The present invention discloses a device and a method for testing cab signaling system. The device comprises a cart body, a shunt element, an antenna, an audio/visual unit, and a processing system. The cart body of the device comprises two or more wheels that are coupled at a lower end of the cart body and engaged with rails of railroad. Further, the shunt element is configured to shunt the rails of railroad to simulate a train on the railroad. The antenna receives one or more analog signals transmitted by the cab signaling systems into the rails of the railroad. Furthermore, the processing system converts the received one or more analog signals into corresponding one or more speed commands.

The invention relates to a method for distinguishing, detecting and counting persons and/or objects in vehicles for conveying persons and/or goods, with the method steps: emitting radiation from a radiation source, deflecting the radiation with an element for deflecting the radiation, generating a light pattern in a detection region with a beam density ρ.sub.s of 5*10.sup.2/4*πsr.sup.−1≤ρ.sub.s≤10.sup.6/4*πsr.sup.−1, and detecting the radiation backscattered by persons and/or objects situated in the detection region in a radiation detector, as well as a corresponding person and/or object counting device.

Systems and methods for monitoring an operation of a door of a public transportation vehicle are disclosed. In an embodiment, the system includes an optical sensor unit and a control unit. The optical sensor is arranged at a distance from the door and configured to record a movement of the door during an opening and/or a closing. The control unit is configured to (1) determine a position of a reference point of the door based on the recorded movement of the door, (2) determine a parameter of the movement of the door during the movement based on the determined position of the reference point, (3) determine a deviation of the parameter of the movement from a predetermined/allowed range of values of the parameter, and (4) determine an error in the operation of the door based on the determined deviation.

The present invention refers to a system for monitoring a railroad axle and its peripherals comprising a steel axle (10), and at least one monitoring device (20) coupled to the axle and its elements (10), wherein the at least one monitoring device (20) performs measurements of data indicative of monitored conditions of the axle (10) and its peripherals, and transmits the measurements to at least one remote point.

A power control system for a vehicle system identifies coupler nodes in the vehicle system for travel of the vehicle system along a route. The coupler nodes represent slack states of couplers between vehicles in the vehicle system. The system also determines combined driving parameters at locations along the route where a state of the coupler nodes in the vehicle system will change within the vehicle system during the upcoming movement of the vehicle system. The system determines a restriction on operations of the vehicle system to control the coupler nodes during the upcoming movement of the vehicle system and to distribute the combined driving parameters among two or more of the vehicles.

A system for providing operational data of a vehicle component, in particular of a component of an air supply system of a rail vehicle, includes at least one detector for capturing the operational data of the vehicle component; a transmitter coupled to the at least one detector, for transmitting the operational data of the vehicle component to an external memory device for storing the operational data; and an identification number of the component, the number being provided on the vehicle component.

A train control system uses artificial intelligence for maintaining synchronization between centralized and distributed train control models. A machine learning engine receives training data from a data acquisition hub, a first set of output control commands from a centralized virtual system modeling engine, and a second set of output control commands from a distributed virtual system modeling engine. The machine learning engine compares the first set of output control commands and the second set of output control commands, and trains a learning system using the training data to enable the machine learning engine to safely mitigate any difference between the first and second sets of output control commands using a learning function including at least one learning parameter.

A data collection module for collecting data relating to at least one device of a vehicle is provided. The module includes connection means configured to be connected to a maintenance port of a device controller that manages operation of the at least one device. The connection means also is configured to establish communication with the device controller through the maintenance port. The module also includes data retrieval means configured to collect, during the operation of the at least one device at predefined instants, data relating to the at least one device via the communication that is established.

A monitoring system includes a sensor that may output a sensed moving speed of a vehicle system. The monitoring system may also include one or more processors in communication with the sensor. The one or more processors may calculate a predicted speed of the vehicle system based on one or more forces acting on the vehicle system, and compare the predicted speed with the sensed moving speed. The one or more processors may also control movement of the vehicle system based on comparing the predicted speed with the sensed moving speed.

A system for analyzing thermal properties of a railroad includes a thermal imaging device configured to generate thermal image data reproducible as a thermal image of a portion of the railroad, the thermal image data being associated with a location of the portion of the railroad, an electronic display device, a memory device configured to receive and store therein the generated thermal image data; and one or more processors configured to: determine a temperature metric of the portion of the railroad based at least in part on the thermal image data; and cause the electronic display device to display (i) a first graph indicative of the temperature metric of the portion of the railroad and (ii) a second graph indicative of a railroad track geometry metric associated with the location of the portion of the railroad.