A method for monitoring and diagnosing components of a rail vehicle, as a singular rail vehicle or as part of a rail vehicle train consisting of a plurality of rail vehicles, with regard to the necessary repair or maintenance, as appropriate, of at least one component, in which at least one measuring device captures at least one measurement variable, which is relevant to an assessment of a necessary repair or maintenance, as appropriate, of the component, is performed in which supplementation, extension, modification or adaptation of evaluation software implemented in an evaluation device is performed based on instructions, data and/or software modules sent from a control center to the evaluation device.

System and methods for detecting an operational status of a valve or passageway on a railway asset. The methods may comprise: resiliently biasing a magnet in a direction away from a wireless sensor node coupled to the passageway; determining that the passageway is in an open position when the wireless sensor node is neutrally polarized (the data collection device being neutrally polarized when the magnet is distant therefrom); causing the magnet to move in a direction towards the wireless sensor node responsive to a cover of the passageway being closed; and determining that the passageway is in a closed position when the wireless sensor node is magnetically polarized (the wireless sensor node being magnetically polarized when the magnet is proximate thereto).

A railroad car location, speed and heading sensor system including at least one self-powered, tie-mounted sensor node that is applicable universally to different railroad settings without using track circuits, inductive loops, radar systems, and wheel counters and associated disadvantages. Reliable and relatively low cost deterministic and redundant car presence detection is realized when multiple sensor nodes are arranged in a network, which may be a wireless mesh network, that is not affected by environmental conditions.

A railroad car location, speed and heading sensor system including at least one self-powered, tie-mounted sensor node that is applicable universally to different railroad settings without using track circuits, inductive loops, radar systems, and wheel counters and associated disadvantages. Reliable and relatively low cost deterministic and redundant car presence detection is realized when multiple sensor nodes are arranged in a network, which may be a wireless mesh network, that is not affected by environmental conditions.

A method for data transmission inside a rail-bound traffic system has of a plurality of field elements, in which the data transmission takes place via a flexible wireless transmission path between a sender field element and a control unit along available field elements. A data transmission system is for application of the method and a rail-bound traffic system having such a data transmission system. Furthermore, there is use of communication units on field elements of a rail-bound traffic system to form the data transmission system.

A method for data transmission inside a rail-bound traffic system has of a plurality of field elements, in which the data transmission takes place via a flexible wireless transmission path between a sender field element and a control unit along available field elements. A data transmission system is for application of the method and a rail-bound traffic system having such a data transmission system. Furthermore, there is use of communication units on field elements of a rail-bound traffic system to form the data transmission system.

A method analyzes conditions of technical components in view of a rarity and/or an abnormality of a condition. To provide a reliable analysis and thus a safely operating system the method includes: a) describing conditions of the technical components in a behavioral input space that is spanned by state variables, which are characteristic for the technical components, b) analyzing a condition of one technical component in respect to other conditions of this technical component in the behavioral input space, whereby a rarity of this condition of the technical component is detectable, and c) analyzing the condition of the technical component also in respect to analyses of conditions of further technical components in the behavioral input space. Whereby an abnormality of the condition of the technical component is detectable.

A monitoring and surveillance system arranged for processing video data associated with a vehicle, wherein said system is arranged to operate in at least two operating modi, a first modus of said two modi being associated with a first latency requirement for said video data and a second modus of said two modi being associated with a second latency requirement, said system comprising a camera unit, arranged to be installed in said vehicle, wherein said camera unit is arranged for capturing video data; a streaming unit, arranged to be installed in said vehicle, and arranged for receiving said video data and for transmitting said video data over a telecommunication network to a video processing server; said video processing server arranged for selecting a modus of said at least two operating modi, and for communicating said selected modus, over said telecommunication network, to said camera unit such that said streaming unit can be tuned to said selected modus. Complementary systems and methods are also presented herein.

Embodiments of the application provide a trackside device, a track starlink system and a train operation control system, which relate to a technical field of traffic trackside intelligent devices and are used to overcome a problem of a limited sensing range of existing on-board intelligent devices. The trackside device includes: a collection module configured to collect detection information at a side of a track; a processing module configured to process the detection information to obtain a processing result; a trackside resource control module configured to drive and control a trackside resource when a trackside resource request is received from a target train and the trackside resource is in a released state, wherein the trackside resource control module is further configured to monitor a state of the trackside resource; and a communication module configured to communicatively connect with a ground center and the target train.

Embodiments of the application provide a trackside device, a track starlink system and a train operation control system, which relate to a technical field of traffic trackside intelligent devices and are used to overcome a problem of a limited sensing range of existing on-board intelligent devices. The trackside device includes: a collection module configured to collect detection information at a side of a track; a processing module configured to process the detection information to obtain a processing result; a trackside resource control module configured to drive and control a trackside resource when a trackside resource request is received from a target train and the trackside resource is in a released state, wherein the trackside resource control module is further configured to monitor a state of the trackside resource; and a communication module configured to communicatively connect with a ground center and the target train.