1460707364-d3763743-5adb-4d85-91b1-c3dc527be331

I claim:

1. A semiconductor memory having a memory cell array, the memory cell array comprising:
a silicon on insulator substrate having an insulation layer;
a first memory cell having a first storage capacitor and a first selection transistor formed as an n-channel transistor; and
a second memory cell having a second storage capacitor and a second selection transistor formed as a p-channel transistor;
said first memory cell and said second memory cell formed in said silicon on insulator substrate.
2. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first storage capacitor and said second storage capacitor is formed as a trench capacitor.
3. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said first storage capacitor and said second storage capacitor is formed as a stacked capacitor.
4. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, comprising:
a trench isolation formed in said substrate;
said trench isolation together with said insulation layer, insulating said first selection transistor from said second selection transistor.
5. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, wherein said first selection transistor is formed as a vertical transistor.
6. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, wherein said second selection transistor is formed as a vertical transistor.
7. The semiconductor memory according to claim 5, comprising:
a trench isolation formed in said substrate for insulating said first selection transistor from said second selection transistor; and
a conductive layer configured between said trench isolation and said insulation layer.
8. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, wherein:
said second selection transistor has a threshold voltage; and
said first selection transistor includes a gate made of a mid-gap material chosen such that said first selection transistor has a threshold voltage that is a negative value of said threshold voltage of said second selection transistor.
9. The semiconductor memory according to claim 8, comprising germanium provided as a dopant material.
10. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, wherein:
said first selection transistor includes a gate material;
said second selection transistor includes a gate material; and
at least one of said gate material said first selection transistor and said gate material of said second selection transistor includes polysilicon doped with a dopant.
11. The semiconductor memory according to claim 9, wherein said dopant is germanium.
12. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, wherein said first selection transistor includes a gate material selected from the group consisting of titanium nitride, tungsten, and tantalum.
13. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, wherein said second selection transistor includes a gate material selected from the group consisting of titanium nitride, tungsten, and tantalum.
14. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, comprising:
a silicide;
said first selection transistor including a source doping region connected to said first storage capacitor by said silicide.
15. The semiconductor memory according to claim 1, comprising:
a silicide;
said second selection transistor including a source doping region connected to said second storage capacitor by said silicide.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine comprising:
an airfoil including leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface extending from a platform in a radial direction to a tip; and
wherein the external airfoil surface is formed in substantial conformance with multiple cross-sectional profiles of the airfoil described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1, the Cartesian coordinates provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, and a span location, wherein the local axial chord corresponds to a width of the airfoil between the leading and trailing edges at the span location.
2. The turbine blade according to claim 1, wherein the airfoil is a second stage turbine blade.
3. The turbine blade according to claim 1, wherein the span location corresponds to a distance from a rotational axis of the airfoil.
4. The turbine blade according to claim 1, wherein the Cartesian coordinates in Table 1 have a tolerance relative to the specified coordinates of \xb10.050 inches (\xb11.27 mm).
5. A gas turbine engine comprising:
a compressor section;
a combustor fluidly connected to the compressor section;
a turbine section fluidly connected to the combustor, the turbine section comprising:
a high pressure turbine coupled to the high pressure compressor via a shaft;
a low pressure turbine; and

wherein the high pressure turbine includes an array of turbine blades, wherein at least one turbine blade includes an airfoil having leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface extending from a platform in a radial direction to a tip; and
wherein the external airfoil surface is formed in substantial conformance with multiple cross-sectional profiles of the airfoil described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1, the Cartesian coordinates provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, and a span location, wherein the local axial chord corresponds to a width of the airfoil between the leading and trailing edges at the span location.
6. The gas turbine engine according to claim 5, wherein the array is a second stage array of turbine blades.
7. The gas turbine engine according to claim 6, wherein the high pressure turbine includes an array of fixed stator vanes upstream from the first stage array of turbine blades.
8. The gas turbine engine according to claim 6, wherein the second stage array of turbine blades includes forty-four turbine blades.
9. The gas turbine engine according to claim 5, wherein the span location corresponds to a distance from a rotational axis of the airfoil.
10. The gas turbine engine according to claim 5, wherein the Cartesian coordinates in Table 1 have a tolerance relative to the specified coordinates of \xb10.050 inches (\xb11.27 mm).
