# US 2017/0282943 A1 · Method for controlling a land transport vehicle, land transport vehicle, ground equipment and transport system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0282943 A1 - Document ID: US20170282943A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/631,605 - Filed: 2017-06-23 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-04 - Assignees: Alstom Transport Technologies - Applicants: ALSTOM Transport Technologies - Inventors: Jean-Luc HOURTANE; Denis GAUCHE; David CHEVALLIER; Yann CHAINTRON; Xavier RABEYRIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170282943A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/266: {Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips} - B60L 9/00: Electric propulsion with power supply external to the vehicle (electric propulsion for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways B60L13/00; in combination with batteries or fuel cells within the vehicle B60L50/53) - B60L 50/53: in combination with an external power supply, e.g. from overhead contact lines - B60L 50/90: using propulsion power supplied by specific means not covered by groups B60L50/10 - B60L50/50, e.g. by direct conversion of thermal nuclear energy into electricity - B60M 1/10: Arrangements for energising and de-energising power line sections using magnetic actuation by the passing vehicle - B60M 1/30: Power rails - B60M 1/36: Single contact pieces along the line for power supply - B61C 3/00: Electric locomotives or railcars (characterised by power transmission B61C9/00; electrical features B60L; H02) - B61L 3/18: using electric current passing between devices along the route and devices on the vehicle or train - B61L 15/0058: {On-board optimisation of vehicle or vehicle train operation} - B61L 15/0062: {On-board target speed calculation or supervision} - B61L 23/14: automatically operated - B61L 25/021: {Measuring and recording of train speed} - B61L 25/025: {Absolute localisation, e.g. providing geodetic coordinates} - B61L 27/04: Automatic systems, e.g. controlled by train; Change-over to manual control - B61L 27/57: for vehicles or trains, e.g. trackside supervision of train conditions - B61L 27/70: Details of trackside communication - G05B 15/02: electric - B60L 2200/26: Rail vehicles - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B60M: POWER SUPPLY LINES, AND DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY- PROPELLED VEHICLES (control of points and safety arrangements along railway lines B61L; construction of rails and points in general E01B) - B61C: LOCOMOTIVES; MOTOR RAILCARS (vehicles in general B60; frames or bogies B61F; special railroad equipment for locomotives B61J, B61K) - B61L: GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B) - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A land transport vehicle includes a traction motor; a capture device for contact with a power supply segment of an external power supply device and for connection to the traction motor; a communication unit to communicate with ground equipment associated with the power supply segment in a vicinity of which the land transport vehicle is currently traveling; an onboard controller connected to the communication unit; and an onboard power supply device for connection to the traction motor, the onboard controller being adapted to a) regulate the power supplied to the traction motor, b) receive a signal indicating an end of a zone with an external power supply, and c) command, after receiving the signal indicating the end of a zone, a transition from a power demand from the external power supply device toward a power demand from the onboard power supply device to power the traction motor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A land transport vehicle comprising: at least one traction motor; at least one capture device, the at least one capture device adapted to be placed in contact with a power supply segment of an external power supply device and adapted to be connected to the at least one traction motor; a communication unit adapted to communicate with ground equipment associated with the power supply segment in vicinity of which the land transport vehicle is traveling at the current moment; an onboard controller connected to the communication unit to send and receive signals; and an onboard power supply device adapted to be connected to the at least one traction motor, wherein the onboard controller is adapted to regulate the power supplied to the at least one traction motor by at least one of the group of i) the at least one capture device and ii) the onboard power supply device, and wherein the onboard controller is adapted to a) receive a signal indicating the end of a zone with an external power supply, and b) command, after receiving the signal indicating the end of a zone with an external power supply, a transition from a power demand from the external power supply device toward a power demand from the onboard power supply device to power the at least one traction motor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The land transport vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the onboard power supply device includes at lest one of i) at least one chemical battery, ii) at least one fuel cell, and iii) at least one supercapacitor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The land transport vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit includes an onboard antenna arranged in the at least one capture device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The land transport vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the onboard controller is adapted to send a presence signal of the land transport vehicle and receive, in response to the presence signal of the land transport vehicle, a signal indicating the end of a zone with an external power supply. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The land transport vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the transition command includes at least on of the group of: a comparison of the current speed with a predetermined speed, a decrease in the power requested from the external power supply device, an increase in the power requested from the onboard power supply device, an adjustment of the power requested from the external power supply device to a maximum power generated by the onboard power supply device, and a switch to the onboard power supply device.