Control method and control device for operating a rail vehicle

Abstract

A control method operates a rail vehicle. The method is carried out in a computer-assisted manner on the basis of a vehicle control program. Accordingly, it is provided that the vehicle control program operates with the use of detected driving and/or surroundings data being detected by on-board or train-board sensors.

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         16 . A control method for operating a rail vehicle, which comprises the steps of:
 carrying out the control method in a computer-assisted manner on a basis of a vehicle control program, the vehicle control program works with detected driving and/or environment data.   
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein vehicle-specific driving behavior data is at least also detected by measurement as part of the detected driving and/or environment data during a journey of the rail vehicle. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein previously detected driving and/or environment data is updated during a journey of the rail vehicle. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 16 , which further comprises parameterizing the vehicle control program based on the detected driving and/or environment data. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 19 , which further comprises:
 forming a control profile dataset from the detected driving and/or environment data; and   parameterizing a fixed-program control module of the vehicle control program by means of the control profile dataset.   
     
     
         21 . The method according to  claim 16 , which further comprises:
 selecting a control profile dataset from a predefined group of stored control profile datasets based on the detected driving and/or environment data; and   parameterizing a fixed-program control module of the vehicle control program by means of the control profile dataset selected.   
     
     
         22 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein:
 an experience database is accessed, in which actuating commands by a real rail vehicle driver during previous journeys are stored in dependence on driving situations; and   the driving situations are determined based on the detected driving and/or environment data detected by measurement during the previous journeys and are stored together with corresponding ones of the actuating commands by the real rail vehicle driver.   
     
     
         23 . The method according to  claim 22 , wherein:
 during a journey, sensor signals from sensors linked or connected to a control facility of the rail vehicle are evaluated and a respective current driving situation is determined; and   the respective current driving situation is compared with the driving situations stored in the experience database and if there is conformity or at least, in accordance with predefined conformity criteria, sufficient similarity between the respective current driving situation and one of the driving situations stored in the experience database, stored actuating commands by the real rail vehicle driver that correspond to a stored driving situation are read and output.   
     
     
         24 . The method according to  claim 16 , which further comprises carrying out the method on a rail vehicle side by means of a control facility installed on the rail vehicle side. 
     
     
         25 . A control facility for a rail vehicle, the control facility comprising:
 a vehicle computer; and   a vehicle control program running on said vehicle computer, said vehicle control program is embodied such that it works with detected driving and/or environment data.   
     
     
         26 . The control facility according to  claim 25 , wherein:
 said vehicle control program has an observation module, a parameterization module and a control module;   said observation module detects the detected driving and/or environment data during a journey of the rail vehicle;   said parameterization module parameterizes said control module based on the detected driving and/or environment data; and   said parameterized control module outputs actuating commands for the rail vehicle.   
     
     
         27 . The control facility according to  claim 26 , wherein said parameterization module is embodied such that it forms a control profile dataset based on the detected driving and/or environment data or selects the the control profile dataset from a group of stored control profile datasets and parameterizes said control module by means of a formed or selected control profile dataset. 
     
     
         28 . The control facility according to  claim 25 , wherein:
 said vehicle control program has an experience database or is connected to said experience database, in which actuating commands by a real rail vehicle driver during previous journeys are stored as a function of driving situations; and   the driving situations are determined from the detected driving and/or environment data detected by measurement during the previous journeys and are stored together with corresponding ones of the actuating commands by the real rail vehicle driver during the previous journeys.   
     
     
         29 . The control facility according to  claim 28 , wherein:
 said vehicle control program has an observation module which evaluates the detected driving and/or environment data during a journey of the rail vehicle and detects a respective current driving situation; and   said vehicle control program has a selection module that compares the respective current driving situation with the driving situations stored in said experience database and, if there is conformity or at least, in accordance with predefined conformity criteria, sufficient similarity between the respective current driving situation and one of the driving situations stored in said experience database, stored said actuating commands by the real rail vehicle driver that correspond to a stored driving situation are read and output from said experience database to control the rail vehicle.   
     
     
         30 . A rail vehicle, comprising:
 a control facility having a vehicle computer and a vehicle control program running on said vehicle computer, said vehicle control program is embodied such that it works with detected driving and/or environment data.