11. The gas turbine engine according to claim 5, wherein the high pressure turbine consists of two arrays of turbine blades and two arrays of fixed stator vanes.

1460707361-ef0f353c-8477-45b8-848a-30fa26fc05cf

1. A multi-layered information recording medium used in an information recordingreproducing apparatus applicable to both a single-layer information recording medium having a single recording layer on one side of that medium and an arbitrary multi-layered information recording medium having two or more recording layers on one side of that medium, the multi-layered information recording medium comprising:
a plurality of recording layers, each recording layer having a guiding groove formed at a track pitch defined by a quadratic function of disk thickness of the associated recording layer;
wherein the plural recording layers include a reference recording layer that has a disk thickness closest to that of the single-layer information recording medium, and the track pitch of the guiding groove of the reference recording layer is the smallest amongst the plural recording layers.
2. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 1,
wherein if the multi-layered information recording medium is processed using an optical system having a wavelength of 400 nm to 420 nm and an objective lens with a NA value of 0.63 to 0.67 is used for data recording and reproducing, then the track pitch Pi of each of the recording layers satisfies
1.9\xd710\u22125\xd7(di\u2212600)2+0.45\u2266Pi, where di denotes the disk thickness of each of the recording layers.
3. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the guiding groove of each of the recording layers is a spiral groove, and wherein the track pitch of the spiral groove is determined such that the track pitch increases as the separation of the associated recording layer from the reference recording layer increases.
4. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 1,
wherein the track pitches TPm and TPn of respective two adjacent m-th and n-th recording layers satisfy
|(TPm\u2212TPn)TPm|\u22670.043.
5. The multi-layered information recording medium according to any one of claims 1 through 4, wherein the track pitch of the guiding groove formed in each of the recording layers is set so as to achieve an optical resolution equivalent to the optical resolution or a modulation transfer function of a light spot in a radial direction of the recording layer of the single-layer information recording medium.
6. A multi-layered information recording medium used in an information recordingreproducing apparatus applicable to both a single-layer information recording medium having a single recording layer on one side of that medium and an arbitrary multi-layered information recording medium having two or more recording layers on one side of that medium, the multi-layered information recording medium comprising:
a plurality of recording layers, each recording layer having a guiding groove and recording marks formed in the guiding groove wherein said recording marks have a minimum mark length that is a quadratic function of a disk thickness of the associated recording layer;
wherein the plural recording layers include a reference recording layer that has the disk thickness closest to that of the single-layer information recording medium, and the minimum mark length of the recording marks of the reference recording layer is the smallest amongst the plural recording layers.
7. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 6,
wherein if the multi-layered information recording medium is processed in an optical system having a wavelength of 400 nm to 420 nm and with an objective lens with a NA value of 0.63 to 0.67, then the minimum mark length Si of each of the recording layers satisfies
1.14\xd710\u22125\xd7(di\u2212600)2+0.24\u2266Si,
where di denotes the disk thickness of each of the recording layers.
8. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the guiding groove of each of the recording layers is a spiral groove, and the recording marks are formed in the spiral groove of the associated recording layer in such a manner that the minimum mark length increases as the separation of the associated recording layer from the reference recording layer increases.
9. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 6,
wherein the minimum mark lengths Dm and Dn of respective two adjacent m-th and n-th recording layers satisfy
|(Dm\u2212Dn)Dm|\u22670.048.
10. The multi-layered information recording medium according to any one of claims 6 through 9, wherein the recording marks formed in each of the recording layers have the minimum mark length determined so as to achieve an optical resolution equivalent to the optical resolution or a modulation transfer function of a light spot in a data-writing direction of the recording layer of the single-layer information recording medium.
11. A multi-layered information recording medium used in an information recordingreproducing apparatus applicable to both a single-layer information recording medium having a single recording layer on one side of that medium and an arbitrary multi-layered information recording medium having two or more recording layers on one side of that medium, the multi-layered information recording medium comprising:
multiple recording layers, each of the recording layers having a guiding groove and recording marks formed in the guiding groove, the guiding groove having a track pitch determined by a quadratic function of the disk thickness of the associated recording layer, and recording marks having a minimum mark length determined by a quadratic function of the disk thickness of the associated recording layer;
wherein the multiple recording layers include a reference layer that has a disk thickness closest to that of the single-layer information recording medium, and the track pitch of the guiding groove and the minimum mark length of the recording marks of the reference recording layer are the smallest amongst the multiple recording layers.
