SBIR/STTR Research Award
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER ALERTOR DEVICE
Award amount
$270,567Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Transportation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Tesa Design, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
INTEGRATION OF CONVENTIONAL LOCOMOTIVE CAB ALERTNESS/SAFETY SYSTEM WITH ULTRASONIC (AND OTHER) DEVICES AND MONITORED THROUGH AN ON BOARD MICROPROCESSOR. THE OBJECTIVE BEING A TAMPERPROOF, RELIABLE, INEXPENSIVE, AND EASILY INSTALLED MEANS OF MEASURING AND MAXIMIZING CREW ALERTNESS WITHOUT PHYSCAL DISCOMFORT. SURVEILANCE FREQUENCY AND VARIABLE MENU CAN BE LINKED TO RANDOM SELECTION AND TO PROGRAMMED IMPUT, SUCH AS TRAIN SPEED OR ROUTE LOCATION. THIS IS THE END OF THE TECHNICAL ABASTRACT.
Technology keywords
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