Patents Assigned to Cairo Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6044698
    Abstract: A technique for monitoring anomalies in a railway system 400. The technique uses a motion sensor 207, 209 operably coupled to a chassis of a rail car 101 to detect a possibility of an event which may correspond to an anomaly in the railway system. A global positioning sensor (GPS) 213 operably coupled to the chassis detects a geographical location of the rail car 101 at a time corresponding to the event, which correlates the anomaly to the geographical location and the time. The technique also uses a processor 301 operably coupled to the motion sensor 207, 209 to direct a signal corresponding to the event and a recorder 215 operably coupled to the processor 301 to log the signal which may correspond to the anomaly and the geographical location of the rail car corresponding to the event. A central station 104 tracks and analyzes the anomaly over time to predict a possible defect in the railway system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Cairo Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Bryan
  • Patent number: 5987979
    Abstract: A technique for monitoring anomalies in a railway system 400 to predict a future track behavior. The technique uses a motion sensor 207, 209 operably coupled to a chassis of a rail car 101 to detect a possibility of an event which may correspond to an anomaly in the railway system. A global positioning sensor (GPS) 213 operably coupled to the chassis detects a geographical location of the rail car 101 at a time corresponding to the event, which correlates the anomaly to the geographical location and the time. The technique also uses a processor 301 operably coupled to the motion sensor 207, 209 to direct a signal corresponding to the event and a recorder 215 operably coupled to the processor 301 to log the signal which may correspond to the anomaly and the geographical location of the rail car corresponding to the event. A central station 104 tracks and analyzes the anomaly over time to predict a possible defect in the railway system using a record of the events over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Cairo Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Bryan
  • Patent number: 5956664
    Abstract: A computer program product for a computer system including a processor, a display, a historical database, and a geographic database, for determining railway defects includes a computer readable memory including code that directs the processor to receive positional data and status data for a portion of a railway, code that directs the processor to retrieve historical status data for the portion of the railway in response to the positional data from the historical database, code that directs the processor to compare the historical status data to the status data to determine a defect for the portion of the railway, code that directs the processor to retrieve an image of a geographic region in response to the positional data from the geographic database, code that directs the processor to determine an icon in response to the defect, and code that directs the display to display the image of the geographic region and the icon for the defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Cairo Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Bryan
  • Patent number: 5867404
    Abstract: A method for monitoring defects in a railway with a computer system, the computer system includes the steps of determining positional data and status data for a railway, comparing historical status data to the status data to determine a defect for the railway, the defect having a defect type, displaying an image of a particular geographic area on a display that includes a location corresponding to the positional data, determining an icon associated with the defect type, and displaying the icon associated with the defect type on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Cairo Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Bryan