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Method and device for determining a signal aspect for a rail vehicle

US10457301B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Mobility GmbH · DE

Inventors

Oscar Alonso Garrido · Tres Cantos, ES
Pierre-Olivier Guislain · Chevreuse, FR
Christina Luebke · Königslutter am Elm, DE
Peter Luehrs · Braunschweig, DE
STEFFEN UECKERT · Lehrte, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2016
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 10, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB61L23/06
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining a signal aspect representing the vacant or occupied state of a track section for a rail vehicle, in particular a maintenance or construction vehicle, on a CBTC track. In this case, the rail vehicle does not have an on-board CBTC device. In order to dispense with special hardware, an app on a smartphone initiates the following steps: A) photographing of a track beacon in the direction of travel, B) determining the ID (identification signature) of the track beacon, C) transmitting of the track beacon ID to a CBTC track control center and D) receiving of the signal aspect determined by the CBTC track control center for the track section starting with the track beacon.

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