Class 246/187C - Control of vehicle from leading vehicle

Subclass of Class 246 - Railway switches and signals
No. of patents: 59
Last issue date: 08/28/2007

Number	Title	Issue Date
7263647	Signal error detection in railroad communication system A communication system for a distributed locomotive power/brake control system for a railroad train having a lead locomotive and one or more remote locomotives. Command and status signals are communicated over the system between the lead and remote locomotives. Each...	08/28/2007
7151992	Externally activated non-negative acceleration system The present invention is designed to complement the existing transportation infrastructure in order to alleviate ever-worsening traffic congestion in problematic areas by minimizing the impact of driver “bunching” habits and/or external events that lead to conge...	12/19/2006
7139646	Train control system and method of controlling a train or trains A train control system includes positioning systems at the end of the train and at the front of the train, allowing the conductor or engineer to unambiguously determine that no cars of the train have become detached. The positioning system at the end of the train is...	11/21/2006
7069122	Remote locomotive control A locomotive control system includes an on-board controller responsive to a time signal received from a remote source for outputting a first polling signal at a time determined with reference to the time signal. A first remote controller is responsive to the polling...	06/27/2006
7069123	Adaptive algorithm for locating network devices in an ECP brake-equipped train A method of locating nodes in train having at least one node per car and includes enabling each node; querying each enabled node to respond during a response interval; disabling each node which responded; and re-querying the enabled nodes until no further responses ...	06/27/2006
6862502	Intelligent communications, command, and control system for a land-based vehicle Method and communication system for a railroad train having at least one locomotive for automatically adjusting the communication system to provide effective communication of command data to control operation of the locomotive are provided. The system includes a tra...	03/01/2005
6799098	Remote control system for a locomotive using voice commands A remote control system for a locomotive. The remote control system includes a lead controller and follower controller connected to one another over a wireless communication link. The lead controller issues commands over the wireless communication link and those com...	09/28/2004
6759951	Method and system for communicating among a plurality of mobile assets A method and system for a lead mobile asset to verify that a remote mobile asset under the control of the lead mobile asset is following a set of command functions broadcast by the lead mobile asset in a command message. The lead and remote mobile assets may be part...	07/06/2004
6697716	Remote control system for a locomotive using voice commands A remote control system for a locomotive. The remote control system includes a lead controller and follower controller connected to one another over a wireless communication link. The lead controller issues commands over the wireless communication link an...	02/24/2004
6466847	Remote control system for a locomotive using voice commands A remote control system for a locomotive. The remote control system includes a lead controller and follower controller connected to one another over a wireless communication link. The lead controller issues command over the wireless communication link and...	10/15/2002
6322025	Dual-protocol locomotive control system and method An intra-train communication system includes a locomotive control unit (LCU) establishes a communications link between a lead unit and a remote unit which operate using different protocols and/or in different frequency bands. To accomplish this objective,...	11/27/2001
6173849	Termination of power and communications trainline of electro-pneumatic brakes A leading end termination connector on each locomotive and an EP line termination circuit in the leading end termination connector. The leading end connector of a locomotive not connected to an adjacent locomotive is connected to the leading end terminati...	01/16/2001
6012681	Automatic identification of EP brake equipped railcars An automatic identification system having a storage device mounted on the car, which includes the car identification data. A reading device is connected to a local communication node which communicates with the locomotive in a network. The local communica...	01/11/2000
5967465	Automatic identification of EP brake equipped railcars An automatic identification system having a storage device mounted on the car, which includes the car identification data. A reading device is connected to a local communication node which communicates with the locomotive in a network. The local communica...	10/19/1999
5936517	System to minimize the distance between trains Each train detects its location, velocity, and the time it will spend to pass the next bifurcation, joint, and intersection, respectively, and sends the information periodically to the trains that are or will be behind the train. The controller of each bi...	08/10/1999
5924653	Traffic control system and method of controlling the movement of a mobile unit A traffic control system for mobile units has a plurality of stationary, passive units having electronic store capacity and transmit and receive facilities. The store of the passive units contains an information code which is unique to the unit and is rel...	07/20/1999
5893043	Process and arrangement for determining the position of at least one point of a track-guided vehicle A process and an arrangement for determining the position of a vehicle moving on a given track by using a map matching process is provided. At least three types of position measuring data in the form of object site data, path length data and route course ...	04/06/1999
5813635	Train separation detection A train separation detector for a distributed power control system in railroad trains and trains with an installed Electronic Control Pneumatic (ECP) brake system uses the distance traveled input from an axle drive generator or similar device to compute t...	09/29/1998
5815823	Microprocessor controlled railway car accounting and communication system Apparatus by which a controlling information processing unit can communicate individually with subordinate information processing units which are connected sequentially along a pair of electrical conduction paths. The controlling unit assigns a unique add...	09/29/1998
5787371	Apparatus to enable controlling a throttle controlling from a remote host In a locomotive throttle controller having a digital central processor unit and an output driver mechanism for supplying signals to trainlines which control the locomotive engine throttle setting, reverser, and dynamic braking and for sending feedback sig...	07/28/1998
