AUTOMATIC CONTROLLER FOR TRACK MAINTENANCE VEHICLE

PURPOSE:To prevent an obstacle and the like from being damaged by providing an information processing means for starting an operation automatic controller means by virtue of a signal transmitted from a mark detecting means, which reads the mark of an obstacle position, and a signal from a travel distance measuring means. CONSTITUTION:When a mark 12 provided in the position of an obstacle 11 on a railroad track 7 is detected by a mark detecting means 3, consisting of a detecting camera 13 and a visual controller 14, an appropriate signal is fed to an information processing means 5. Also a travel distance measuring means 4 measures the distance of the vehicle 1 moved from the mark 12 position by means of a rotary encoder, linked to a measuring wheel 15, the appropriate signal is fed to the information processing means 5. The information processing means 5 then processes the signals fed from the detecting means 13 and the measuring means 4, and the signals are fed to the operation automatic controller means 6 through an information process device 16 and a cancel switch box 17, so that a railroad maintenance means 2 may be actuated.