System and method for detecting temperature of railroad train wheel and bearing
US10458852B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01M17/08
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for detecting a temperature of a railroad train wheel or bearing includes a thermal line scanner and a processor. The thermal line scanner is positioned to capture a plurality of thermal line scans of the wheel or bearing. The processor is configured to analyze each of the plurality of thermal line scans, identify a selected line of the plurality of thermal line scans, and calculate the temperature of the wheel or the bearing based on the selected line. Thus, the system and method disclosed herein reduce the acquired thermal data first to a single line for one or both of the wheel temperature and bearing temperature and then to single values.
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