Remote restart for an on-board train controller
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1. A method of controlling an automatic vehicle control system for a vehicle traveling on a guideway, the method comprising:
- detecting a failure state in an on-board controller of the vehicle;
sending a restart command from a remote central controller to equipment on-board the vehicle;
sending a reset command to the on-board controller;
determining whether a direction of travel of the vehicle was changed during a time of failure; and
resuming automatic vehicle control operation if the direction of travel was not changed.
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Abstract
A automatic train control system (ATCS) in which a driverless vehicle is reset remotely upon detection of a failure in an on-board controller. If the direction of the train has not changed, and none of the train doors were opened, during the time the train was disabled due to the failure, the train is controlled to resume automatic operation.
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1. A method of controlling an automatic vehicle control system for a vehicle traveling on a guideway, the method comprising:
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detecting a failure state in an on-board controller of the vehicle;
sending a restart command from a remote central controller to equipment on-board the vehicle;
sending a reset command to the on-board controller;
determining whether a direction of travel of the vehicle was changed during a time of failure; and
resuming automatic vehicle control operation if the direction of travel was not changed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automatic vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle on a guideway, the system comprising:
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an on-board controller located on the vehicle;
a radio unit located on the vehicle and operable to communicate with said on-board controller; and
a central controller located remote from said vehicle and operable to transmit a restart command to said radio unit upon detection of a failure state in said on-board controller;
wherein said ratio unit provides a reset command to said on-board controller after receiving the restart command and operation is resumed in the on-board controller if it is determined that the vehicle has not changed travel directions since the time of the failure. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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