12. The multi-layered recording medium according to claim 11, wherein:
the guiding groove of each of the recording layers has a track pitch determined so as to achieve an optical resolution equivalent to the optical resolution or a modulation transfer function of a light spot in a radial direction of the recording layer of the single-layer information recording medium, and
the recording marks of each of the recording layers has a minimum mark length determined so as to achieve an optical resolution equivalent to the optical resolution or the modulation transfer function of the light spot in a tangential direction of the recording layer of the single-layer information recording medium.
13. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 11, wherein the guiding groove of each of the recording layers is a spiral groove, and the track pitch of the spiral groove increases as the separation of the associated recording layer from the reference recording layer increases.
14. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 11, wherein the guiding groove of each of the recording layers is a spiral groove, and the minimum mark length of the recording marks formed in the spiral groove increases as the separation of the associated recording layer from the reference layer increases.
15. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 1, 6 or 11, wherein the reference recording layer has the disk thickness equal to that of the single-layer information recording medium.
16. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 1 or 11,
wherein the guiding groove of each of the recording layers has a wobble representing unique information, and the guiding groove of each of the recording layers is wobbled such that a ratio of the track pitch of the associated recording layer to a wobble displacement is equal to a ratio of the track pitch of the single-layer information recording medium to a wobble displacement of the single-layer information recording medium.
17. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 6 or 11,
wherein the guiding groove of each of the recording layers has a wobble representing unique information, and the guiding groove of each of the recording layers is wobbled such that a ratio of the minimum mark length of the associated recording layer to a wobble frequency is equal to a ratio of the minimum mark length of the single-layer information recording medium to a wobble frequency of the single-layer information recording medium.
18. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 1 or 11, wherein the information about the track pitch of each of the recording layers is represented by a wobble of the guiding groove, or wherein each of the recording layers has an area for recording the information about the track pitch.
19. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 1 or 11, wherein information about the track pitches of the recording layers is represented by a wobble of the guiding groove of each of the recording layers, or wherein each of the recording layers has an area for writing the information about the track pitches of the recording layers.
20. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 6 or 11, wherein information about the minimum mark length of each of the recording layers is represented by a wobble of the guiding groove, or wherein each of the recording layers has an area for writing the information about the minimum mark length.
21. The multi-layered information recording medium according to claim 6 or 11, wherein information about the minimum mark lengths of the recording layers is represented by a wobble of the guiding groove of each of the recording layers, or wherein each of the recording layers has an area for recording the information about the minimum mark lengths of the recording layers.
22. An information recording apparatus operative for both a single-layer information recording medium having a single recording layer on one side of the medium and a multi-layered information recording medium having multiple recording layers on one side of the medium, the apparatus comprising:
a pickup device configured to read data about a currently processed recording layer from the recording medium; and
a writing unit configured to write information in a multi-layered information recording medium by forming recording marks in each of multiple recording layers of the multi-layered information recording medium wherein said recording marks formed in each of the recording layers have a minimum mark length that is a quadratic function of a disk thickness of the associated recording layer, wherein the multiple recording layers include a reference recording layer having a disk thickness closest to that of the single-layer information recording medium, and the recording mark having a minimum mark length formed in the reference layer becomes the smallest amongst the multiple recording layers of the multi-layered information recording medium.
23. The information recording apparatus according to claim 22, further comprising:
a controller configured to increase a rotational speed of the multi-layered information recording medium during the recording operation as separation of the currently processed recording layer from the reference recording layer becomes greater based upon the data read by the pickup device.
24. The information recording apparatus according to claim 22, further comprising:
a controller configured to increase a time duration of a recording pulse during the recording operation as separation of the currently processed recording layer from the reference recording layer becomes greater based upon the data read by the pickup device.
