公开(公告)号：US11673590B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17385780

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: Robert Hydro

Inventor： Robert Hydro

IPC: B61K9/10 ,  B61L27/50 ,  B61L23/04 ,  B61L23/14 ,  A63G7/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  B61B5/02 ,  A63G21/04 ,  B61L27/53 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/57 ,  H04N23/69 ,  H04N23/90

CPC classification number: B61L27/50 ,  A63G7/00 ,  A63G21/04 ,  B61B5/02 ,  B61K9/10 ,  B61L23/044 ,  B61L23/045 ,  B61L23/14 ,  B61L27/53 ,  H04N7/181 ,  H04N23/54 ,  H04N23/57 ,  H04N23/69 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  H04N23/90

Abstract: An inspection system for inspecting the track of an amusement ride with at least one rail. A vehicle is provided that is designed to ride along the track. The vehicle supports cameras. The cameras are positioned in unobstructed areas. The cameras image the rail from different angles as the vehicle rides along the track. The images recorded by the cameras are reviewed to identify any defect or issue with the rail or its supporting framework that may impact from the safety of the ride.

公开(公告)号：US20190202486A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16298159

申请日：2019-03-11

Applicant: Siemens Mobility, Inc.

Inventor： Claus Weber ,  Zoltan Egel

IPC: B61L27/04 ,  G06F11/14 ,  B61L23/00 ,  G06F11/07 ,  B61L27/00

CPC classification number: B61L27/04 ,  B61L23/00 ,  B61L27/0038 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  G06F11/0796 ,  G06F11/1479 ,  G06F11/1497

Abstract: A railway safety critical application system substitutes commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and/or software for railway-domain specific product components yet is validated to conform to railway safety critical system failure-free standards. The safety critical system uses a pair of tasks executed on a controller of a COTS personal computer or within a virtual environment with asymmetric communications capability. Both tasks receive and verify safety critical systems input message data and security code integrity and separately generate output data responsive to the input message. The first task has sole capability to send complete safety critical system output messages, but only the second task has the capability of generating the output security code. A failure of any of systems hardware, software or processing capability results failure to transmit a safety critical system output message or an output message that cannot be verified by other safety critical systems.

公开(公告)号：US20180370551A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US15779080

申请日：2015-11-25

Applicant: COORDEM TRANSPORT TECH. CO., LTD.

Inventor： Mancang HOU

IPC: B61L23/30

CPC classification number: B61L23/30 ,  B61L19/06 ,  B61L21/04 ,  B61L27/00 ,  B61L27/0038 ,  B61L27/04 ,  B61L2019/065 ,  B61L2201/00

Abstract: A railway turnout control method comprises: constructing a data space corresponding to a railway turnout area (101); adding a virtual railway turnout, in the data space, to an area in which a target turnback stopping point is located (102); adding the virtual railway turnout to a railway turnout list corresponding to a route along which a train drives into the area (103); and not releasing claim of the virtual railway turnout when the train stops at the turnback stopping point (104); Also provided is a railway turnout control system. The method and system can solve problems of deadlock of a turnback area and insufficient safety protection of crossed routes.

公开(公告)号：US10053122B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15115363

申请日：2014-02-07

Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION

Inventor： Masashi Hagiwara ,  Yusaku Nagasaki ,  Koki Yoshimoto

IPC: B61L27/00 ,  B60L15/40 ,  B61L23/18 ,  B61L25/02

CPC classification number: B61L27/0027 ,  B60L15/40 ,  B61L23/18 ,  B61L25/021 ,  B61L25/025 ,  B61L27/0077 ,  B61L2201/00

Abstract: When it is determined that a control-target train has an impact on a third train that is other than a train that is determined to affect the control-target train, a ground running control unit of a train-running management device further changes a running pattern and instructs the control-target train to take less time to completely leave a departure station.

公开(公告)号：US09981675B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US15240487

申请日：2016-08-18

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Jared Klineman Cooper ,  Nicholas David Nagrodsky

IPC: B61K9/08 ,  B61L27/00 ,  B61L23/04 ,  B61L25/02 ,  G01S19/13 ,  G01S19/50

CPC classification number: B61L27/0016 ,  B61K9/08 ,  B61L23/042 ,  B61L23/044 ,  B61L23/045 ,  B61L25/025 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  B61L2205/04 ,  G01S19/13 ,  G01S19/50

Abstract: An inspection system for use with a vehicle includes a database containing vehicle route data and at least one location of a route to be inspected. The database may be accessed by vehicles with on-board inspection systems so that they may inspect the location of route to be inspected.

公开(公告)号：US09969410B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15410143

申请日：2017-01-19

Applicant: Siemens Industry, Inc.

