AUTOMATIC CAR IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM USING ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION COUPLING

Equipment for automatically identifying railway cars is described. A passive response device consisting of a medium-wave ceramic resonator, a capacitor, and a loop antenna is attached to the car. Five resonators of different frequencies express a decimal number in a 2 out-of 5 code. The reading device contains a sweep oscillator for generating the interrogating signal.

• Corporate Authors:

  Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company Limited

  1-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Maurakami, H
  • Kaneda, T
  • OTAKE, T
  • Tomita, S
  • Sakuragi, J
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 8-14
• Serial:
  • Toshiba Review
  • Issue Number: 67
  • Publisher: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic car identification
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041643
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 15 1976 12:00AM