Method and system for controlling locomotives
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    发明申请
    Method and system for controlling locomotives 审中-公开
    控制机车的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050010338A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-13

    申请号:US10850992

    申请日:2004-05-21

    摘要: A method and system (10) for self-directed operation of a locomotive (12) in a rail yard (82) using a control system (64) on the locomotive for controlling locomotive operations. The method includes establishing at least one operational area (e.g. 74, 76, 78) within the rail yard and associating an operational parameter with each area. The method also includes operating the locomotive using the control system and sensing a location of the locomotive within an operational area. The method further includes determining whether the locomotive is operating within the operational parameter established for the area of its location. If the locomotive is determined not to be operating within the operational parameter, an operation of the locomotive is automatically controlled to operate within the respective operational parameter, without operator input to the control system. The system includes a location detector (62) in communication with the control system to automatically control locomotive operation.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于使用机车上的控制系统(64)对铁路车场(82)中的机车(12)进行自导向操作的方法和系统(10),用于控制机车操作。 该方法包括在铁路车场内建立至少一个操作区域(例如74,76,78),并将操作参数与每个区域相关联。 所述方法还包括使用所述控制系统来操作所述机车,以及感测所述机车在操作区域内的位置。 该方法还包括确定机车是否在为其位置的区域建立的操作参数内运行。 如果机车被确定为不在操作参数中操作,则机车的操作被自动控制以在相应的操作参数内操作,而无需操作者输入到控制系统。 该系统包括与控制系统通信的位置检测器(62)以自动控制机车操作。

    Rail car tracking system
    3.
    发明申请
    Rail car tracking system 审中-公开
    轨道车追踪系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050205719A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-22

    申请号:US11065423

    申请日:2005-02-24

    摘要: A method and system for tracking a rail car having an on-board communication system including a location determining system and a transceiver for receiving and transmitting rail car data. The communication system including a processor responsive to an executable program for enabling operation of the transceiver to transmit rail car data during a reporting event and having a memory for storing data and instructions. The processor memory includes a remotely addressable software database accessible by the executable program for establishing a reporting event in response to at least one of a selected time, a change in geographical location, an extended time in a geographical location, an approach to a specified geographical location, a coupling/decoupling of the rail car with a particular locomotive and a command to report. The rail car includes an AEI reader attached to the rail car for reading AEI tags on other rail vehicles passing by the reader, the reader being in communication with the rail car message system for transmitting data indicating at least a location of the other rail vehicles.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于跟踪具有车载通信系统的轨道车辆的方法和系统,所述车载通信系统包括位置确定系统和用于接收和发送轨道车辆数据的收发器。 所述通信系统包括响应于可执行程序的处理器,用于使得所述收发器能够在报告事件期间传送轨道车辆数据并且具有用于存储数据和指令的存储器。 处理器存储器包括可执行程序可访问的可远程寻址的软件数据库,用于响应于所选择的时间,地理位置的变化,地理位置的延长的时间,到指定的地理位置的方法中的至少一个来建立报告事件 位置,轨道车与特定机车的耦合/解耦和报告命令。 轨道车辆包括附着在轨道车上的AEI读取器,用于读取通过读取器的其他轨道车辆上的AEI标签,读取器与轨道车辆消息系统通信,用于发送指示其他轨道车辆的至少一个位置的数据。