Locomotive Onboard AI Video Gateway
The onboard video gateway aggregates, encodes, and records network and analog camera feeds. Its industrial multi-core platform and dedicated AI accelerator can pre-screen relevant footage, store it securely, and deliver standardized video streams to the onboard computer. The unit is designed for DC46–160 V locomotive power, continuous vibration, wide temperature ranges, and high electromagnetic interference.
Core capabilities
Multi-Channel Video Acquisition
Accepts IP and analog cameras, synchronizing the encoding and encrypted recording of track-ahead, running-gear, and cab video.
AI-Assisted Pre-Screening
A dedicated AI accelerator can flag candidate footage of track obstructions, rockfall, people, and running-gear anomalies before it is passed to the onboard computer for deeper analysis.
Priority Evidence Retention
Preserves critical event footage, such as major landslides or undercarriage defects, while routine recordings follow configurable circular-recording policies.
Coverage-Gap Video Cache
Retains HD video and event imagery through tunnels and remote territory, then synchronizes records according to configuration when communications are restored or the vehicle returns to a service location.
Camera Health Monitoring
Detects black screens, obstruction and disconnection at connected cameras and reports faults for maintenance attention.
Local Display Output
Provides HDMI output for live viewing and recorded-video playback on the cab display.
Core Parameters
Video Aggregation and Front-End Processing
- Video inputs
- Synchronized aggregation of IP and analog feeds from track-ahead, running-gear, and cab cameras
- AI pre-screening
- Dedicated AI acceleration flags relevant footage and supplies standardized streams to the onboard computer
- Evidence retention
- Industrial solid-state storage with separate event-snapshot retention and circular recording for routine video
Locomotive Adaptation
- Power and protection
- DC46–160 V locomotive input, sealed fanless IP65 enclosure, designed for vibration and high-EMI environments
Frequently Asked Questions
Can an ordinary industrial storage host replace the railway onboard video gateway?
Not recommended. Ordinary industrial storage hosts usually lack locomotive wide-voltage input, vibration resistance, wide-temperature operation, and EMC protection required for stable multi-channel onboard video capture and retention.
How do the video gateway and onboard computer divide work?
The video gateway connects the cameras, synchronizes encoding, pre-screens footage, manages recording, and outputs standardized video. The onboard computer correlates that video with vehicle data, runs local analytics, and produces event reports.
Will instant locomotive power loss cause critical media loss?
Power-loss cache protection and industrial anti-vibration solid-state storage help write critical defect and event snapshots during an instant power interruption, reducing the risk of critical media loss.