, and wirelessly report the fault condition to a collection system.
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1. A mobile railway car monitoring system, comprising:
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a plurality of sensor nodes coupled to an undercarriage portion of a railway car; a control node coupled to the railway car; wherein each of the plurality of sensor nodes is configured to monitor the undercarriage portion of the railway car when in motion and transmit information about the undercarriage portion to the control node; and wherein the control node is configured to receive the information about the undercarriage portion, process the information by at least monitoring for patterns of deviation in the information from a population of sensors comprising each of the plurality of sensor nodes to determine a fault condition for the undercarriage portion, and wirelessly report the fault condition to a collection system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of operating a mobile railway car monitoring system, the method comprising:
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in each of a plurality of sensor nodes coupled to an undercarriage portion of a railway car, monitoring the undercarriage portion of the railway car when in motion and transmitting information about the undercarriage portion to a control node coupled to the railway car; and in the control node, receiving the information about the undercarriage portion, processing via processing circuitry the information by at least monitoring for patterns of deviation in the information from a population of sensors comprising each of the plurality of sensor nodes to determine a fault condition for the undercarriage portion, and wirelessly reporting the fault condition to a collection system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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