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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Bamfield, Ruby Bay, NZ;
Adam Moorhouse, Fontana, CA (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 29/00 (2006.01); B61L 99/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 99/00 (2013.01); B61L 23/00 (2013.01); B61L 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for graphically displaying real-time system logic used for troubleshooting railroad equipment such as e.g., a grade crossing predictor. The method and system graphically display ladder logic equations used to formulate a system status output, allowing a technician or other personnel to quickly determine the cause of an anomaly reflected in the output.