Method of and device for controlling controlled elements of a rail vehicle
US6484074B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB61F5/22
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of controlling controlled elements of a rail vehicle, in which method descriptive geometrical characteristics of the rail track are calculated by measuring inertial values on board the vehicle and control set points for said controlled elements are generated from said characteristics, characterized in that it includes the steps of:determining the location of the vehicle on the rail track on which it is travelling by comparing calculated geometrical characteristics with geometrical characteristics stored in a database (16) and obtained by a learning process;extracting geometrical characteristics corresponding to the next curve from the database (16); andgenerating control set points for the controlled elements in advance from the extracted characteristics.
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