EP 1332940 A1 20030806 - Remote control system for a locomotive with solid state tilt sensor
Title (en)
Remote control system for a locomotive with solid state tilt sensor
Title (de)
Fernsteueranlage für Lokomotive mit Festkörperneigungssensor
Title (fr)
Système de commande à distance pour locomotive avec capteur d'inclinaison à état solide
Publication
Application
Priority
- CA 2369819 A 20020131
- US 6286402 A 20020131
- US 23623502 A 20020906
Abstract (en)
A portable master controller (12) for a locomotive remote control system (10). The portable master controller (12) has a user interface (18) for receiving commands to control the movement of the locomotive. The user interface (18) is responsive to operator commands to generate control signals. A processing unit (24) receives the control signals from the user interface (18) to generate digital command signals directing the movement of the locomotive. A transmission unit (28) receives the digital command signals and generates a RF transmission conveying the digital command signals to the slave controller (14). A solid-state tilt sensor (38) in communication with the processing unit (24) communicates inclination information to the processing unit (24) about the portable master controller (12). The processing unit (24) receives and processes the inclination information. If the inclination information indicates that the portable master controller (12) is in an unsafe operational condition, the processing unit (24) generates an emergency digital command signal to the transmission unit (28), without input from the operator, for directing the locomotive to acquire a secure condition. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B61L 3/00 (2006.01); B61L 3/12 (2006.01); B61L 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B61L 3/127 (2013.01); G08C 2201/32 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [Y] US 5511749 A 19960430 - HORST FOLKERT [CA], et al
- [Y] EP 1158377 A2 20011128 - INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS SYS CONSULTING GMBH [DE]
- [Y] US 6300933 B1 20011009 - NAGASAKI KATSUHIKO [JP], et al
- [PX] US 6470245 B1 20021022 - PROULX RICHARD [CA]
- [Y] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1997, no. 02 28 February 1997 (1997-02-28)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 03290159 A 20030122; AU 2003200281 A 20030130