Actuator-operable driving settings device for a rail vehicle
AssigneeBombardier Transportation GmbH
InventorsJan Buschbeck, Marc Zechel
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Abstract
A driver's cab configuration for a rail vehicle includes a driving settings device operable by a vehicle driver for setting a desired driving behaviour of the rail vehicle, and a memory device in which a target driving behaviour profile for the rail vehicle is stored. The driver's cab configuration includes an operating actuator which is configured to operate the driving settings device based on the target driving behaviour profile, and a drive control device which is configured to control at least a drive device of the rail vehicle based on operations the driving settings device. A method for operating a rail vehicle is also disclosed.
Claims9
A driver's cab configuration for a rail vehicle comprising:
- a driving settings device operable by a vehicle driver for setting a desired driving behavior of the rail vehicle;
- a memory device in which a target driving behavior profile for the rail vehicle is stored;
- an operating actuator which is configured to operate the driving settings device based on the target driving behavior profile;
- and
- a drive control device which is configured to control at least a drive device of the rail vehicle based on operations of the driving settings device,
- wherein the driver's cab configuration is operable in a manual operating mode in which the operating actuator does not perform operations of the driving settings device;
- and is operable in at least a partially autonomous operating mode in which the driving settings device is operable by the operating actuator.
A method for operating a rail vehicle, the rail vehicle comprising a driving settings device operable by a vehicle driver for setting a desired driving behavior, the method comprising:
- an actuator operation of the driving settings device based on a target driving behavior profile;
- and
- controlling at least a drive device of the rail vehicle based on the operation of the driving settings device,
- wherein the drive device is operable in a manual operating mode in which the actuator does not perform operations of the driving settings device;
- and is operable in at least a partially autonomous operating mode in which the driving settings device is operable by the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.