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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8442708 | System and method for pacing a powered system traveling along a route A system is provided for pacing a powered system traveling along a route separated into a plurality of block regions. Each block region has a respective signal. The system includes a controller configured to receive a status of the signal in an adjacent block region... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8433461 | Method of planning the movement of trains using pre-allocation of resources A method of scheduling the movement of trains using the creation and the pre-allocation of virtual resources in order to develop an optimized schedule of actual train movement. ... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8433462 | Drone vehicle A drone vehicle for performing maintenance on a railway system is provided. A drone vehicle control system is structured to utilize tie position data to position a drone vehicle workhead over at least a portion of a respective tie. The drone vehicle control system i... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8428796 | Rail conveyance system for mining A rail-based system is disclosed for moving materials and is applicable to a number of industries. The invention describes a system of automated self-powered rail cars operating independently to transport material such as ore from a work face in a mine or cargo from... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428798 | Short headway communications based train control system A train control system includes a communication device associated with at least one control unit located on a first train; and a communication device associated with at least one control unit located on a second train. At least one of the control units of the first ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428797 | Method and arrangement for the operation of a railroad line A method and a configuration for the operation of a railroad line include at least one signal box for providing line-block-section-specific light signal data and a line side system for an intermittent automatic or inductive train control system at line block section... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8423208 | Rail communication system and method for communicating with a rail vehicle A rail communication system includes: a communication management device capable of being communicatively coupled with a conductive pathway that extends along a track; and an on-board communication device capable of being coupled with a rail vehicle that travels alon... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8412394 | Railroad signal message system and method A railroad signal message system is provided. The system includes: an input circuit to receive railroad data from a railroad signaling device, an aspect converter operatively coupled to the input circuit to convert the railroad data into a machine-readable message t... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8412393 | Apparatus and method for monitoring of infrastructure condition A system and method for vehicle-centric infrastructure monitoring system includes an inspection system mountable on a vehicle configured to travel over an expanse of rail track having a plurality of track blocks. The inspection system acquires track data for at leas... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8406943 | Apparatus and method for controlling remote train operation A method of verifying clearance of a rail crossing includes: (a) detecting the presence of a train near the crossing, the train being equipped with a locomotive control unit; (b) in response to detection of the train near the crossing, generating a unique code; (c) ... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8406942 | Control of throttle and braking actions at individual distributed power locomotives in a railroad train A method for controlling first and second locomotives of a railroad train, the first and the second locomotives separated by at least one railcar. The method comprises determining a location of the first locomotive and a location of the second locomotive, determinin... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8406941 | Adaptive brake scheme during a distributed power communication loss An adaptive brake system for a distributed power train responsive to an interruption in a communication system for the train and a brake application initiated at the lead locomotive, reduces the brake pipe fluid pressure at a lead locomotive and a remote locomotive ... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8406940 | Methods and systems for mapping railroad tracks A method for mapping a railroad track is provided. The method includes defining a plurality of track segments that form the railroad track and determining coordinates of each track segment. The method also includes storing the coordinates of each track segment in a ... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8386281 | Locomotive assistant There is provided a system for managing information comprising a network, a hand-held mobile device, and a central server computer. The network is established between the central server computer and the hand-held mobile device to communicate computer readable inform... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8380373 | System and method for dispatching by exception A system and method for controlling the movement of plural trains over a rail network, where the rail network is divided into at least one control area with a dispatcher assigned to manage the movement of trains in a control area by predicting the occurrence of even... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8370006 | Method and apparatus for optimizing a train trip using signal information One embodiment of the invention includes a system for operating a railway network comprising a first railway vehicle (400) during a trip along track segments (401/412/420). The system comprises a first element (65) for determining travel paramet... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8346413 | Wireless display unit for ECP transition system The present interface system includes a controller monitoring pressure on a locomotive brake pipe port, controlling pressure on a train brake pipe port in response to the pressure on a locomotive brake pipe port, providing ECP commands on an ECP trainline via a trai... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8346414 | System and method for determining whether a locomotive in a consist is in leading mode or trailing mode By taking a pressure reading at a particular port on a multiple-unit braking valve, e.g. the MU-2-A valve, and comparing such a reading to a main reservoir pressure, one can identify whether the locomotive in which the valve is situated is in trailing mode or leadin... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8332086 | System and method for forecasting the composition of an outbound train in a switchyard A system for forecasting the outbound workload in a switchyard. The system has a processing entity for which receives information on railcar traffic for handling by the switchyard, wherein the railcar traffic includes railcars that are yet to be switched into classi... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8321079 | Anti-collision control system for a vehicle An anti-collision control system for one or more vehicles fitted with an onboard automatic pilot (self-guiding) allowing for bi-directional movements on a single track under the control of a ground-based automated traffic control unit of the CBTC (Communication Base... