Method and device for automatically influencing track-bound vehicles

US10457300B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Mobility GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Karsten Rahn · Lehre, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61L27/33
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a normal operating mode, track-bound vehicles report their respective position to a track-side device and the track-side device determines a respective movement authority taking into account the reported positions for the track-bound vehicles and transmits the movement authorities to the respective track-bound vehicle. If a track-bound vehicles is faulty and cannot ensure its integrity, and it is consequently not able to report a valid or reliable position, a switch-over into a fault mode takes place without interrupting the travel operation of the track-bound vehicles. In the fault mode the faulty track-bound vehicle determines a position of one of its vehicle ends and reports the position together with information that it cannot ensure its integrity, to the track-side device. Movement authorities are then determined by the track-side device, taking into account the reported position of the one vehicle end and track vacancy information of a track-side track vacancy system.