Train detection and alert system
US12039863B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 16, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/13
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed to provide train detection and alerts. Embodiments include monitoring train status data, detecting a presence of a train based on the train status data, capturing current train data and converting the current train data and mapping device location data from one or more mapping devices into train metrics. Embodiments estimate an arrival time of the train at a railroad crossing and a duration of the train at the railroad crossing, check the current train data for errors, apply rules to the current train data to validate the current train data and generate an alert in response to the rules being satisfied. Embodiments display the alert on the one or more mapping devices to notify one or more corresponding users of the one or more mapping devices of the presence of the train.
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