| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | RADIO BLOCKING IN A TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM | US15933691 | 2018-03-23 | US20180273061A1 | 2018-09-27 | Folkert Horst |
| A train control system configured to automatically execute and ensure compliance with all requirements for radio blocking. A radio blocking module of the physical train control system of a lead train retrieves and displays the appropriate clearance points for acceptance by the train driver of the lead train. Once accepted, the clearance points are transmitted to a trailing train for display and acceptance by the train driver of the trailing train. An accepted clearance point is passed to the train control system for use as the next destination point for navigation purposes. The train control system can also electronically log all acts to comply with applicable radio blocking requirements. | ||||||
| 102 | ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | US15482240 | 2017-04-07 | US20180257682A1 | 2018-09-13 | James D. Brooks; Harry Mathews, JR. |
| A vehicle system having processors configured to determine permissible regions of a trip where the vehicle system is permitted for automatic control. The permissible regions of the trip are determined based on one or more of parameters of a route, a trend of operating parameters of the vehicle system, or a trip plan that designates one or more operational settings of the vehicle system at different locations, different times, or different distances along a route. The processors also are configured to control transition of the vehicle system between manual control and the automatic control in the permissible regions by alerting an operator of the vehicle system, automatically switching between the manual control and the automatic control, or modifying conditions on which the transition occur. | ||||||
| 103 | Locomotive-to-wayside device communication system and method and wayside device therefor | US15252418 | 2016-08-31 | US10059354B2 | 2018-08-28 | Jeffrey D. Kernwein |
| A locomotive-to-wayside device communication system for a train having a locomotive travelling in a track network having wayside devices associated therewith. The system includes: an on-board communication device associated with the locomotive for transmitting and receiving data; and a wayside communication device associated with a wayside device, wherein the wayside communication device is programmed or configured to transmit data at or over (a) at least one power level, (b) at least one reporting interval, (c) at least one frequency, (d) at least one communication protocol, or any combination thereof. A wayside communication device and a locomotive-to-wayside device communication method are also disclosed. | ||||||
| 104 | HEAVY FREIGHT TRAIN MARSHALLING DEVICE AND MARSHALLING METHOD, AND ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED PNEUMATIC BRAKE SYSTEM | US15912534 | 2018-03-05 | US20180194378A1 | 2018-07-12 | YANFEN XU; SHENGCAI DUAN; JING ZHAO |
| The present invention relates to a heavy freight train marshalling device and marshalling method, and an electronically controlled pneumatic brake system; the latitude and longitude data of the carriage control unit is acquired by a Beidou positioning module; the first-vehicle state data of the carriage control unit is acquired by detecting a first-vehicle identification terminal; and, the carriage control units only need to transmit the acquired location data and the first-vehicle state data to the HEU via communication modules. Accordingly, the number of communication messages between the carriage control units and the HEU is decreased, the complicated process of connecting the carriage control units to or disconnecting the carriage control units from a switchable load is omitted, the marshalling time is shortened, and the complexity of marshalling is reduced. | ||||||
| 105 | Train Coupler Structural Health Monitoring System | US15817623 | 2017-11-20 | US20180162423A1 | 2018-06-14 | Chang Zhang; Lei Liu |
| The present invention discloses a train coupler structural health monitoring system. The system includes one or more sensors mounted to or integrated with the train coupler, a data acquisition unit for receiving signal or data from the sensors, and a processing unit for determining the train coupler's structural health based on the received signal or data. Inspections via the system can be performed in real time continuously or periodically while a train is in service. It can also be performed offline while a train is not in service. Inspection method can be either passive, where sensors collect signals without generating excitation signals to the structure, or active, where some sensors are used as actuators to actively send excitation signals to the structure and other sensors or the actuators themselves collect the structural response signals. The data acquisition unit receives signals or data from sensors. The processing unit processes sensor data acquired by the data acquisition unit and determines if there are structural changes or damages. | ||||||
