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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Applicant:
International Electronic Machines Corporation, Troy, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zahid F. Mian, Loudonville, NY (US);
Peter Hayes, Delmar, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Electronic Machines Corp., Troy, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 27/00 (2006.01); B61L 3/02 (2006.01); G01V 1/18 (2006.01); B61L 27/04 (2006.01); G01V 1/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 27/0094 (2013.01); B61L 3/02 (2013.01); B61L 27/04 (2013.01); G01V 1/181 (2013.01); B61L 27/0005 (2013.01); B61L 2201/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/001 (2013.01); G01V 1/288 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solution for managing effect-generating operations is provided. Data regarding one or multiple types of effects being generated by the operations can be acquired and analyzed. When necessary, actions can be initiated to benefit affected individuals or to improve the operations, e.g., by mitigating a source of excessive effects. In an illustrative application, the effect-generating operations are train operations and the types of effects include acoustic and/or vibration effects.