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Pierre D'harcourt

Jean-Philippe Michel

Rosalie Fuchs

Damien Ponceau

Stéphane Meyer

This relates to a device and method for estimating the location of a guided vehicle along a guide, the device including: an attitude sensor of the guided vehicle providing values of attitude component measurements of the vehicle; a memory for storing virtual attitude beacon data including values of one or more of the attitude components of the virtual attitude beacon and at least one virtual attitude beacon attribute value, including at least one position attribute value of the beacon; and a processor configured to perform an activity of a virtual attitude beacon reader, le virtual attitude beacon reader comparing the stored virtual attitude beacon data and the vehicle attitude measurement values in order to detect an instance of a measurement value of the corresponding attitude component exceeding a value of an attitude component of the virtual attitude beacon data, the attitude component advantageously being the geographic heading.

Device and method for estimating the location of a vehicle guided along a curvilinear guide

In a method for calculating, by an estimator, an instantaneous velocity vector {right arrow over (V)} of a rail vehicle, the estimator receives measurements from an inertial unit at a fixed point in the vehicle body and determines a mathematical model M of the dynamics of the vehicle moving on a track, the model being dependent on the bias of the inertial unit and installation parameters, a virtual sensor is determined based on the model M, the virtual sensor enabling calculation, from model parameters, two theoretical transverse velocities δv, and δvalong axes yand z, respectively. An iterative estimator calculates {right arrow over (V)}, and includes the virtual sensor, the estimator being configured so the two theoretical transverse velocities are zero regardless of the rail configurations, the estimator enabling correction of the biases of the inertial unit and estimate installation parameters. Auxiliary velocity or distance travelled sensors are not used to calculate {right arrow over (V)}.

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Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

Pierre D'harcourt