| 106 | System and method for monitoring railcar performance | US15158018 | 2016-05-18 | US09981673B2 | 2018-05-29 | Andrew H. Martin; William D. LeFebvre; Brent M. Wilson |
| A system for monitoring operation of a railcar having one or more sensing units, mounted on the railcar, for monitoring operating parameters and or conditions of the railcar, and a communication management unit, in wireless communication with the sensing units, wherein the system can make a determination of an alarm condition based on data collected the sensing units. A temperature sensor device for use in such a system is also provided. | ||||||
| 107 | QUADRANT CONFIGURATION OF ROBOTIC VEHICLES CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS | US15717842 | 2017-09-27 | US20180134334A1 | 2018-05-17 | Timothy David Kentley-Klay |
| Systems, apparatus and methods to implement sectional design (e.g., in quadrants) of an autonomous vehicle may include modular construction techniques to assemble an autonomous vehicle from multiple structural sections. The multiple structural sections may be configured to implement radial and bilateral symmetry. A structural section based configuration may include a power supply configuration (e.g., using rechargeable batteries) including a double-backed power supply system. The power supply system may include a kill switch disposed on a power supply (e.g., at an end of a rechargeable battery). The kill switch may be configured to disable the power supply system in the event of an emergency or after a collision, for example. The radial and bilateral symmetry may provide for bi-directional driving operations of the autonomous vehicle as the vehicle may not have a designated front end or a back end. | ||||||
| 108 | System, method, and apparatus for generating vital messages on an on-board system of a vehicle | US14791785 | 2015-07-06 | US09956973B2 | 2018-05-01 | Kristofer M. Ruhland; Kendrick W. Gawne; James L. Fenske |
| A system, method, and apparatus for generating vital messages on an on-board system of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes generating a plurality of vital messages with each processor of a plurality of different processors of the on-board system based on train data available to each processor, transmitting the plurality of vital messages from the plurality of different processors to a separate processor, and generating, by the separate processor, a final vital message based on at least two vital messages of the plurality of vital messages. A system and an apparatus for implementing the aforementioned method includes appropriately communicatively connected hardware components. | ||||||
| 109 | Information processing device and information processing method | US14765937 | 2014-01-16 | US09866527B2 | 2018-01-09 | Tomokazu Moriya; Hideki Goto; Koji Yura |
| An information processing device is connected to a plurality of networks and performs information processing. The networks include a control network connected to a control device in a mobile object, an information network connected to an information device in the mobile object, and an external network connected to an external device outside of the mobile object. The information processing device includes firewalls each connected to one of the networks, and a processor connected to each network via the corresponding firewall. The information processing device isolates at least the control network from the other networks. | ||||||
| 110 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE | US15521980 | 2015-10-22 | US20170313330A1 | 2017-11-02 | THORSTEN FRENZKE; SASCHA GIEBEL |
| A method is provided for operating a vehicle having a drive unit, a driving-data determination unit, a consumer set, and a power management unit for managing the consumer set. The driving-data determination unit identifies or determines driving curve data and the drive unit is controlled on the basis of the driving curve data. The method achieves an optimization with regard to a defined quality criterion while also taking the consumer set into account, in that the power management unit receives consumer data from the consumer set, the power management unit determines anticipatory load profile data at least on the basis of the consumer data, determination or identification data are transmitted to the driving-data determination unit in accordance with the load profile data, and the driving-data determination unit determines or identifies the driving curve data in accordance with the determination data. | ||||||
| 111 | Energy harvester, wireless sensor device having the energy harvester, and system for monitoring railroad vehicle using the same | US14927861 | 2015-10-30 | US09701325B2 | 2017-07-11 | Jaehoon Kim; Jae Yun Lee; Kwan Sup Lee; Young Il Kim; Kun Min Yeo |
