A video content analysis system for mobile assets that includes track detection and infrastructure monitoring component. The track detection and infrastructure monitoring includes a reinforcement learning component, an object detection and location component, and an obstruction detection component to analyze video data, audio data, vehicle data, weather data, and route/manifest data to determine internal and/or external conditions relating to an the asset. A data acquisition and recording system uploads the data, internal and/or external condition information, object detection information, object location information, and obstruction detection information to a remote memory module and provides streaming video data in real-time to a remotely located user. Remotely located users can view the data in various view modes through a web browser or virtual reality device, which provides for quicker emergency response, validates the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitors crew performance and safety.

A system for automatically updating route information to a locomotive that includes a route computer and voice radio encoder that merges data representing temporary changes in a route with a voice radio call placed by a dispatcher to a locomotive engineer. A voice radio decoder coupled to the locomotive cab voice radio extracts the data representing the temporary changes from the voice radio signal and provides the data directed to the energy management system so that there is no need for the engineer to manually enter the temporary data.

A control apparatus mounted on a railcar including a plurality of wheelsets includes: a torque basic value setting portion configured to set a basic value of torque applied to each of the plurality of wheelsets; an adhesion determining portion configured to determine whether or not each of the plurality of wheelsets adheres to a rail; and a torque correcting portion configured to correct the basic value of the torque to obtain a corrected value that is smaller than the basic value. The plurality of wheelsets includes one or more specific wheelsets and one or more general wheelsets other than the specific wheelsets. The torque correcting portion calculates the corrected value of the torque, applied to the general wheelset, in accordance with a first rule and calculates the corrected value of the torque, applied to the specific wheelset, in accordance with a second rule different from the first rule.

A conveyor facility having at least one traveling unit, which has an electrical load, in particular an electric drive and which can be moved along a conveyor path by means of the drive; and a railbus, which is arranged along the conveyor path and which has at least one supply collector wire via which the traveling unit is supplied with power. In order to reduce the space required by the railbus, a safety device is provided which has only one safety collector wire and yet ensures an emergency stop in a fault-tolerant manner.

A rail vehicle has a set of operational subsystems and a driver's cab display device for displaying information to the driver of the vehicle. The driver's cab display device has at least one central display unit. The novel rail vehicle enables flexible and targeted outputting of information to the driver of the vehicle. For that purpose, the driver's cab display device has a control unit which is connected upstream of the display unit and which is provided to organize a dynamic information content, relating to multiple operational subsystems, for the display unit.

A system and method for monitoring a roadway by comparing captured images to image inconsistencies caused by lost or unnecessary motion and for minimizing lost or unnecessary motion of an axel of a vehicle and filtering erroneous pulses of an electrical signal to generate a trigger signal to capture images is presented. The system enables the minimization of image artifacts causing distortion in an image. The system can take images of a target, compute an object pixel size of the image to ensure calibration of longitudinal measurements, and calibrate the rotary encoder with the camera of the machine vision system. The system can enable calibration of the locomotive components in the field to compensate for the misalignment of the machine vision system and provide safe travels.

A system is provided that include at least one positioning system that can detect a location or position of a vehicle or a portion of a vehicle group that includes the vehicle, at least one sensor positioned on or associated with the vehicle that can generate sensor data of a determined parameter or condition, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the positioning system. The controller can determine that a hazard event has occurred based at least partially on sensor data, and can communicate a hazard event notification based at least in part on the location data and the sensor data to a remote server.

System includes a controller configured to obtain one or more of a route parameter or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of one or more of a route or a vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the one or more of the route or the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time. The controller is configured to examine the one or more of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter to determine whether the one or more of the route or the vehicle system is damaged. The system also includes examination equipment configured to continually monitor the one or more of the route or the vehicle system responsive to determining that the one or more of the route or the vehicle is damaged.

A method and device for detecting a derailment state of a rail vehicle, wherein at least one kinematic variable is respectively measured via first and second sensors with respect to first and second wheelset end portions and corresponding measurement signals are formed, processed and evaluated, where values of first and second falling velocities y with respect to the first and second wheelset end portions are respectively calculated from the measurement signals via a computing unit and a derailment state of the rail vehicle is detected via a first comparison operation of the first falling velocity and the second falling velocity with a first falling velocity limit value and a second falling velocity limit value, which has a greater magnitude than the first falling velocity limit value such that a high level of certainty in the detection of derailment states is achieved.

A vehicle includes: a vehicle body including an entrance and exit opening that allows communication between inside and outside of a vehicle cabin; an incoming passenger detection unit mounted on a first side in a width direction of the entrance and exit opening outside the vehicle cabin of the vehicle body; and an outgoing passenger detection unit mounted on a second side in the width direction of the entrance and exit opening inside the vehicle cabin of the vehicle body.