RAIL VEHICLE INTERNAL INFORMATION NETWORK DEVICE

• US 20100034298A1
• Filed: 08/04/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: WATANABE, Shinsuke, MIYAJIMA, Yasuyuki, TAKAHASHI, Atsushi
• Application Number:
  US12/535,325
• Publication Number:
  US 20100034298A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/257
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2200/26 Rail vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/36 Repeater circuits H04B3/58 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40006 Architecture of a communication node current supply arrangements H04L12/10; intermediate storage or scheduling H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40293 the transportation system being a train
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/0002 analog front ends; means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line duplex arrangements H04L5/143
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

A rail vehicle internal information network device has modulating transmission devices (11) that transmit modulated signals in accordance with the characteristics of the transmission wire and that demodulate received signals, and a transmission wire (12) that transmits signals and connects the modulating transmission devices (11), wherein the modulating transmission devices (11) have transmission output adjustment means (20) constituted by means for preventing lowering of transmission performance by avoiding the effect of external noise or the effect of signal interference. In this way, a high-speed information network in a rail vehicle can be constructed without employing coaxial cable or shielded wire as transmission wires for high-frequency communication.

Claims

1. A rail vehicle internal information network device comprising:

a modulating transmission device transmitting a modulated signal in accordance with characteristics of following a transmission wire and demodulating a received signal; and

a transmission wire connecting said modulating transmission device which transmits said signal to other said modulating transmission device,

wherein said modulating transmission device has a preventing lowering of transmission characteristic means for preventing lowering of transmission performance by avoiding an effect of external noise or an effect of signal interference.

2. The rail vehicle internal information network device according to claim 1,

wherein said preventing lowering of transmission characteristic means comprises at least one of:

a transmission output adjustment means for adjusting a transmission output in accordance with transmission path characteristics;

a reception sensitivity adjustment means for adjusting a reception sensitivity in accordance with said transmission path characteristics; and

an employed frequency adjustment means for adjusting an employed frequency in accordance with said transmission path characteristics or dividing a frequency into a plurality of frequencies and allocating an employed frequencies divided in accordance with said transmission path characteristics so as to be able to avoid an effect of signal interference with another network.

3. The rail vehicle internal information network device according to claim 2,

wherein said transmission output adjustment means transmits output adjustment data to said modulating transmission device at a transmission destination in response to an instruction from a display controller or a maintenance terminal installed in a driver'"'"'s console on power source start-up or on resetting of a modulating transmission device, from time to time or at fixed periods during system operation, receives decision result data of said modulating transmission device at said transmission destination, and automatically adjusts a transmission output in accordance with said decision result data.

4. The rail vehicle internal information network device according to claim 3,

wherein said transmission output adjustment means, when said transmission output has been adjusted, stores an adjusted value of a transmission output and said modulating transmission device performs transmission with stored said adjust value of said transmission output on restarting of said power source or on resetting of said modulating transmission device.

5. The rail vehicle internal information network device according to claim 2,

wherein said reception sensitivity adjustment means performs adjustment of a reception sensitivity in accordance with an intensity of received data, in response to an instruction from a display controller or a maintenance terminal installed in a driver'"'"'s console on power source start-up or on resetting of said modulating transmission device, from time to time or at fixed periods during system operation.

6. The rail vehicle internal information network device according to claim 5,

wherein said reception sensitivity adjustment means, when said reception sensitivity has been adjusted, stores a reception sensitivity adjustment value and said modulating transmission device performs transmission with said stored reception sensitivity adjustment value on restarting of said power source or on resetting of said modulating transmission device.

7. The rail vehicle internal information network device according to claim 2,

wherein said employed frequency adjustment means, in response to an instruction from a display controller or a maintenance terminal installed in a driver'"'"'s console, on power source start-up or on resetting of a modulating transmission device, from time to time or at fixed periods during system operation, transmits employed frequency adjustment data to said modulating transmission device at said transmission destination and receives said decision result data of said modulating transmission device at said transmission destination and automatically selects an employed frequency in accordance with decision result data.

8. The rail vehicle internal information network device according to claim 2,

wherein said employed frequency adjustment means divides a frequency band into a plurality of bands and allocates divided employed frequency bands to each network so as to be able to avoid an effect of signal interference with other networks.

9. The rail vehicle internal information network device according to claim 7 or 8,

wherein said employed frequency adjustment means, when said employed frequency has been selected, stores a selected value of an employed frequency and, when divided employed frequencies have been allocated, stores divided selected values of employed frequency, and

said modulating transmission device performs transmission using stored said selected value of employed frequency on restarting of said power source or on resetting of said modulating transmission device.