ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,526, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Train control system" was invented by Takashi Miyauchi (Tokyo), Shingo Hamada (Tokyo), Takao Tanaka (Tokyo) and Ryosuke Okada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first on-board device installed on a first train controls an emergency brake unit. When it is determined that an actual deceleration value is insufficient in comparison with a predetermined emergency brake reference deceleration value, the first on-board device predicts a first stop location based on the actual deceleration value, and sends, to a ground control device, a first signal indicating i...