Method and apparatus for monitoring railway defects
US5867404A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S19/14
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for monitoring defects in a railway with a computer system, the computer system includes the steps of determining positional data and status data for a railway, comparing historical status data to the status data to determine a defect for the railway, the defect having a defect type, displaying an image of a particular geographic area on a display that includes a location corresponding to the positional data, determining an icon associated with the defect type, and displaying the icon associated with the defect type on the display.
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