Train speed control system and train speed control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12172685-B2
Application number	US-202117918997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2021
Priority date	Apr 20, 2020
Publication date	Dec 24, 2024
Grant date	Dec 24, 2024

Abstract

A train speed control system 100 includes a first non-contact sensor 110 that outputs measured first speed information, a first safety device 120 that receives the first speed information from the first non-contact sensor 110 , a second non-contact sensor 140 that outputs measured second speed information, and a second safety device 150 that receives the second speed information from the second non-contact sensor 140 and transmits the received second speed information to the first safety device 120 at a predetermined timing. Then, when first second speed information is received from the second safety device 150 , the first safety device 120 evaluates soundness of the first speed information based on a speed difference between the first second speed information and first first speed information measured by the first non-contact sensor 110 at substantially the same timing as the first second speed information, and determines control speed of a train 1 based on a result of the evaluation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A train speed control system that determines control speed of a train, the train speed control system comprising:
a first non-contact sensor that outputs first speed information obtained by measuring speed of the train without being affected by rotation of a wheel;
a first safety device that is connected to the first non-contact sensor, receives the first speed information from the first non-contact sensor, and holds the received first speed information for at least a predetermined period;
a second non-contact sensor that is placed in a car different from the first non-contact sensor and outputs second speed information obtained by measuring the speed of the train without being affected by the rotation of the wheel; and
a second safety device that is connected to the second non-contact sensor, receives the second speed information from the second non-contact sensor, and transmits latest first second speed information among the received second speed information to the first safety device at a predetermined timing, wherein
when the first second speed information is received from the second safety device,
the first safety device evaluates soundness of the first speed information based on a speed difference between the first second speed information and the first first speed information measured by the first non-contact sensor at substantially the same timing as the first second speed information, and
determines the control speed of the train based on a result of the evaluation,
the first safety device transmits a first telegraphic message to the second safety device,
the second safety device that receives the first telegraphic message transmits a second telegraphic message to which identification information that can be identified as a reply to the first telegraphic message and the first second speed information are added, to the first safety device,
the first safety device that receives the second telegraphic message calculates a communication delay time between the first safety device and the second safety device, based on a time when the first telegraphic message is transmitted and a time when the second telegraphic message is received, and
the first safety device sets the first speed information received from the first non-contact sensor at a timing preceding the communication delay time from the time when the second telegraphic message is received, as the first first speed information.

2. The train speed control system according to claim 1 , wherein
when the speed difference is less than a predetermined value, the first safety device evaluates the soundness of the first speed information as a normal state and determines the control speed using the first first speed information, and
when the speed difference is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the first safety device evaluates the soundness of the first speed information as an abnormal state and determines the control speed without using the first first speed information.

3. The train speed control system according to claim 2 , wherein
when the speed difference is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the first safety device determines the control speed using the second first speed information that most recently evaluates the soundness as a normal state.

4. The train speed control system according to claim 2 , wherein
the first safety device outputs a predetermined error when the soundness of the first speed information is evaluated as an abnormal state.

5. The train speed control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rotary speed sensor that is arranged in the same car as the first non-contact sensor and outputs rotation speed information obtained by measuring rotation speed of the wheel, wherein
the first safety device receives the rotation speed information from the rotary speed sensor and holds the received rotation speed information for at least a predetermined period, and
when the first second speed information is received from the second safety device,
the first safety device evaluates a traveling state of the wheel of the car in which the rotary speed sensor is arranged based on acceleration of the train that can be calculated from the first rotation speed information measured by the rotary speed sensor at substantially the same timing as the first second speed information, and
determines the control speed of the train based on an evaluation result of the soundness of the first speed information and an evaluation result of the traveling state of the wheel.

6. The train speed control system according to claim 5 , wherein
the first safety device transmits a first telegraphic message to the second safety device,
the second safety device that receives the first telegraphic message transmits a second telegraphic message to which identification information that can be identified as a reply to the first telegraphic message and the first second speed information are added, to the first safety device,
the first safety device that receives the second telegraphic message calculates a communication delay time between the first safety device and the second safety device, based on a time when the first telegraphic message is transmitted and a time when the second telegraphic message is received, and
the first safety device sets the first speed information received from the first non-contact sensor at a timing preceding the communication delay time from the time when the second telegraphic message is received, as the first first speed information, and sets the rotation speed information received from the rotary speed sensor at a timing preceding the communication delay time from the time when the second telegraphic message is received, as the first rotation speed information.

7. The train speed control system according to claim 5 , wherein
when the acceleration of the train is less than a predetermined value, the first safety device evaluates the traveling state of the wheel as a normal state, and determines the control speed using the speed of the train that can be calculated from the first first speed information or the first rotation speed information, and
when the acceleration of the train is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the first safety device evaluates the traveling state of the wheel as a slipping state or a skidding state, and determines the control speed without using the speed of the train that can be calculated from the first rotation speed information.

8. The train speed control system according to claim 5 , wherein
the first safety device evaluates the soundness of the first speed information as an abnormal state, and when the traveling state of the wheel is evaluated as a normal state, the first safety device determines the control speed using the speed of the train that can be calculated from the first rotation speed information.

9. The train speed control system according to claim 5 , wherein
the first safety device evaluates the soundness of the first speed information as an abnormal state, and when the traveling state of the wheel is evaluated as a slipping state or a skidding state, the first safety device determines the control speed using the speed of the train that can be calculated from the second rotation speed information that most recently evaluates the traveling state of the wheel as a normal state.

10. The train speed control system according to claim 5 , wherein
the first safety device outputs a predetermined error when the traveling state of the wheel is evaluated as a slipping state or a skidding state.

11. A train speed control method by a train speed control system that determines control speed

Assignees

• Hitachi Ltd

Inventors

• Akiyama Tomohiro
• Kameyama Ryota

Classifications

• B61L15/0062

  On-board target speed calculation or supervision · CPC title

• B60L3/0038

  relating to sensors · CPC title

• B60L3/0084

  relating to control modules · CPC title

• B60L2270/34

  of parts · CPC title

• B61L15/0036

  Conductor-based, e.g. using CAN-Bus, train-line or optical fibres · CPC title