Speed control apparatus and method for rapid transit vehicles

Details Speed control apparatus and method for rapid transit vehicles Speed control apparatus and method for rapid transit vehicles

1983-04-29

1986-01-21

Gruber, Felix D.

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364436, G06F 1550, B61L 320, B61L 306

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ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a transit vehicle speed control apparatus and method operative to control the speed of the vehicle in relation to the lowest one of an input command speed limit and a program stop speed limit by determining the time period required for the vehicle speed to change from a present speed to a predetermined speed band limit in relation to each of the acceleration of the vehicle and the response delay time of the vehicle in accordance with the propulsion motor characteristics and the vehicle mass.

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Greenway et al., Automatic Train Control and Communications for Washington Metro, Communications Society IEEE, Nov. 1974, pp. 14-21 and 30.

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