序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
181 VEHICULAR INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, VEHICULAR INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND PROGRAM US14915205 2014-08-28 US20160216121A1 2016-07-28 Kyoko OSHIMA; Ryota HIURA; Masaaki SATO; Kazunori SUGIURA
A vehicular information provision system for providing information to at least one of the inside and outside of a traveling vehicle includes a server configured to associate output data outputted from the vehicle with event identification information for identifying a predetermined event depending on a position on a map and hold the associated output data and event identification information, an on-board unit which is to be mounted on the vehicle and configured to specify a vehicle position based on positioning information acquired by a satellite-positioning system and pre-acquired map information and output the event identification information correlating with the specified vehicle position, and an information provision apparatus which is to be mounted on the vehicle and configured to acquire the output data correlating with the event identification information acquired from the on-board unit from the server and cause the output data to be outputted from an output unit.
182 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING RAIL VEHICLE EVENT INFORMATION US14592446 2015-01-08 US20160200331A1 2016-07-14 Jason PALMER; Slaven SLJIVAR; Mark FREITAS; Daniel A. DENINGER; Shahriar RAVARI
This disclosure relates to a system configured to identify geolocations in a rail network where rail vehicle events are likely to occur. In some implementations, the system may include one or more of a processor, a computing system, electronic storage, external resources, and/or other components. The system may be configured to illustrate the geolocations in the rail network where rail vehicle events are likely to occur on a map of the rail network, predict geolocations in the rail network where rail vehicle events will likely occur, generate coaching information based on the identified geolocations, and/or perform other actions.
183 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATION DISPLAY AND ANALYSIS OF RAIL VEHICLE EVENT INFORMATION US14592245 2015-01-08 US20160200330A1 2016-07-14 Jason PALMER; Slaven SLJIVAR; Mark FREITAS; Daniel A. DENINGER; Shahriar RAVARI
This disclosure relates to a rail vehicle event analysis system configured to facilitate analysis of rail vehicle event records that correspond to rail vehicle events. The system may be configured to visually present a user with information related to operation of a rail vehicle. The user may review the information related to operation of the rail vehicle in real time, responsive to the rail vehicle being involved in a rail vehicle event, and/or at other times. The system may be configured to visually present information based on output signals generated by one or more sensors associated with the rail vehicle. The system may synchronize the presented information such that information from individual sensors may be compared and/or viewed at the same time by the user. The system may be configured to receive observations made by the user based on the user's review of the presented visual information.
184 RAILROAD TRAIN WITH LENGTH MORE THAN PLATFORM AND ITS MARSHALLING SYSTEM US14914894 2014-08-25 US20160200327A1 2016-07-14 Jian Liu
A railroad train marshaling system or marshaling method is disclosed. The railroad train includes cars within platform area which are made up of several cars; door-free cars which are connected with the cars within platform area at both ends or one end and made up of at least one car with no side door for passengers to get on and off the train. When the railroad train stops at the platform, the cars within platform area are arranged to stop within the area of platform or corresponding to the platform, the door-free car is arranged to stop beyond platform area and passengers in the door-free car will get to the platform directly from the car within platform area. The sum of length of door-free car and cars within platform area is more than that of the platform.
185 Automatic train stop control system US14664993 2015-03-23 US09387866B1 2016-07-12 Stefano Di Cairano; Mehmet Alphan Ulusoy; Sohrab Haghighat
A method controls a movement of a train to a stop at a stopping position between a first position and a second position. The method determines constraints of a velocity of the train with respect to a position of the train forming a feasible area for a state of the train during the movement, such that an upper curve bounding the feasible area has a zero velocity only at the second position, and a lower curve bounding the feasible region has a zero velocity only at the first position. Next, the method controls the movement of the train subject to the constraints.
186 LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE MONITORING AND STOP BAR OVERRUN SYSTEM US15056552 2016-02-29 US20160176422A1 2016-06-23 Brad Cross
A satellite positioning location based control and monitoring system for light rail transit systems which enables transit personnel to track vehicle positions, progress and non-vital signals as light rail vehicles travel through their routes while eliminating the capital and maintenance costs associated with embedded light rail transit monitoring systems.
