System and method for detecting rock fall

Details System and method for detecting rock fall System and method for detecting rock fall

B - Operations, Transporting

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B61K 9/08 (2006.01) B61F 19/00 (2006.01) B61L 23/04 (2006.01) G01V 1/00 (2006.01) G06F 17/10 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2728105

Aspects of the invention provide systems and methods for using ballast sensors to detect rock fall events in a vicinity of railway tracks or similar roadways or tracks. The ballast sensors are spaced apart from the tracks. Particular embodiments permit the use of signals from the ballast sensors to discriminate rock fall events from other types of events and to detect the hypocenter of a rock fall event.

L'invention concerne des systèmes et des procédés pour utiliser des détecteurs de ballast pour détecter les événements de chute de roche à proximité de voies ferroviaires ou de voies de transport ou de rails similaires. Les capteurs de ballast sont espacés des rails. Les modes de réalisation particuliers permettent d'utiliser les signaux provenant des capteurs de ballast pour distinguer les événements de chute de roches des autres types d'événements et pour détecter l'hypocentre d'un événement de chute de roche.

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