US 12,084,099 B2
Method and arrangement for identifying a rail vehicle wheel
Ralph Mueller, Darmstadt (DE); and Viktor Rais, Muehltal (DE)
Assigned to Schenck Process Europe GmbH, Darmstadt (DE)
Filed by Schenck Process Europe GmbH, Darmstadt (DE)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/154,681.
Application 17/154,681 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/066926, filed on Jun. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 117 579.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0139060 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. B61L 25/04 (2006.01); B61K 9/12 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 25/04 (2013.01) [B61K 9/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for recognizing a rail vehicle wheel, the method comprising:
detecting a rollover of rail vehicle wheels on a load measuring device arranged on a rail;
ascertaining a specific detection pattern using a rollover signal of one of the rail vehicle wheels, the specific detection pattern being ascertained via the load measuring device arranged on the rail, the rollover signal describing a time characteristic of a rail load induced by the one of the rail vehicle wheels on the rail equipped with the load-measuring device during the rollover, the ascertained specific detection pattern comprising one or multiple time-independent identification parameter(s)/characteristic value(s) ascertained using the rollover signal;
comparing the ascertained specific detection pattern of the one of the rail vehicle wheels with previously stored reference-specific detection patterns associated with the rail vehicle wheels; and
recognizing, via the comparison, that the ascertained specific detection pattern of the one of the rail vehicle wheels rolling over the load measuring device corresponds to one of the previously stored reference-specific detection patterns, the one of the previously stored reference-specific detection patterns being associated with a specific rail vehicle wheel of the rail vehicle wheels, such that the one of the rail vehicle wheels rolling over the load measuring device is identified as the specific rail vehicle wheel.