187 In-vehicle information display system and method implementing alternating-current power and direct-current power US13877868 2010-12-13 US09327742B2 2016-05-03 Takayoshi Ookita; Ryota Saito
An in-vehicle information display system includes a plurality of display devices each of which operates by receiving supply of alternating-current power obtained by converting power from a wiring or of direct-current power output from a power storage device and each of which performs guidance display to passengers, and a terminal device that operates by receiving supply of direct-current power from the power storage device and that distributes guidance display information used for the guidance display toward the display devices. The terminal device directly transmits the guidance display information to a part of the display devices, each of the display devices acquires the guidance display information from the terminal device either directly or via another display device, and the display device that acquires the guidance display information directly from the terminal device among the display devices operates by receiving supply of direct-current power from the power storage device.
188 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AND UPDATING WAYSIDE DEVICES US14514809 2014-10-15 US20160107663A1 2016-04-21 Jared Klineman COOPER; Aric Albert WEINGARTNER
Methods and systems relate to establishing a communication link with a wayside device, determining whether or not to at least one of update or configure the wayside device in dependence upon at least one update parameter, and when it is determined to update or configure the wayside device, updating or configuring the wayside device from a remote location.
189 METHOD OF DETERMINING A POSITION OF A VEHICLE ON A GUIDEWAY US14984147 2015-12-30 US20160107662A1 2016-04-21 Carl SCHWELLNUS; Colin BANTIN
A method of determining a position of a vehicle on a guideway includes detecting a position of the vehicle relative to a first reflective positioning element along the guideway. The method also includes detecting a unique identification code of a transponder along the guideway, wherein the transponder is located a first known distance along the guideway from the first reflective positioning element. The method further includes determining the position of the vehicle, using a position determining system, based on a modulated reflection signal received from the transponder, a first non-modulated reflection signal received from the first reflective positioning element, and the first known distance.
190 Light rail vehicle monitoring and stop bar overrun system US14305749 2014-06-16 US09302687B2 2016-04-05 Brad Cross
A satellite positioning location based control and monitoring system for light rail transit systems which enables transit personnel to track vehicle positions, progress and non-vital signals as light rail vehicles travel through their routes while eliminating the capital and maintenance costs associated with embedded light rail transit monitoring systems.
191 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PLANNED SPEED VALUES US14501489 2014-09-30 US20160091320A1 2016-03-31 Kevin L. Kapp; Samuel William Golden
A method and system are provided to obtain, with one or more processors, a speed profile of a vehicle system for a designated route traveled by the vehicle system. The designated route includes a plurality of segments, and the speed profile includes a planned segment speed for each segment. One or more planned segment speeds are identified that correspond to a point of interest, and respective priorities are assigned to the identified segment speeds based on the point of interest forming prioritized segment speeds. First discrete numeral values are displayed on a display, representing the planned segment speeds of the prioritized segments that are within a predetermined distance forward of a motion of the vehicle system. Second discrete numeral values are displayed on the display, corresponding to remaining segment speeds that are within the predetermined distance, until a predetermined threshold of discrete numeral values is reached.
192 USER INTERFACE FOR A MOTORIZED WHEEL US14951234 2015-11-24 US20160075177A1 2016-03-17 Assaf Biderman; Eric Barber; Long Hin Fong; Robert Paul Roy; Jeffrey Jay Weinstein; Michael Ziolek
A user interface for an electrically motorized wheel with a hub shell assembly, the user interface can include a user interface cover plate for a user interface panel that provides for operation of the electrically motorized wheel, the user interface cover plate rotationally stationary relative to a rotatable portion of the hub shell assembly, the user interface cover plate including an antenna aperture for an antenna of a wireless system.
193 Computer-implemented method and system for managing conditional authorities in a vehicle network US14299658 2014-06-09 US09254855B2 2016-02-09 Jeffrey D. Kernwein; Ann K. Grimm
A computer-implemented method for managing conditional authorities in a vehicle network for a target train, including: generating at least one conditional authority for the target train, the at least one conditional authority comprising authority data related to at least one identifying train; establishing at least one direct or indirect communication link between the target train and the at least one identifying train; determining position data for the at least one identifying train; comparing at least a portion of the position data with at least a portion of the authority data; and based at least partially on the comparison, generating at least one indication that the target train is authorized to proceed. Systems for managing conditional authorities in a vehicle network for a target train are also disclosed.