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8311688 | Method for run-time incorporation of domain data configuration changes A method and apparatus for implementing a run-time configuration change for domain data in a database for an information systems where the domain data defines entities which are acted upon by the information system and where the reconfiguration of the domain data ca... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8306680 | Arrangement and method for controlling an automated system, in particular a railway system An arrangement for controlling an automated system, having a number of sensors and actuators, in particular for controlling a railroad system. A programmable control unit runs a user program to process input data from the sensors and to generate control commands for... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8296000 | Tracking rolling stock in a controlled area of a railway A system for monitoring the location of rolling stock within a controlled area of a railway system is provided. The system includes a plurality of axle counters within the controlled area, wherein the axle counts are associated with a global sequence identifier. A c... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8295998 | System, method, and computer software code for distributing and managing data for use by a plurality of subsystems on a locomotive A communication system for controlling sharing of data across a plurality of subsystems on a locomotive, the communication system including an open defined interface unit configured so that a plurality of applications may access locomotive control system data in a c... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8295999 | System and method for the automatic generation of movement authority solutions in a rail system A dual-process system for the automatic generation of railway route-solution candidates and their concomitant movement authorities includes a central authority server that accepts dispatcher-provided start and end point data and time information and executes two dif... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8290645 | Method and computer software code for determining a mission plan for a powered system when a desired mission parameter appears unobtainable A method for determining a mission plan for a powered system having at least one primary power generating unit when a desired parameter of the mission plan unobtainable and/or exceeds a predefined limit, the method includes identifying a desired parameter prior to c... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8290646 | Remote control system implementing haptic technology for controlling a railway vehicle The present invention is directed to a remote control system for controlling a railway vehicle. The remote control system including a remote control device provided with haptic technology for transmitting signals to a first controller module. The first controller is... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8285430 | Controlling device for railway electric car Provided is a controlling device for a railway electric car, the controlling device being able to detect a slipping/sliding phenomenon during, in particular, high-speed travel and to exercise slipping/sliding control in an appropriate manner. A slip controlling unit... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8285429 | Automatic estimation of train characteristics A system is provided for controlling a series of vehicles. In certain embodiments, the system includes a self-analysis/estimation system configured to control a first parameter of the series of vehicles to impart a resulting changing in a second parameter of the ser... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8280568 | Electric train car controlling device A first threshold is determined, with reference to an absolute acceleration that is determined in accordance with a vehicle usage condition, to detect an acceleration change generated in acceleration of a self-axle speed that is a maximum speed (a minimum speed in a... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8280566 | Method, system, and computer software code for automated establishment of a distributed power train In a locomotive consist having at least a lead locomotive and a remote locomotive with a distributed power system on each locomotive in the locomotive consist, a system for establishing distributed power operations of the locomotive consist from a single location, t... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8280567 | Apparatus and method for controlling remote train operation A method of verifying clearance of a rail crossing includes: (a) detecting the presence of a train near the crossing, the train being equipped with a locomotive control unit; (b) in response to detection of the train near the crossing, generating a unique code; (c) ... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8271153 | System, method and computer readable memory medium for verifying track database information A system for verifying data in a track database comprises a track profile database stored in a memory having data relative to one or more track grades and geographic coordinates or range of coordinates associated with each of the one or more track grades. A vehicle ... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8271154 | Method for controlling a hybrid drive in a rail vehicle A method is proposed for controlling a hybrid drive in a rail vehicle in which an electronic route timetable (SPL) is predefined as route-section-related speeds by means of a train control device, route-section-related types of drive for the rail vehicle are predict... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8260480 | Automatic creation, maintenance and monitoring of a guideway database A method and system for creating, maintain, and monitoring a guideway database is disclosed. ... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8239079 | System and method for computing rail car switching sequence in a switchyard As embodied and broadly described herein the invention includes a system for computing a preferred sequence in which cars in a switching queue of a railway switchyard are to be sequentially switched to classification tracks. The system has a processing entity for de... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8239080 | Synchronized express and local trains for urban commuter rail systems A computerized system and method of managing subway trains along a two-track subway line to allow express travel in combination with local service. Express trains catch up to local trains at express stations along the line, and provision is made to allow the express... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8239078 | Control of throttle and braking actions at individual distributed power locomotives in a railroad train A method for controlling first (14/12A) and second (12B) locomotives of a railroad train (8), the first (14/12A) and the second (12B) locomotives separated by at least one railcar (20). The method comprises determining a loc... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8234022 | Track transportation system The essential feature of the present invention is the provision of a track transportation system in which a vehicle runs on a predetermined track, being automatically steered, having a simplified and lightweight structure so as to surely ensure a safety, and to be c... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8224510 | System and method to provide communication-based train control system capabilities A portable computer system and method of operating a vehicle using the portable computer system in a communication-based train control (CBTC) system territory is provided. The portable computer system includes a sensor and a transceiver that is communicatively coupl... | 07/17/2012 |