Inventor： Claus Weber ,  Zoltan Egel

IPC: B61L27/04 ,  B61L27/00

CPC classification number: B61L27/04 ,  B61L23/00 ,  B61L27/0038 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  G06F11/0796 ,  G06F11/1479 ,  G06F11/1497

Abstract: A railway safety critical application system substitutes commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and/or software for railway-domain specific product components, yet is validated to conform to railway safety critical system failure-free standards. The safety critical system uses a pair of tasks executed on a controller of a COTS personal computer or within a virtual environment with asymmetric communications capability. Both tasks receive and verify safety critical systems input message data and security code integrity and separately generate output data responsive to the input message. The first task has sole capability to send complete safety critical system output messages, but only the second task has the capability of generating the output security code. A failure of any of systems hardware, software or processing capability results failure to transmit a safety critical system output message or an output message that cannot be verified by other safety critical systems.

公开(公告)号：US20180093685A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15834860

申请日：2017-12-07

Applicant: Panasec Corporation

Inventor： Kevin Kwong-Tai Chung ,  Albert Han-Ping Chung ,  Yulin Huang ,  Dexi Zhu

IPC: B61L23/04 ,  B61L25/02 ,  B61L15/00 ,  B61L23/14 ,  B61L27/04 ,  B61L27/00 ,  B61L3/00 ,  B61L23/16

CPC classification number: B61L23/047 ,  B61L3/008 ,  B61L15/0027 ,  B61L15/0054 ,  B61L15/0072 ,  B61L23/041 ,  B61L23/14 ,  B61L23/16 ,  B61L25/021 ,  B61L25/025 ,  B61L27/0005 ,  B61L27/0038 ,  B61L27/04 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  B61L2205/04

Abstract: A positive train control system and method may comprise one or more switch monitors and/or one or more track monitors providing sensor data relative to one or more switches and/or one or more tracks, respectively, determining whether there is an anomaly of a switch or track, and when there is, providing a message, alert and/or warning, and/or initiating a train control action. Determination of an anomaly may be preformed on a train or at a remote location, e.g., a central facility.

公开(公告)号：US09821824B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-21

申请号：US14648110

申请日：2013-01-29

Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

Inventor： Hiroyuki Maeyama ,  Takahiro Suzuki ,  Kousuke Katahira

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B61L3/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B61B13/00 ,  B61B13/04 ,  B61L23/04 ,  B61L27/04 ,  B61L25/02

CPC classification number: B61L3/00 ,  B61B13/00 ,  B61B13/04 ,  B61L23/041 ,  B61L25/026 ,  B61L27/04 ,  B61L2201/00 ,  G05D1/021

Abstract: A vehicle includes running wheels traveling on traveling road surfaces of tracks; a pair of position detection parts disposed at an interval in a width direction that output signals by detecting a distance from measured objects; a control unit controlling the amount of steering of the running wheels according to the signals from the position detection parts; and a steering mechanism steering the running wheels via the control unit. Each of the position detection parts outputs a signal having characteristics such that the output increases as the distance from the measured objects increases while an output change ratio is decreased in a range wherein the distance from the measured objects is not less than a predetermined value, and is configured such that, when the distance between one position detection part and the measured object is decreased, the distance between the other position detection part and the measured object is increased.

公开(公告)号：US09776649B1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-03

申请号：US15079720

申请日：2016-03-24

Applicant: New York Air Brake, LLC

Inventor： John M. Reynolds ,  Erich Leonard ,  John W. LaDuc ,  Konstantinos Vilaetis

IPC: B60T7/12 ,  B61H13/00 ,  B61L27/00 ,  B60T8/17 ,  B61L25/02

CPC classification number: B61L27/0038 ,  B60T7/128 ,  B60T8/1705 ,  B60T13/665 ,  B60T17/228 ,  B60T2270/406 ,  B61H13/00 ,  B61L25/021 ,  B61L2201/00

Abstract: A locomotive air brake control system that responds to penalty braking requests from external systems by applying a varying amount of train brake level based on monitored and calculated parameters in order to enforce a defined train condition. The system may include a minimum acceptable train braking, a condition to be achieved to prevent further application of train brakes, and a maximum train brake level to be applied in response to the request. Alternatively, the system may apply braking in stepped levels according defined thresholds for a train behavior variable of interest such as speed or deceleration. The system may be configured to incrementally apply and release train brakes during the adaptive penalty, and may also adjust the level of braking according to calculated braking capacity of the train.

公开(公告)号：US20170217460A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-03

申请号：US15422055

申请日：2017-02-01

Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.

Inventor： Stefan HUBER ,  Helmut HERZOG

IPC: B61L23/34 ,  B61L25/02 ,  B61L23/14

CPC classification number: B61L23/34 ,  B60L13/03 ,  B61L23/14 ,  B61L25/021 ,  B61L25/025 ,  B61L2201/00

Abstract: In order to avoid a collision between transport units, which are moving along a transport path of a transport assembly, and/or the collision of a transport unit with a barrier and/or the surpassing of a local speed limit, for at least one transport unit (TEi) it is preemptively determined if for the transport unit (TEi) a stopping maneuver (SMi) with a predetermined cinematic may be performed, without causing a violation of these safety requirements. In case of violation of a safety requirement, the stopping maneuver is effectively activated.