Patent Document ID: 9421474
Application ID: 14073125
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method of simulating a sound of an actual rail car in conjunction with operation of a model thereof, the method comprising: sensing, by a sensor located on the model rail car, a force impinged upon the model rail car during operation thereof, and generating data representative of the force; processing, by a processor coupled with the sensor, the data to determine at least one sound which would be emanated by the actual rail car when subjected to a scaled at least one force; generating, by the processor, the at least one sound; and simulating a sound of another actual rail car in conjunction with operation of a model thereof coupled with the model of the actual rail car by adjusting, by the processor, the data to account for a distance between the sensor and the other model rail car so as determine a force impinged upon the other model rail car and processing, by the processor, the adjusted data to determine at least one sound which would be emanated by the other actual rail car when subjected to a scaled at least one force impinged upon the other model rail car.