公开(公告)号：US09663128B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US14698130

申请日：2015-04-28

Applicant: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES

Inventor： John Johnson ,  Michael Scott Mitchell ,  Aadeesh Shivkant Bhagwatkar ,  Bruce Ruthenberg ,  Sunetha Ghanta

IPC: B61L25/02 ,  B61L27/00

CPC classification number: B61L25/02 ,  B61L25/023 ,  B61L25/025 ,  B61L25/026 ,  B61L27/0088

Abstract: A system and method for determining a direction of travel of a vehicle and/or identifying a misplaced wayside device obtain location data from wayside devices. The location data are representative of locations of the wayside devices along a route being traveled by a vehicle. The system and method also determine whether the location data in a series of the wayside devices exhibit an increase or a decrease in the location data across the wayside devices in the series and, responsive to determining whether the location data in the series of the wayside devices does exhibit the increase or the decrease in the location data, the system and method determine a direction of travel of the vehicle along the route, determine a location of the vehicle along the route, and/or identify a misplaced wayside device.

公开(公告)号：US09889829B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-13

申请号：US14049389

申请日：2013-10-09

Applicant: Alstom Transport Technologies

Inventor： Jess Austin Backes ,  Tim Rolbiecki ,  Michael Scott Mitchell ,  Kelly Nichols ,  Kristopher Smith

IPC: B60T7/12 ,  B60T7/16 ,  B60T17/22

CPC classification number: B60T7/128 ,  B60T7/16 ,  B60T17/228

Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a brake system onboard a vehicle, a first actuation component, an automatic control system, and a second actuation component. The first actuation component is operably coupled to the brake system and is configured to cause actuation of the brake system to brake the vehicle when the first actuation component is activated. The automatic control system is onboard the vehicle and is configured to generate a first control signal for controlling the first actuation component to activate to upon occurrence of one or more designated conditions. The second actuation component is operably coupled to the brake system and is configured to cause actuation of the brake system to brake the vehicle upon receipt of one of the first control signal or a second control signal generated by the automatic control system.