5738311	Distributed power train separation detection A train separation detector for a distributed power control system in railroad trains uses the distance traveled input from an axle drive generator or similar device to compute the speed of the lead locomotive and the speed of the remote locomotives and a...	04/14/1998
5720455	Intra-train radio communication system A radio-based system for a train including a lead transceiver unit and multiple remote transceiver units. The lead transceiver unit initiates a command by sending a command message. Each of the remote transceivers receiving the command message transmits a...	02/24/1998
5697583	Radio frequency coupler for communication between adjacent railway cars A radio frequency coupling device used in conjunction with a communications system for effecting free space communications between adjacent cars on a multi-car vehicle, wherein each of the cars has coupling arms for connecting the cars to each other, and ...	12/16/1997
5681015	Radio-based electro-pneumatic control communications system A radio-based, Electro-Pneumatic (EP) rail car braking system supports both End-of-Train (EOT) and Distributed Power Control (DPC) communication systems. The EP rail car braking system operates within existing frequency allocations and meets operational r...	10/28/1997
5630565	Locomotive M. U. trainline/jumper for EP brake application An EP controller, which is located on the leading locomotive, is connected by a cable to the leading end trainline connector of the lead locomotive. This powers the EP controller and provides communication by the EP controller over the trainline. A second...	05/20/1997
5570284	Method and apparatus for remote control of a locomotive throttle controller A protocol is provided for bi-directional communication of control signals between a host unit and a slave unit. The protocol is particularly adapted to the control of a locomotive from a remote host computer. The protocol provides for transmission of digital ...	10/29/1996
5530328	Consist power monitor A consist power monitor provides information to the engineer of a multiple unit consist on the ability of each locomotive to provide traction power and dynamic braking. The consist power monitor is a microprocessor based device which communicates with oth...	06/25/1996
5435505	Electronic communications radio frequency coupler for multi-car vehicle The communication link includes antennae mounted at adjacent ends of adjacent cars whereby electronic communications between the cars are effected by free space radio frequency coupling. The antennae are mounted in housings, which include radiation shield...	07/25/1995
5429329	Robotic railroad accident prevention vehicle and associated system elements A robotic vehicle (10) is shown with conventional train flanged wheels (11) riding upon common railroad tracks (12). The body (13) of the vehicle encloses a conventional diesel electric power unit (14) with speed characteristics comparable to the train it...	07/04/1995
5377938	Railroad telemetry and control systems Improvements relating to railroad telemetry and control system address problems in compatibility between HOT and EOT units, implement an automatic UDE location procedure, and automate calibration of EOT units. An improved two way protocol that allows EOT ...	01/03/1995
5351919	Trainline communication link using radio frequency signal The link permits communications between cars of a railway or subway trains. On at least a first one of the cars, a multiplexer multiplexes digital signals representative of the status of various systems on the car, and processes them into a first digital ...	10/04/1994
5149024	Conveyor carriage control system A system for controlling the movement of carriages in a conveyor system is disclosed in which individually powered carriages are controlled so as to stop a carriage at a designated position on the conveyor rail. Electrical contact wires extend along the c...	09/22/1992
5136225	Device for guiding vehicles on a virtual track A vehicle guidance system for guiding a vehicle on a virtual track includes a waveguide connected to a member emitting electromagnetic radiation at a frequency between 1 and 100 kHz and disposed on the axis of the track to be followed. At least one set of...	08/04/1992
5053964	On-board integrated vehicle control and communication system A train comprising a plurality of interconnected revenue carrying vehicles is provided. Each of the vehicles includes a controller for controlling the various sub-systems in the vehicle. When the vehicles are coupled to form a train, the controller in one...	10/01/1991
5039038	Railroad communication system A radio communication control system for a lead unit and a plurality of remote units is disclosed. The system has a protocol for establishing a communication link between the lead unit and the one or more remote units in the system which prevents any of t...	08/13/1991
5037045	Self-propelled carrier conveyor having carrier distancing control A conveyor comprising a plurality of self-propelled carriers with each carrier having a distance sensor for stepwise detecting the distance between each carrier and a preceding carrier, and a device for controlling the speed of each carrier to maintain th...	08/06/1991
4413568	Method of automatically operating a semi-continuous passenger transport system using passive vehicles, and means for implementing same A method and apparatus for automatically operating a semi-continuous passenger transport system using non-motorized vehicles. Fault conditions corresponding to passengers or articles carried by passengers projecting beyond a surface limiting access to the...	11/08/1983
4361300	Vehicle train routing apparatus and method The movement route of a vehicle operative with a roadway track having a plurality of stations and control signal gates is selected from a storage table of predetermined available routes in accordance with the known track plan and in relation to each stati...	11/30/1982
4360873	Power selection system for a consist of locomotives The number of on-line locomotives of a consist is either reduced or increased by a manual control system that conserves fuel by throttling back trailing locomotives and operating the remaining locomotives of the consist at the most efficient throttle posi...	11/23/1982
4344364	Apparatus and method for conserving fuel in the operation of a train consist The apparatus includes a master control unit associated with a first locomotive and a slave control unit associated with a second locomotive. Each of the control units is identically constructed to include an electronic processor and memory. The memory in...	08/17/1982

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Class 246/187C - Control of vehicle from leading vehicle