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

• US 20070124332A1
• Filed: 11/29/2005
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Burlingham, Joel, Ballesty, Daniel
• Granted Patent: US 7,593,963 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 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 comprising:

a) remotely accessing locomotive data residing at the locomotive;

b) reviewing a data parameter characteristic of the locomotive data; and

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

2. The method of claim 1 further comprises if the data parameter does not correlate with the indicia, initiating a corrective action to obtain a data parameter that correlates with the indicia.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprises if the data parameter does correlate with the indicia, transmitting the locomotive data to a remote location.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the corrective action comprises 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 locomotive.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the corrective action comprises reinitializing at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the locomotive.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the corrective action comprises rebooting at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the locomotive.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the corrective action comprises loading a different runtime of locomotive data awaiting delivery to a remote location.

8. The method of claim 2 wherein the steps of remotely accessing, reviewing and comparing are performed again once the corrective action is taken.

9. 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 locomotive data.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the indicia is determined by the locomotive data.

11. Computer readable media containing program instructions for remotely detecting and controlling locomotive data indicative of at least one of integrated diagnostic data, telemetry data and recording systems data from a locomotive, the locomotive having a camera imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive, and a data integrity database comprising a plurality of indicia to determine whether the locomotive data is valid data, the computer readable media comprising:

a) a computer program code for remotely accessing locomotive data residing at the locomotive;

b) a computer program code for reviewing a data parameter of the locomotive data; and

c) a computer program code for comparing the data parameter to indicia in the data integrity database signifying an expected data parameter characteristic.

12. The computer readable media of claim 11 further comprises a computer program code for initiating a corrective action to obtain a data parameter that correlates with the indicia when the data parameter does not correlate with the indicia.

13. The computer readable media of claim 11 further comprises a computer program code for transmitting the locomotive data to a remote location when the data parameter does correlate with the indicia.

14. The computer readable media of claim 12 wherein the computer program code for initiating a corrective action comprises a computer program code to shutdown of at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the locomotive,

15. The computer readable media of claim 12 wherein the computer program code for initiating a correction action comprises a computer program code to reinitialize at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the locomotive.

16. The computer readable media of claim 12 wherein the computer program code for initiating a corrective action comprises a computer program code to reboot at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the locomotive.

17. The computer readable media of claim 12 wherein the computer program code for initiating a corrective action comprises a computer program code for loading a different runtime of locomotive data awaiting delivery.

18. The computer readable media of claim 11 wherein a data parameter characteristic comprises at least one of data file size, a data time stamp, and elements contained in the locomotive data.

19. The computer readable media of claim 11 wherein indicia in the data integrity database signifying an expected data parameter characteristic is determined by locomotive data as said locomotive data is collected.

20. A data verification system for remotely detecting and controlling whether collected 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 system comprising:

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

b) a first data storage device containing collected locomotive data;

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

c) a processor operable to compare locomotive data to acceptable data parameter ranges; and

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

21. The data verification system of claim 20 wherein the corrective action comprises 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 locomotive,

22. The data verification system of claim 20 wherein the correction action comprises reinitializing at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the locomotive.

23. The data verification system of claim 20 wherein the corrective action comprises rebooting at least one of a component that is part of an integrated diagnostic system, a telemetry system, and recording systems on the locomotive.

24. The data verification system of claim 20 wherein the corrective action comprises loading a different runtime of locomotive data awaiting delivery.

25. The computer readable media of claim 20 wherein a data parameter characteristic comprises at least one of data file size, a data time stamp, and elements contained in the locomotive data.

26. The computer readable media of claim 20 wherein acceptable data parameter ranges are determined by locomotive data after the locomotive data has been collected.