Portable train car braking unit
AssigneeAccenture Global Solutions Limited
InventorEric Motazedi
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Abstract
A mobile unit that includes a compressed gas canister, a brake hose coupled to the compressed gas canister, a radar, and a processor and a storage device. The storage device stores instructions that are operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to perform operations of obtaining radar data from the radar, determining, based on the radar data, a distance of the mobile unit to an object, determining that the distance of the mobile unit to the object satisfies a braking criteria, and based on determining that the distance of the mobile unit to the object satisfies the braking criteria, releasing gas from the compressed gas canister through the brake hose coupled to the compressed gas canister and into the brake pipe of a train car.
Claims20
A detachable, portable train car braking unit for directly controlling a brake of a train car to which it is attached, the detachable, portable train car braking unit comprising:
- a housing;
- an attachment device for detachably attaching the housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit to a train car;
- a compressed gas canister located within the housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit;
- a brake hose coupled to the compressed gas canister and extending out from the housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit, an end of the brake hose outside of the housing including a detachable coupler for coupling the brake hose to a brake pipe of the train car to which it is attached;
- a radar at least partially within the housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit, the radar including a radar emitter located on an exterior of the housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit;
- and
- a processor and a storage device located within the housing and storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to perform operations of:
- obtaining radar data from the radar;
- determining, based on the radar data, a distance of the radar emitter of the detachable, portable train car braking unit to an object;
- determining that the distance of the radar emitter of the detachable, portable train car braking unit to the object satisfies a braking criteria;
- and
- based on determining that the distance of the detachable, portable train car braking unit to the object satisfies the braking criteria, directly controlling a brake of the train car to which the detachable, portable train car braking unit is attached, comprising releasing gas from the compressed gas canister located within the housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit, through the brake hose that extends out from the housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit, through the detachable coupler between the brake hose and the brake pipe of the train car to which the detachable, portable train car braking unit is attached, and into the brake pipe of the train car to which the detachable, portable train car braking unit is attached.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining radar data from a radar;
- determining, based on the radar data, a distance of a radar emitter of a detachable, portable train car braking unit to an object;
- determining that the distance of the radar emitter of the detachable, portable train car braking unit to the object satisfies a braking criteria;
- and
- based on determining that the distance of the detachable, portable train car braking unit to the object satisfies the braking criteria, directly controlling a brake of a train car to which the detachable, portable train car braking unit is attached, comprising releasing gas from a compressed gas canister located within a housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit, through a brake hose that extends out from the housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit, through a detachable coupler between the brake hose and a brake pipe of the train car to which the detachable, portable train car braking unit is attached, and into the brake pipe of the train car to which the detachable, portable train car braking unit is attached.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining radar data from a radar;
- determining, based on the radar data, a distance of a radar emitter of a detachable, portable train car braking unit to an object;
- determining that the distance of the radar emitter of the detachable, portable train car braking unit to the object satisfies a braking criteria;
- and
- based on determining that the distance of the detachable, portable train car braking unit to the object satisfies the braking criteria, directly controlling a brake of a train car to which the detachable, portable train car braking unit is attached, comprising releasing gas from a compressed gas canister located within a housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit, through a brake hose that extends out from the housing of the detachable, portable train car braking unit, through a detachable coupler between the brake hose and a brake pipe of the train car to which the detachable, portable train car braking unit is attached, and into the brake pipe of the train car to which the detachable, portable train car braking unit is attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.