Inspection system and method

摘要

An inspection system for use with a rail vehicle includes a database containing vehicle route data and at least one location of track to be inspected. The database may be accessed by rail vehicles with on-board inspection systems so that they may inspect the location of track to be inspected.

主权项

1. An inspection system, comprising:
a sensor system on board a rail vehicle configured for inspection of track on which the rail vehicle is configured to travel; a database containing vehicle route data and at least one location of track to be inspected; a global positioning system configured to determine a location of the rail vehicle along a route in the database; a control system on board the rail vehicle, wherein the control system is configured to activate the sensor system for inspecting the track based on the location determined by the global positioning system as cross-referenced to the database; wherein the database is configured to be accessed by the rail vehicle, when on a route contained in the database, for the rail vehicle to inspect one or more locations of track to be inspected along the route; and wherein the database further contains one or more frequencies that the at least one location of track is to be inspected and one or more previous times that the at least one location of track was inspected, and wherein the control system is configured to activate the sensor system for inspecting the track further based on the one or more frequencies and the one or more previous times.