Train control having improved wheel wear adjustment for more accurate train operation
An improved control system is provided for a steel wheel vehicle having at least two propulsion/braking units with each unit operative with at least one axle. The system comprises a propulsion/braking... Read More
Inventors: Laskey, Paul S.;, Assignee: AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
System for the control of the progression of several railway trains in a network
The invention aims to provide a system for the management of a railway network which, while being of relatively simple construction particularly with regard to the track equipment, has improved safety... Read More
Inventors: Malon, Jean-Pierre;, Assignee: Aigle Azur Concept (Paris, FR) |
Plant for track-based detection of the wheel profile of train wheels
The aim underlying the present invention resides in providing an apparatus for the track-based detection of the wheel profile on train wheels which functions in a fully automatic manner while running ... Read More
Inventors: Danneskiold-Samsoe, Ulrik; Gramtorp, Johan; Torben Madsen, Anders-Haure; Anders Haure, Torben-Madsen;, Assignee: Caltronis A/S (Kobenhavn, DK) |
Automatic vehicle control and location system
A signaling and traffic control system which comprises: a vehicle-based control means capable of determining the location of a vehicle as it traverses along a guideway, said vehicle-based control mean... Read More
Inventors: Petit, William A.; Maderer, George G.; Macano, Samuel J.; Hoelscher, James R.;, Assignee: General Railway Signal Corporation (Rochester, NY) |
Railway crossing collision avoidance system
With the system of the present invention, road vehicles in the vicinity of a railway crossing are informed of a train approaching the crossing. In a first embodiment of the invention, a signalling dev... Read More
Inventors: Welk, James E.;, Assignee: Alternative Safety Technologies (Whitney, CA) |
Method and apparatus for initializing an automated train control system
The present invention is a vehicle initialization system for a control system that includes a vehicle to be initialized, a vehicle path adapted to coact with the vehicle and at least two spaced apart ... Read More
Inventors: Ackerman, Joseph R.; Karg, Kenneth A.; Patel, Angela C.;, Assignee: ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation (North America) Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Method of determining a directional change during vehicle navigation, apparatus for carrying out such a method, and vehicle comprising such an apparatus
It is an object of the invention to provide a method which determines the directional change of a vehicle from data from wheel sensors, in which the accuracy of the determination of the directional ch... Read More
Inventors: Veugen, Leonardus M. M.; Hermans, Hans G. M.; Van Kessel, Antoon M. M.;, Assignee: Mannesman VDO Ag (Frankfurt, DE) |
Navigation system for automatic guided vehicle
A navigation system and method embodying the present invention eliminates the requirement for custom software on the automatic guided vehicles as well as in the central computer. Instead, radio freque... Read More
Inventors: Douglas, Barry D.; Bencel, Joseph A.;, Assignee: FMC Corporation (Chicago, IL) |
Broken rail detection system and method
What is claimed is: 1. In a track circuit comprising two or more electrically isolated rails, a method for detecting breaks in the rails comprising the steps of: (a) electrically interrupting the firs... Read More
Inventors: Peek, Ernest; Basta, Wayne;, Assignee: GE-Harris Railway Electronics, LLC (Melbourne, FL) |
Wheel diameter calibration system for vehicle slip/slide control
The present invention is implemented in one form in which a wheel diameter calibration system for a traction vehicle having a plurality of independently powered wheel-axle sets, such as a locomotive, ... Read More
Inventors: Kumar, Ajith Kuttannair; Worden, Bret Dwayne;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Erie, PA) |
Intelligent rail crossing control system and train tracking system
The present invention describes novel systems and methods for controlling rail crossings. An intelligent intersection control system is described featuring an internal controller which receives digita... Read More
Inventors: Roop, Stephen S.; Ruback, Leonard G.;, Assignee: The Texas A&M University System (College Station, TX) |
Meter driving device
I claim: 1. A meter driving device comprising: a meter unit; electronic components classified and integrated into plural electronic component units; attach-and-detach means permitting the electronic c... Read More
Inventors: Tamura, Shigeaki;, Assignee: Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd. (Niigata, JP) |
Method of determining train and track characteristics using navigational data
The present invention relates generally to determining the position of trains on a track and more specifically to determining characteristics of the train and/or track from the position of the train. ... Read More
Inventors: Hawthorne, Michael J.; Nickles, Stephen K.;, Assignee: New York Air Brake Corporation (Watertown, NY) |
Collision avoidance using GPS device and train proximity detector
In accordance with the principles and concepts of the invention, there is disclosed an improved train proximity detector that substantially reduces or overcomes the problems and disadvantages of the p... Read More
Inventors: Erick, Jack M.;, Assignee: Dynamic Vehicle Safety Systems, Ltd. (Amarillo, TX) |
Portable beacons
The present generally relates to train control systems and more specifically to the integration of portable beacons into train control systems. Train control systems in the United States have develope... Read More
Inventors: Hawthorne, Michael J.;, Assignee: New York Air Brake Corporation (Watertown, NY) |