25. The information recording apparatus for recording information in the multi-layered information recording medium defined in any one of claim 1-4, 6-9, or 11-14, comprising:
a pickup device configured to read data about a currently processed recording layer from the multi-layered information recording medium;
a writing unit configured to write information in a multi-layered information recording medium by forming recording marks in each of multiple recording layers; and
a controller configured to increase a rotational speed of the multi-layered information recording medium as separation of the currently processed recording layer from the reference recording layer having the disk thickness closest to that of the single-layer information recording medium become greater, based upon the data read by the pickup device.
26. An information recording apparatus for recording information in the multi-layered information recording medium defined in any one of claim 1-4, 6-9, or 11-14, comprising:
a pickup device configured to read data about a currently processed recording layer from the multi-layered information recording medium;
a writing unit configured to write information in a multi-layered information recording medium by forming recording marks in each of multiple recording layers; and
a controller configured to increase a time duration of a recording pulse for recording the information in the multi-layered information recording medium as separation of the currently processed recording layer from the reference recording layer having the disk thickness closest to that of the single-layer information recording medium become greater, based upon the data read by the pickup device.
27. The information recording apparatus according to claim 25, configured to write information starting from the reference layer having the disk thickness closest to that of the single-layer information recording medium.
28. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from the multi-layered information recording medium defined in claim 1, comprising:
an optical system configured to produce a main beam and a sub-beam;
a pickup device configured to read data about a currently reproduced recording layer from the multi-layered information recording medium; and
a controller configured to perform track control using a differential push-pull method using the main beam and the sub-beam,
the controller changing a gain ratio of a push-pull signal generated by the sub-beam according to the track pitch of the guiding groove of each of the recording layers during the track control.
29. The information recording apparatus according to claim 26, configured to write information starting from the reference layer having the disk thickness closest to that of the single-layer information recording medium.
30. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing information from the multi-layered information recording medium defined in claim 11, comprising:
an optical system configured to produce a main beam and a sub-beam;
a pickup device configured to read data about a currently reproduced recording layer from the multi-layered information recording medium; and
a controller configured to perform track control using a differential push-pull method using the main beam and the sub-beam,
the controller changing a gain ratio of a push-pull signal generated by the sub-beam according to the track pitch of the guiding groove of each of the recording layers during the track control.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A system configured to detect rail vehicle events based on pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets, the system coupled to a rail vehicle, the system comprising:
one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to operation andor context of the rail vehicle; and
one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to:
determine one or more rail vehicle parameters based on the output signals, the one or more rail vehicle parameters being related to the operation andor context of the rail vehicle;
obtain one or more pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets, the one or more pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets including criteria sets associated with individual rail vehicle events, the one or more predetermined rail vehicle event criteria sets including a first criteria set that corresponds to a first rail vehicle event, the first criteria set including a first individual criterion;
detect individual rail vehicle events based on the determined rail vehicle parameters and the obtained pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets by comparing the determined rail vehicle parameters to the criteria sets such that the first rail vehicle event is detected responsive to the determined parameters satisfying the first criteria set;
determine one or more rail vehicle operator parameters based on the output signals from the biological information sensors, the one or more rail vehicle operator parameters being related to an excitement level of the rail vehicle operator; and
detect rail vehicle events based on the determined rail vehicle operator parameters, the determined rail vehicle parameters, and the obtained pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets by comparing the determined rail vehicle operator parameters and the determined rail vehicle parameters to the criteria sets such that the first rail vehicle event is detected responsive to one or more of the rail vehicle operator parameters or the rail vehicle parameters satisfying the first criteria set.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors generate output signals conveying information related to one or more of safety systems of the rail vehicle, mechanical systems of the rail vehicle, communication systems of the rail vehicle, passengers riding in the rail vehicle, an operator of the rail vehicle, movement of the rail vehicle, an orientation of the rail vehicle, a geographic position of the rail vehicle, a track the rail vehicle rides on, or a spatial position of the rail vehicle relative to other objects.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether an ATP overspeed system of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the ATP overspeed system has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether an ATP bypass switch of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the ATP bypass switch has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether a track brake has been activated; and
a determination that the track brake has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether an emergency brake of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the emergency brake has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether an intercom call has been made via an intercom system of the rail vehicle; and
a determination that an intercom call has been made satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether a high horn of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the high horn has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether a communications based train control (CBTC) system of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the CBTC system has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured such that:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether a penalty stop has occurred; and
a determination that a penalty stop has occurred satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured to determine one or more rail vehicle parameters related to slingshotting; and
responsive to the parameters related to slingshotting satisfying one or more individual slingshotting criteria, determining that slingshotting has occurred.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured to determine one or more rail vehicle parameters related to an improper stop at a station; and
responsive to the parameters related to an improper stop at a station satisfying one or more individual improper stop criteria, determining that an improper stop at a station has occurred.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured to filter detected rail vehicle events based on pre-determined geo-fences, wherein geo-fences are virtual boundaries that define physical areas where one or more rail vehicle events are permissible or are not permissible.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured to adjust individual criteria in the rail vehicle event criteria sets based on a physical location of the rail vehicle relative to the pre-determined geo-fences.
