B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – K
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
61
K
B61K 9/04 (2006.01) G08B 21/18 (2006.01) H04L 12/24 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2432700
In one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus (100) for detecting a hot rail car surface comprises: an infrared sensor (110) for acquiring an infrared signal from a rail car surface (120) of a rail car (130) and transducing the infrared signal into an electrical signal (115); a rank filter(140) for filtering tie electrical signal (115) to produce a filtered array (145); a first peak detector (150) for detecting a maximum filtered value (155) of the filtered array (145); and a first comparator (160) for comparing the maximum filtered value (155) to a detection threshold (165) to produce a filtered alarm signal.
Davenport David Michael
Dixon Walter Vincent
Houpt Paul Kenneth
Mathews Harry Kirk Jr.
Ringermacher Harry Israel
Company General Electric
Progress Rail Services Corporation
Smart & Biggar
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