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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Sameh Fahmy, Montreal, CA;
Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Wolfgang Daum, Sussex, WI (US);
Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, PA (US);
Paul Kenneth Houpt, Schenectady, NY (US);
David Lowell McKay, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for examining a route and/or vehicle system obtain a route parameter and/or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of the route and/or the vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the route and/or the vehicle system are separated from each other by location and/or time. The route parameter and/or the vehicle parameter are examined to determine whether the route and/or the vehicle system is damaged and, responsive to determining that the route and/or the vehicle is damaged, the route and/or the vehicle system are continually monitored, such as by examination equipment onboard the vehicle system.