| A railroad vehicle monitoring system installed on a railroad vehicle includes: wireless sensor devices installed at attached equipment of the railroad vehicle, including a sensor that senses statuses of the attached equipment, configured to wirelessly transmit a sensing value sensed by the sensor in real time, and including an energy harvester configured to convert energy generated by running of the railroad vehicle into electric energy, and supply the electric energy as a power source for the sensor, a signal process in the sensing value, and wireless communication of the sensing value; sink node devices configured to wirelessly receive the sensing value and output, in real time, railroad vehicle status information obtained by integrating the received sensing value; and a vehicle status monitoring device configured to receive the railroad vehicle status information, integrate and manage the railroad vehicle status information, and output the integrated railroad vehicle status information in real time. | ||||||
| 112 | Systems and methods for cold movement detection | US14644764 | 2015-03-11 | US09688294B2 | 2017-06-27 | Francisco Lozano; Andrea Malesci; Mario Papini |
| A system includes a motion switch module, an energy storage module, a resistive module, and an interface. The motion switch module includes at least one motion activated switch that is movable between an open and a closed position responsive to movement of an axle to which the motion switch module is coupled. The energy storage module includes at least one energy storage element that discharges a stored charge responsive to a motion of the corresponding at least one motion activated switch from the open to the closed position. The resistive module includes least one resistive element that dissipates energy discharged by the corresponding at least one energy storage module. The interface is configured to provide information regarding a change in charge state of the at least one energy storage element, wherein the change in charge state corresponds to a movement of the vehicle. | ||||||
| 113 | ENERGY HARVESTER AND WIRELESS SENSOR DEVICE HAVING ENERGY HARVESTER | US15430665 | 2017-02-13 | US20170151964A1 | 2017-06-01 | Jaehoon Kim; Jae Yun Lee; Kwan Sup Lee; Young Il Kim; Kun Min Yeo |
| A wireless sensor device includes: an energy harvester configured to convert vibration generated from a broadband vibration source into electricity, an elastic member arranged to receive the vibration and a communication unit fixed by the elastic member, supplied with the converted electricity from the energy harvester, and configured to transmit sensing information obtained by sensing a measurement target. The elastic member operates as a mechanical filter configured to limit a frequency range and an acceleration magnitude of the vibration to be transferred to the communication unit for stabilizing the performance of the communication unit, and the communication unit is arranged to receive vibration passing through the elastic member. | ||||||
| 114 | System and method for inspecting a route during movement of a vehicle system over the route | US14864243 | 2015-09-24 | US09650059B2 | 2017-05-16 | Jared Klineman Cooper; Mark Bradshaw Kraeling; Eugene Smith; James Glen Corry; David Lowell McKay; Brian Joseph McManus; Keith Szewczyk; Joseph Forrest Noffsinger |
| A sensing system includes a leading sensor, a trailing sensor, and a route examining unit. The leading sensor is onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle system that is traveling along a route. The leading sensor measures first characteristics of the route as the vehicle system moves along the route. The trailing sensor is disposed onboard a second vehicle of the vehicle system. The trailing sensor measures second characteristics of the route as the vehicle system moves along the route. The route examining unit is disposed onboard the vehicle system and receives the first characteristics of the route and the second characteristics of the route to compare the first characteristics with the second characteristics. The route examining unit also identifies a segment of the route as being damaged based on a comparison of the first characteristics with the second characteristics. | ||||||
| 115 | Railroad management system having data source integration | US14959915 | 2015-12-04 | US09623885B1 | 2017-04-18 | Alexander Shubs, Jr.; James David Seaton; David Matthew Roenspies |
| A railroad management system is disclosed. The railroad management system may include a display device configured to display information to an operator and a controller in electronic communication with the display device. The controller may include a train control module configured to receive input data from one or more train control systems and a business systems module configured to receive input data from one or more railroad data management systems. The controller may also include an integration module configured to identify discrepancies among the input data from the one or more train control systems and the railroad data management systems and generate corrected input data based on the input data from the one or more train control systems and the railroad data management systems. The controller may be configured to display one or more graphical user interfaces on the display device based at least in part on the corrected input data. | ||||||
