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Distributed power and electronic air brake control system for a train and associated methods
Scot Stewart,Dale Delaruelle,Premal Desai,Mark Wheeler,Don Herndon,Brett Pierce,Ronald O. Newton,Kevin B. Root,John J. Allen +8 more
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In this article, a train control system includes a plurality of control subsystems for installation in respective locomotives, at least one of which is configurable as a lead control subsystem, and at least another one of the controllers is configured as a remote control subsystem.Abstract:
A train control system includes a plurality of control subsystems for installation in respective locomotives. At least one of the control subsystems is configurable as a lead control subsystem, and at least one other control subsystem is configurable as a remote control subsystem. Each control subsystem preferably comprises a radio transceiver, a first processor connected to the radio transceiver for communicating with at least one other control subsystem, an electronic brake valve connected to the first processor, and an electro-pneumatic controller connected to the first processor and the electronic brake valve, for interfacing to the air brake system of the train. The first processor preferably comprises a locomotive computer interface for performing both distributed power and electronic air brake functions in cooperation with the locomotive control computer. The distributed power functions may comprise at least one of tractive effort and dynamic braking functions. The electronic air brake functions preferably comprise at least one of automatic service braking, independent braking, and emergency braking.read more
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Electrically controlled automated devices to operate, slow, guide, stop and secure, equipment and machinery for the purpose of controlling their unsafe, unattended, unauthorized, unlawful hazardous and/or legal use, with remote control and accountability worldwide
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Communication system and method for a rail vehicle consist
John Brand,Todd William Goodermuth,David Michael Peltz,Jared Klineman Cooper,David Lowell McKay,Eugene Smith,Brian Joseph McManus +6 more
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Intelligent communications, command, and control system for a land-based vehicle
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TL;DR: In this paper, a method and communication system for a railroad train having at least one locomotive for automatically adjusting the communication system to provide effective communication of command data to control operation of the locomotive is provided.
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Methods and systems for data communications
Jared Klineman Cooper,Robert James Foy,David Michael Peltz,Eugene Smith,Steven Andrew Kellner,Brian William Schroeck,Keith Gilbertson,Joseph Forrest Noffsinger,Wolfgang Daum +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a wireless communication device of a vehicle system includes one or more antennas configured to be disposed onboard a first vehicle of the vehicle system, a first modem configured onboard the first vehicle and to communicate a first wireless signal to one of the second vehicles or an off-board device using the antennas, and a second modem configured to communicate the second wireless signal via a different, second type of wireless communication link.
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Data communication system and method
Jared Klineman Cooper,Todd William Goodermuth,Eugene A. Smith,Mark Bradshaw Kraeling,Joseph Forrest Noffsinger,Glenn Robert Shaffer +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose an approach to allocate different portions of a data communication bandwidth of the wired connection to the modulated network data based on categories representing at least one of the one or more data sources or contents of the high bandwidth network data.
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Radio-based electro-pneumatic control communications system
TL;DR: In this article, a radio-based, Electro-Pneumatic (EP) rail car braking system supports both end-of-train (EOT) and Distributed Power Control (DPC) communication systems.