US Patent Issued to BNSF Railway on July 21 for "Smart lamp system and method" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,108, issued on July 21, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co.

"Smart lamp system and method" was invented by Ross Martin Sterling (Gardner, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart lamp system and method for monitoring a status of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The system can provide LED status monitoring using a logic controller communicating with at least one strip of LEDs. The system can utilize the logic controller to assign a unique identifier (ID) to the at least one strip of LEDs based on a physical position of a plurality of dual-inline package (DIP) switches incorporated within a smart lamp housing. The system can provide a har...