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Patent No.:

US 9610959 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

May. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Travis Pless, Waddy, KY (US);

Barton DeJarnatt, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC., Alpharetta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/42 (2006.01); B61L 7/10 (2006.01); B61L 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 7/10 (2013.01); B61L 5/18 (2013.01); B61L 5/1881 (2013.01); B61L 2207/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A monitoring system for a wayside signaling device includes a light emitting diode (LED) circuit with an LED array, a LED driver unit for driving the LED array, and a mechanism for connecting and disconnecting the LED circuit, and an optical light sensing circuit with a light-controlled variable resistor operably coupled to a resistor driver unit including relay functionality. The LED circuit and the sensing circuit are arranged such that the light-controlled variable resistor monitors an output of the LED array, and that the relay functionality triggers the mechanism to connect or disconnect the LED circuit based on the output of the LED array.


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Pless, Travis. (2017). Monitoring system, wayside led signaling device, and method for monitoring a wayside led signaling device (U.S. Patent No. 9610959). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9610959

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