Method of optimizing train operation and training

• US 20010029411A1
• Filed: 03/27/2001
• Published: 10/11/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: New York Air Brake Corporation (Knorr-Bremse GmbH)
• Original Assignee: New York Air Brake Corporation (Knorr-Bremse GmbH)
• Inventors: Hawthorne, Michael J.
• Granted Patent: US 6,622,068 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/19
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 13/665 the systems being specially adapted for transferring two or more command signals, e.g. railway systems B60T13/662 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 17/228 for railway vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/024 in which a parameter or coefficient is automatically adjusted to optimise the performance
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/048 a model being viewed and manoeuvred from a remote point G09B9/052, G09B9/058 take precedence

Abstract

A method of optimizing train operation and training in a moving train includes determining the train'"'"'s conditions and calculating a desired response to the present conditions of the train to achieve a goal. The engineer'"'"'s response is determined and the train'"'"'s conditions resulting from the engineer'"'"'s response is determined and may be displayed on the train. The desired response, for example brake and propulsion settings, may be displayed after determining the engineer'"'"'s response. The engineer is qualified from the comparison of the engineer'"'"'s response to the desired response to the condition. Access to the locomotive controls may be controlled using a user identification and determining the qualification level of the user. The qualification level can be updated based on the training session.

Claims

1. The method of controlling access to locomotive controls comprising:

determining qualification levels of user; and

enabling systems if determined qualification levels of user meets locomotive requirements.

2. The method according to

claim 1

including customizing control systems of the locomotive based on user identification.

3. The method according to

claim 1

, wherein user identification and qualification level are inputted by the user using an encoded device.