公开(公告)号：US07618011B2

公开(公告)日：2009-11-17

申请号：US11327746

申请日：2006-01-06

申请人： Todd S. Oleski ,  Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  Glenn R. Shaffer ,  Charles E. Cooper ,  Christopher L. Sheridan ,  James A. Natalo

发明人： Todd S. Oleski ,  Ajith Kuttannair Kumar ,  Glenn R. Shaffer ,  Charles E. Cooper ,  Christopher L. Sheridan ,  James A. Natalo

IPC分类号： G05D1/00

CPC分类号： B61C17/12 ,  B61L3/006 ,  B61L15/0027 ,  B61L15/0036 ,  B61L15/0054 ,  B61L15/0072 ,  B61L15/0081 ,  B61L15/009 ,  B61L25/021 ,  B61L25/025 ,  B61L25/028 ,  B61L2205/04 ,  Y02T30/10

摘要： A consist manager for controlling a consist having a lead locomotive and at least one trailing locomotive. A graphical user interface displays a lead locomotive image and at least one trailing locomotive imagers. The graphical user interfaces allows a user to selectively identify train characteristics of each of the first and second locomotives. The consist manager receives a control command and determines a first power operating mode of the first locomotive and a second power operating mode of the second locomotive as a function of the control command and the identified train characteristics. The consist manager controls the first locomotive according to the first power operating mode and controls the second locomotive according to the second operating mode.

摘要翻译： 用于控制具有引导机车和至少一个后部机车的组合的组合管理器。 图形用户界面显示引导机车图像和至少一个尾部机车成像器。 图形用户界面允许用户选择性地识别第一和第二机车中的每一个的列车特性。 组合管理器接收控制命令，并且根据控制命令和所识别的列车特性确定第一机车的第一功率操作模式和第二机车的第二功率操作模式。 总成管理器根据第一动力操作模式控制第一机车，并根据第二操作模式控制第二机车。

公开(公告)号：US07590485B2

公开(公告)日：2009-09-15

申请号：US12426414

申请日：2009-04-20

申请人： Wolfgang Daum ,  Glenn R. Shaffer ,  Daniel Ballesty

发明人： Wolfgang Daum ,  Glenn R. Shaffer ,  Daniel Ballesty

IPC分类号： B61C17/12

CPC分类号： B60L15/36 ,  B60L2200/26 ,  B60L2260/46 ,  B61C17/12 ,  B61L3/006 ,  G05B13/021 ,  Y02T30/10

摘要： A system for improving fuel efficiency of a railroad train located on a railroad train having a locomotive consist including one or more railroad locomotives, said system including a position-determining device, a track profile database including terrain and contour data about a railroad track, and a processor including an algorithm to calculate a load of said train and a feed forward algorithm to determine an acceleration rate and/or a deceleration rate of said train based on said calculated load and forth coming terrain and contour of a railroad track, wherein said change in condition of the track is determined on-board the locomotive consist and the locomotive consist power setting is adjusted to optimize locomotive consist fuel consumption based on the calculated load of the train as the train is proximate to the change in track condition.

摘要翻译： 一种用于提高位于铁路列车上的铁路列车的燃料效率的系统，其具有包括一个或多个铁路机车的机车组件，所述系统包括位置确定装置，轨道轮廓数据库，其包括关于铁轨的地形和轮廓数据，以及 包括计算所述列车的负载的算法的处理器和前馈算法，用于基于所计算的所述铁路轨迹的所述负载和未来的地形和轮廓来确定所述列车的加速度和/或减速率，其中所述变化 在履带的条件下确定机车编组，并且随着列车接近轨道状态的变化，调整机车组功率设置，以基于列车的计算负载来优化机车组合燃料消耗。

公开(公告)号：US20090204317A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-13

申请号：US12426414

申请日：2009-04-20

申请人： Wolfgang Daum ,  Glenn R. Shaffer ,  Daniel Ballesty

发明人： Wolfgang Daum ,  Glenn R. Shaffer ,  Daniel Ballesty

IPC分类号： G06G7/70 ,  G01W1/02

CPC分类号： B60L15/36 ,  B60L2200/26 ,  B60L2260/46 ,  B61C17/12 ,  B61L3/006 ,  G05B13/021 ,  Y02T30/10

摘要： A system for improving fuel efficiency of a railroad train located on a railroad train having a locomotive consist including one or more railroad locomotives, said system including a position-determining device, a track profile database including terrain and contour data about a railroad track, and a processor including an algorithm to calculate a load of said train and a feed forward algorithm to determine an acceleration rate and/or a deceleration rate of said train based on said calculated load and forth coming terrain and contour of a railroad track, wherein said change in condition of the track is determined on-board the locomotive consist and the locomotive consist power setting is adjusted to optimize locomotive consist fuel consumption based on the calculated load of the train as the train is proximate to the change in track condition.

摘要翻译： 一种用于提高位于铁路列车上的铁路列车的燃料效率的系统，其具有包括一个或多个铁路机车的机车组件，所述系统包括位置确定装置，轨道轮廓数据库，其包括关于铁轨的地形和轮廓数据，以及 包括计算所述列车的负载的算法的处理器和前馈算法，用于基于所计算的所述铁路轨迹的所述负载和未来的地形和轮廓来确定所述列车的加速度和/或减速率，其中所述变化 在履带的条件下确定机车编组，并且随着列车接近轨道状态的变化，调整机车组功率设置，以基于列车的计算负载来优化机车组合燃料消耗。

公开(公告)号：US07522990B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-21

申请号：US11148815

申请日：2005-06-08

申请人： Wolfgang Daum ,  Glenn R. Shaffer ,  Daniel Ballesty

发明人： Wolfgang Daum ,  Glenn R. Shaffer ,  Daniel Ballesty

IPC分类号： B61C17/12

CPC分类号： B60L15/36 ,  B60L2200/26 ,  B60L2260/46 ,  B61C17/12 ,  B61L3/006 ,  G05B13/021 ,  Y02T30/10

摘要： A method of controlling the operation of a railroad train having a locomotive consist comprising one or more railroad locomotives to improve locomotive consist fuel efficiency, the method including calculating on-board the locomotive consist a load of the train being moved by the locomotive consist based on measuring the movement of the train in response to locomotive consist power settings, determining on-board the locomotive consist a current location of the train, identifying on-board the locomotive consist a change in condition of the track prior to the train reaching the change in track condition, and adjusting on-board the locomotive consist the locomotive consist power setting to optimize locomotive consist fuel consumption based on the calculated load of the train as the train is proximate to the change in track condition.

摘要翻译： 一种控制具有机车组件的铁路车辆的操作的方法，包括一个或多个铁路机车，以改善机车组合的燃料效率，所述包括计算机车的机车的方法包括由机车组件移动的列车的负载，基于 测量列车响应于机车组合功率设置的运动，确定机车组成列车的当前位置，识别机车组件在列车到达变化之前的轨道状态的变化 轨道条件和车内调整机车包括机车组合功率设置，以在列车接近轨道状态变化时，根据列车的计算负载优化机车组合燃料消耗。