Patent ID: 7412312

Claim:
System for automatically determining the emergency braking characteristics of a vehicle, in particular a railway vehicle, used for public transport, comprising means ( 1 ) for measuring the speed of the vehicle, means ( 2 ) for measuring the distance run by the latter, and means ( 3 ) for applying the vehicle's emergency braking to activate the latter's braking means ( 4 ), characterised in that it comprises means ( 5 ) to detect activation of the means ( 3 ) applying the vehicle's emergency braking and means ( 5 ) for detecting stopping of the vehicle, designed to activate/deactivate the functioning of means ( 9 ) for acquiring information on the speed and distance run by the vehicle during the period of time between activation of the means applying the emergency braking and stopping of the vehicle, and means ( 9 ) for analysing this information to provide at least information on the distance run by the vehicle during that period and information, on the response time (te) of the vehicle's braking means ( 4 ) following activation of the means ( 3 ) applying the emergency braking.