Methods and apparatus for determining that a train has changed paths
There is therefore provided, in one embodiment, a path determination device configured to receive measured heading and distance information; determine heading corrections, distance corrections, and re... Read More
Inventors: Zahm, Charles L.; Matheson, William L.;, Assignee: GE-Harris Railway Electronics, LLC (Melbourne, FL) |
Apparatus for generating road information from stored digital map database
Accordingly, a need remains to improve the known technique in movement toward versatile apparatus for generating road information ahead a vehicle. An object of the present invention is to improve vers... Read More
Inventors: Satoh, Yoshihiro; Saito, Hiroshi;, Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Yokohama, JP) |
Heading and position error-correction method and apparatus for vehicle navigation systems
The present invention provides methods and devices that enable correction of gyroscope bias and gyroscope bias drift in low-cost, vehicular navigation and positioning systems without using estimates o... Read More
Inventors: Geier, George J.; Figor, Russel; Strother, Troy L.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Magnetic wheel sensor for vehicle navigation system
According to the present invention, an ACUTRAK system is implemented in part using a wheel sensor in the form of Hall effect magnetic rotation system. A floated compass is used in conjunction with the... Read More
Inventors: Bingeman, Kirk; Velasquez, Richard; Tekniepe, William;, Assignee: Prolink, Inc. (Chandler, AZ) |
Method and system for compensating for wheel wear on a train
The present invention meets the aforementioned need to a great extent by providing a method and system for compensating for wheel wear in which wheel rotation information from a revolution counter or ... Read More
Inventors: Kane, Mark Edward; Shockley, James Francis; Hickenlooper, Harrison Thomas;, Assignee: Quantum Engineering, Inc. (Orange Park, FL) |
Charging control system for moving robot system
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a charging control system by which the charging operations of the robots can be carried out efficiently. In a first aspect of the prese... Read More
Inventors: Onishi, Masanori; Tabata, Hidemitsu; Yamashita, Teppei; Murata, Masanao;, Assignee: Shinko Electric Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Multi-functional robot with remote and video system
The present invention is a multi-function robot. The robot can operate autonomously or be manipulated remotely by a remote control device. To interact with people in a room, the robot is designed with... Read More
Inventors: Parker, Andrew J.; McKinney, Jr., Edward C.; Christianson, Tristan M.; Thalheimer, Richard J.; Lau, Shek Fai; Duncan, Mark; Taylor, Charles E.;, Assignee: Sharper Image Corporation (San Francisco, CA) |
System, method, and program for robot control
What is claimed is: 1. A robot control system for controlling a robot of which motions can be varied by replacement of control software, the robot control system comprising: execution means for execut... Read More
Inventors: Takano, Yosuke;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Collision and theft alert system
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of warning systems of known designs and configurations now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved colli... Read More
Inventors: Bycroft, Susan M.;, Assignee: |
Diagnostic system for a motor vehicle
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, an automobile 1 is equipped with an electronic control system S comprising an electronic control unit 2, a plurality of sensors 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17,... Read More
Inventors: Abe, Kunihiro;, Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Battery management system for electric vehicle
With these problems, therefore, there is the object of the present invention to provide a battery management system for an electric vehicle, which can monitor the battery status (e.g., remaining capac... Read More
Inventors: Takahashi, Tsutomu;, Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Power supplying apparatus for vehicle and intensive wiring apparatus
What is claimed is: 1. A power supply apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an electric power line comprising a plurality of sequentially connected segments wired in an interior of a vehicle from a bat... Read More
Inventors: Yoshida, Tatsuya; Saito, Hiroyuki; Sakamoto, Shinichi; Kon-i, Mitsuru; Kuramochi, Yuichi; Okamoto, Kaneyuki; Ohsaka, Ichiro; Horibe, Kiyoshi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd. (Htachinaki, JP) |
Vehicle communication system and method for vehicles capable of automatic storing of vehicle identification code
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a communication system for a vehicle, in which a vehicle identification code is automatically stored even when an old ECU is to be replaced by a n... Read More
Inventors: Hazama, Koji; Nomura, Hajime; Shigyo, Masakatsu; Hozuka, Minoru;, Assignee: Denso Corporation (Kariya, JP) |
Vehicle proximity-alerting device
Applicants proximity-alerting device is designed to accommodate a wide range of applications. For some applications, the proximity-alerting device is designed for a specific application. For example, ... Read More
Inventors: Klaus, Duane;, Assignee: |
Vehicle active drive assist device and vehicle provided with the same
In view of the foregoing, the present invention has been devised, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle active drive assist device which has high practical applicability, t... Read More
Inventors: Ikeda, Atsushi;, Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Navigation and GPS 