| 116 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL AMONG COMPARTMENTS OF TRAIN | US15119952 | 2015-10-27 | US20170057525A1 | 2017-03-02 | Miao WANG; Jianying LIANG; Huiqing ZHANG; Qing TIAN; Qingjun HAN; Chanjuan XIAO; Mingkun LIU; Baoqiang SHAN; Xiaojie YU |
| A method and a device for transmitting signals among compartments of a train are provided. The method comprises: S1, receiving a first signal transmitted via a jumper cable, and extracting first data carried in the first signal; S2, receiving a second signal transmitted wirelessly corresponding to the first signal, and extracting second data carried in the second signal; and S3, determining whether the first data is identical with the second data, and outputting the first signal in a case that it is determined that the first data is identical with the second data, or outputting the second signal in a case that it is determined that the first data is not identical with the second data. The method and the device improve the reliability of transmission of signals among compartments of a train. | ||||||
| 117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING RAILCAR PERFORMANCE | US15158018 | 2016-05-18 | US20170050651A1 | 2017-02-23 | Andrew H. Martin; William D. LeFebvre; Brent M. Wilson |
| A system for monitoring operation of a railcar having one or more sensing units, mounted on the railcar, for monitoring operating parameters and or conditions of the railcar, and a communication management unit, in wireless communication with the sensing units, wherein the system can make a determination of an alarm condition based on data collected the sensing units. A temperature sensor device for use in such a system is also provided. | ||||||
| 118 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, TRAIN NETWORK SYSTEM, AND NETWORK SETTING METHOD | US15112847 | 2014-01-27 | US20160339933A1 | 2016-11-24 | Shingo HONDA; Tetsuo KOMURA; Shogo TATSUMI; Takuya SAWA; Takashi MIYAUCHI; Yusuke ISHIMARU |
| A communication device operating as a hub in a train network system that includes a plurality of hubs installed in train vehicles, each of the plurality of hubs belonging to both a trunk network in which a signal transmission range is not limited and a branch network in which a signal transmission range is limited, and adding, to a signal to be transmitted to a hub belonging to the same branch network as it does, network type information indicating whether the signal is a trunk network signal or a branch network signal. The communication device transmitting branch network information including at least identification information on a branch network to which it belongs at a predetermined timing, and based on branch network information received from an adjacent communication device, determining whether or not to add the network type information to a signal to be transmitted to the adjacent communication device. | ||||||
| 119 | Train safety system | US14466000 | 2014-08-22 | US09428202B2 | 2016-08-30 | Claude Perras; Leigh Thorpe; Francois Blouin |
| A method and system for assisting the safe operation of a train adapted to be operated by a locomotive operating crew comprises generating GPS-located critical information at a central location, the GPS-located critical information being based at least in part on one or more railroad maps and one or more train dispatcher information systems; monitoring the real-time location of the train with a GPS device on-board the train; and generating alerts for the locomotive operating crew based on the GPS-located critical information and the real time location of the train, so that the crew is alerted as to upcoming changes to be implemented. | ||||||
| 120 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A VEHICLE CONSIST | US14881445 | 2015-10-13 | US20160229422A1 | 2016-08-11 | Scott Alan Schoenly; Steven Andrew Kellner; Robert James Foy; David Michael Peltz; Eugene Smith; James Glen Corry; Joseph Mario Nazareth; Brian William Schroeck |
| A communication system and method receive, at an energy management system disposed onboard a vehicle system formed from a lead vehicle and one or more remote vehicles, trip data that represents one or more characteristics of an upcoming trip of the vehicle system along a route. A selected portion of the trip data is communicated from the energy management system to a distributed power system also disposed onboard the vehicle system. The selected portion includes identifying information and one or more orientations of the one or more remote vehicles. Using the distributed power system, communication links between the lead vehicle and the one or more remote vehicles are established using the identifying information and the one or more orientations. | ||||||
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