A vehicles annexation control system, a vehicles annexation control method, and a fault detection device for vehicle control systems

Title:

A vehicles annexation control system, a vehicles annexation control method, and a fault detection device for vehicle control systems

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP6272455

Kind Code:

B2

Abstract:

There is a collision risk when coupling trains, so that great care must be taken from a safety standpoint. From a standpoint of ensuring safety, trains are coupled by operator's train operation and visual confirmation. However, this method requires time for the coupling, causing a reduction in train density relating to transportation capability. As an alternative to this method, a vehicle control method uses an inter-vehicle distance measuring device such as a radar, which makes it possible to improve the efficiency of coupling work. The device, however, may experience a decrease in reliability due to disturbance factors in an external environment. A railway vehicle control method for coupling a preceding vehicle and a following vehicle according to the present invention is characterized in that, between trains having a tachometer generator, a fault detection device, and a radar, a zone is set where radar single failure detection and integrity check are performed using the tachometer generator, and the trains which are at a short distance from each other are controlled using the radar the integrity of which has been confirmed, thereby coupling the trains without stopping.

Inventors:

Takahiro Ikeda
Keiichi Katsuta
Kenji Imamoto

Application Number:

JP2016506045A

Publication Date:

January 31, 2018

Filing Date:

March 07, 2014

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