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TRIP COMPUTER [4 records]

Record 1 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation Equipment (General)
  • Applications of Automation
CONT

A computer aided routing system(CARS) determines a travel route between a user selected travel origin and travel destination following user selected waypoints along the way. A CARS database incorporates travel information selected from a range of multimedia sources about the transportation routes, waypoints, and geographically locatable points of interest(POIs) selected by the user along the travel route. The CARS software permits user selection of specified POI types within a user defined region of interest and user selection of particular POIs from the selected types within the region of interest. The transportation routes, waypoints, POIs and region of interest are identified in the computer by coordinate locations of a selected geographical coordinate system. The CARS software is constructed to present a user customized travelog for preview on the computer display of the user defined travel route. The travel planner can preview on the computer display a multimedia travelog particularly customized for the user defined travel route including multimedia information on the transportation routes, waypoints, and POIs selected by the user. The user can engage in an iterative trip planning process of revising the route and previewing travelogs of revised travel routes until a satisfactory travel route is determined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipements de transport
  • Automatisation et applications
OBS

système de gestion des itinéraires par ordinateur : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’environnement» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Police
  • Road Traffic
CONT

Photo radar combines a stationary radar device with a computer and camera. The law enforcement officer sets the computer to a specific trip speed and the radar device transmits continuously. If a vehicle exceeds the trip speed, the device activates the camera and records the speed, time and date. The owner receives the speeding ticket along with a picture in the mail.

OBS

photo radar: term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Police
  • Circulation routière
DEF

Appareil de surveillance constitué d'un radar routier et d'un appareil photo qui détecte et photographie automatiquement les véhicules roulant au-delà des limites de vitesse permises.

OBS

radar photographique : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

Key term(s)
  • photo radar

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Policía
  • Tránsito vial
CONT

Los cinemómetros y/o radares fotográficos (destinados a medir la velocidad de desplazamiento de un vehículo y detectar faltas contravencionales) son instrumentos de medición reglamentados […]

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Record 3 2011-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dashboards and Instrumentation (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

A computer [that] supplies the driver with trip information such as range, ETA [estimated time of arrival], distance to destination, time, fuel economy, fuel consumption, average speed, accumulated trip miles [and] elapsed time since last reset.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tableau et instruments de bord (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

[Ordinateur] comportant des fonctions intégrées à base de temps, [de] distance parcourue et de débit d'essence, [et servant à aider] le conducteur dans la gestion de son voyage par l'indication de la vitesse moyenne, de la distance parcourue et à parcourir, de la consommation de carburant et de l'autonomie restante, de l'heure probable d'arrivée, etc.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module, which was built by the Italian Space Agency(ASI), is the first of three such pressurized modules that will serve as the International Space Station's "moving vans, "carrying laboratory racks filled with equipment, experiments and supplies to and from the Station aboard the Space Shuttle. The unpiloted, reusable logistics modules function as both a cargo carrier and a Space Station module when they are flown. Mounted in the Space Shuttle's cargo bay for launch and landing, they are berthed to the Station using the shuttle's robotic arm after the shuttle has docked. While berthed to the Station, racks of equipment are unloaded from the module and then old racks and equipment may be reloaded to be taken back to Earth. The logistics module is then detached from the Station and positioned back into the Shuttle's cargo bay for the trip home. When in the cargo bay, the cargo module is independent of the Shuttle cabin, and there is no passageway for Shuttle crewmembers to travel from the Shuttle cabin to the module. In order to function as an attached Station module as well as a cargo transport, the logistics modules also include components that provide some life support, fire detection and suppression, electrical distribution and computer functions. Eventually, the modules also will carry refrigerator freezers for transporting experiment samples and food to and from the station.

CONT

When the International Space Station (ISS) was redesigned again in 1993, NASA & the Italian Space Agency decided to expand the original Mini-Pressurized Logistics Module design. The new MultiPurpose Logistics Module is twice as long and an carry up to 9000kg of cargo to ISS. ... The module carries up to sixteen refrigerator-sized (203 x 105cm) payload racks, five of which may contain refrigerators/freezers. Other so-called "EXPRESS Racks" can be outfitted with lockers for small experiments. Additional cargo can be carried in center aisle stowage containers.

OBS

multi-purpose logistics module; MPLM: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • multi purpose logistics module

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Le MPLM [Multi-Purpose Logistics Module] est un module pressurisé doté d'un système de soutien-vie interne sophistiqué, à l'intérieur duquel les astronautes peuvent travailler. Il est le seul module pouvant livrer à la Station des expériences dans leurs bâtis spéciaux venant s'intégrer aux laboratoires de l'ISS [International Space Station]. Il sert aussi de «fourgonnette» à l'aller comme au retour, transportant d'autres équipements et fournitures, et reste attaché à la Station pendant son déchargement et son chargement.

CONT

L'Italian Multi-Purpose Laboratory Modules (MPLMs) est un élément construit sur le modèle du COF [Colombus Orbital Facility] européen et abritera l6 emplacements normalisés aptes à recevoir des charges italiennes, européennes ou américaines.

OBS

module logistique italien; MPLM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

Module logistique polyvalent Donatello, Raffaello.

Spanish

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