15. A method for detecting rail vehicle events based on pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets, the method comprising:
generating output signals conveying information related to operation andor context of a rail vehicle;
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters based on the output signals, the one or more rail vehicle parameters being related to the operation andor context of the rail vehicle;
obtaining one or more pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets, the one or more pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets including criteria sets associated with individual rail vehicle events, the one or more pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets including a first criteria set that corresponds to a first rail vehicle event, the first criteria set including a first individual criterion;
detecting individual rail vehicle events based on the determined rail vehicle parameters and the obtained pre-determined rail vehicle event criteria sets by comparing the determined rail vehicle parameters to the criteria sets such that the first rail vehicle event is detected responsive to the determined parameters satisfying the first criteria set;
determining one or more rail vehicle operator parameters based on the output signals that convey the information related to the biological activity of the vehicle operator, the one or more rail vehicle operator parameters being related to an excitement level of the rail vehicle operator; and
detecting rail vehicle events based on the determined rail vehicle operator parameters, the determined rail vehicle parameters, and the obtained predetermined rail vehicle event criteria sets by comparing the determined rail vehicle operator parameters and the determined rail vehicle parameters to the criteria sets such that the first rail vehicle event is detected responsive to one or more of the rail vehicle operator parameters or the rail vehicle parameters satisfying the first criteria set.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the output signals convey information related to one or more of safety systems of the rail vehicle, mechanical systems of the rail vehicle, communication systems of the rail vehicle, passengers riding in the rail vehicle, an operator of the rail vehicle, movement of the rail vehicle, an orientation of the rail vehicle, a geographic position of the rail vehicle, a track the rail vehicle rides on, or a spatial position of the rail vehicle relative to other objects.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether an ATP overspeed system of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the ATP overspeed system has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether an ATP bypass switch of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the ATP bypass switch has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
19. The method of claim 15, wherein:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether a track brake has been activated; and
a determination that the track brake has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether an emergency brake of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the emergency brake has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
21. The method of claim 15, wherein:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether an intercom call has been made via an intercom system of the rail vehicle; and
a determination that an intercom call has been made satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
22. The method of claim 15, wherein:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether a high horn of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the high horn has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
23. The method of claim 15, wherein:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether a communications based train control (CBTC) system of the rail vehicle has been activated; and
a determination that the CBTC system has been activated satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
24. The method of claim 15, wherein:
determining one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining whether a penalty stop has occurred; and
a determination that a penalty stop has occurred satisfies the first criteria set for the first rail vehicle event.
25. The method of claim 15, wherein determining the one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining one or more rail vehicle parameters related to slingshotting; and
responsive to the parameters related to slingshotting satisfying one or more individual slingshotting criteria, determining that slingshotting has occurred.
26. The method of claim 15, wherein determining the one or more rail vehicle parameters includes determining one or more rail vehicle parameters related to an improper stop at a station; and
responsive to the parameters related to an improper stop at a station satisfying one or more individual improper stop criteria, determining that an improper stop at a station has occurred.
27. The method of claim 15, further comprising filtering detected rail vehicle events based on pre-determined geo-fences, wherein geo-fences are virtual boundaries that define physical areas where one or more rail vehicle events are permissible or are not permissible.
28. The method of claim 27, further comprising adjusting individual criteria in the rail vehicle event criteria sets based on a physical location of the rail vehicle relative to the pre-determined geo-fences.