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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Jared Klineman Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
John William Brand, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Robert Francis Bryant, Melbourne, FL (US);
Scott William Dulmage, Melbourne, FL (US);
David Allen Eldredge, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert James Foy, Melbourne, FL (US);
Samuel William Golden, Melbourne, FL (US);
John Welsh McElroy, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A detection system for a rail vehicle includes a control module, which has a sensor input for receiving a signal from a sensor. The control module is configured to receive the signal and to output information responsive to the signal. In operation, the control module and a sensor are deployed on board the rail vehicle. The sensor is configured to generate the signal responsive to detecting a designated condition on board the rail vehicle. When the condition occurs, the sensor outputs the signal, which is received by the control module. Responsive to the signal, the control module outputs the information, such as communicating information of the signal content to another rail vehicle, or to an off board location. The designated condition may be unauthorized use of a handheld wireless device in a rail vehicle, or intruder entry into an unmanned rail vehicle.