Patent ID: 6347265
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B61K,B61L

Abstract:
A track analyzer included on a vehicle traveling on a track, the track analyzer comprising:a vertical gyroscope for determining a grade and an elevation of the track; a rate gyroscope for determining a curvature of the track; a speed determiner for determining a speed of the vehicle relative to the track; a distance determiner for determining a distance the vehicle has traveled along the track; and a computing device, communicating with the vertical gyroscope, the rate gyroscope, the speed determiner, and the distance determiner, for a) identifying a plurality of parameters as a function of the grade, elevation, and curvature of the track, b) determining in real-time if the parameters are within acceptable tolerances, and, c) if the parameters are not within the acceptable tolerances, generating corrective measures.