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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Samuel William Golden, Melbourne, FL (US);
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Yuri Alexeyevich Plotnikov, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jeffrey Michael Fries, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Steven Joseph Ehret, Erie, PA (US);
Nicholas David Nagrodsky, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A route examination system and method automatically detect (with an identification unit onboard a vehicle having one or more processors) a location of a break in conductivity of a first route during movement of the vehicle along the first route. The system and method also identify (with the identification unit) one or more of a location of the vehicle on the first route or the first route from among several different routes based at least in part on the location of the break in the conductivity of the first route that is detected.