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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Lionel Llc, Concord, NC (US);
Louis G Kovach, II, Belleville, MI (US);
Neil Young, Woodside, CA (US);
John T Ricks, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Mark E Ricks, Lincoln Park, MI (US);
Lionel LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A model train control system providing a more realistic modeling of the movement, sound, smoke, and lighting effects of a model train is disclosed. A number of dynamic inputs are used to control such effects. Novel features include providing a dynamic variable speed compensator, a dynamic engine load calculator, automatic dynamic momentum, an adjustable train brake, spectrum control, a velocity controller, pressure sensitive effects, a voice activated dispatcher system, a train location and information reporter network, two digit addressing, a traffic control system, accessory control, a model train Central Control Module, and removable memory modules.