Method, vehicle device and controller for operating a track-bound traffic system

US11479282B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Mobility GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Oscar Alonso Garrido · Tres Cantos, ES
• Peter Luehrs · Braunschweig, DE
• Karsten Rahn · Lehre, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 5, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61L2205/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method operates a track-bound traffic system which in a particularly efficient manner and at the same time with a comparably low degree of complexity allows the position of at least one vehicle end of a track-bound vehicle to be ascertained. For this purpose, the method is carried out such that a track-side device transmits first information which directly or indirectly characterizes the location of the track-side device and second information which directly or indirectly characterizes the travel direction of a track-bound vehicle. The first and second information is received by the track-bound vehicle at the location of the track-side device; and a position of at least one vehicle end of the track-bound vehicle is ascertained by the track-bound vehicle on the basis of the received first and second information.