194 USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY MOTORIZED VEHICLE US14680362 2015-04-07 US20160011003A1 2016-01-14 Assaf Biderman; Ruben Cagnie
A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. A user interface for controlling the device of the electrically motorized wheel includes at least one button displayable by the user interface to control a function associated with the device.
195 DEVICES FOR SUPPORTING ACCESSORY DEVICES ON AN ELECTRICALLY MOTORIZED VEHICLE US14680352 2015-04-07 US20160009339A1 2016-01-14 Assaf Biderman; Jon Stevens; John David Heinzmann; James Simard
A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. One device of the electrically motorized wheel includes an accessory port configured with a hardware interface to provide an accessory device with power and communication with a control system of the device.
196 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRAVERSING ELEVATION CHANGES USING ELECTRICALLY MOTORIZED VEHICLES US14680277 2015-04-07 US20160009336A1 2016-01-14 Assaf Biderman; Jon Stevens
A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. One method for controlling the device for an electrically motorized wheel includes controlling an amount of assistance from the device of the electrically motorized wheel while travelling uphill to result in a user input requirement about equivalent to that required to propel the vehicle on a level surface.
197 USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY MOTORIZED VEHICLE US14679902 2015-04-06 US20160009334A1 2016-01-14 Assaf Biderman; Jon Stevens; James Simard
A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. A method includes calculating a set of parameters to control an amount of assistance or resistance generated by the device of the electrically motorized wheel in response to a user input, the set of parameters are calculated in response to a user selecting one of a plurality of operational modes.
198 LOCATING OF VEHICLES US14650356 2013-11-20 US20150321682A1 2015-11-12 HORST ERNST
A method for locating a rail vehicle along a rail route, along which a waveguide is laid. Temporally successive electromagnetic pulses are fed into the waveguide and, for each emitted pulse, at least one back-scattering pattern generated by vehicle-induced back-scattering of the electromagnetic pulse is received and evaluated. The waveguide has at least one locating section along the rail route, in which locating section the vibration sensitivity of the waveguide and/or the vibration acting on the waveguide is greater or less than outside the locating section. The amplitude of the received back-scattering pattern is evaluated and a location signal is generated if the amplitude of the received back-scattering pattern increases or decreases over the course of time.
199 TRACK COLLISION AVOIDANCE CONTROL SYSTEM US14255770 2014-04-17 US20150302752A1 2015-10-22 Michael J. Holihan; Erwin W. Bathrick
A track collision avoidance control system including a train having an onboard control system for controlling one or more characteristics of the train. The track collision avoidance control system can further include a warning indication system comprising a transmitter linked to a communication system supported about the train, the communication system comprising a receiver operable to receive a signal from the transmitter, the signal comprising information pertaining to a potentially dangerous condition. The transmitter can be operable alone or in combination with a warning indicator, an actuator and their associated logic circuitry, such that the transmitter is caused to transmit upon the warning indicator being activated. The communication system can interface with an onboard control system of the train. The communication system can receive the signal, which can be used to facilitate an avoidance action to be taken relative to the train.
200 Distance estimation system and method for a railway vehicle US13307746 2011-11-30 US09134411B2 2015-09-15 Simone Soderi; Harri Viittala; Jani Saloranta
There is provided a ranging system for a railway vehicle. The system includes a reflector disposed along a railway relative to a stopping point and a ranging unit disposed on the railway vehicle. The ranging unit includes a transceiver configured to transmit an outbound signal and receive a corresponding reflected signal from the reflector. The ranging unit also includes a data storage unit configured to store a reference distance between the reflector and the stopping point. The ranging unit also includes a processor configured to determine a measured distance between the railway vehicle and the reflector based on an elapsed time between the transmitting the outbound signal and receiving the reflected signal. The processor determines a distance between the railway vehicle and the stopping point based on the measured distance and the reference distance.
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