Methods and system of automating track circuit calibration

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9254852
APP PUB NO 20120232813A1
SERIAL NO

13478448

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A method for calibrating a track circuit is provided. The track circuit includes a transmit processing unit, a receive processing unit, and a plurality of rails coupled in series to form a track section having a first end and a second end. The transmit processing unit is coupled to the track section adjacent the first end. The receive processing unit is coupled to the track section adjacent the second end. The method includes operating the transmit processing unit so that a first voltage is applied to the track section, operating the receive processing unit to detect a first current signal, and if a parameter of the first current signal is not within a predetermined acceptable range, then communicating with the transmit processing unit so that the transmit processing unit applies a second voltage to the track section, the second voltage having a different magnitude than the first voltage.

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KB SIGNALING INC4545 EAST RIVER ROAD WEST HENRIETTA NY 14586

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fries, Jeffrey Michael Viera, US 39 532
Lawson, Richard Lee Melbourne Beach, US 8 38
Otsubo, Tom Oak Grove, US 22 328

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