Method and system for regulating guided vehicle headways
US12162525B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB61L27/40
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for managing traffic of guided vehicles over a railway network include a first ATS system for regulating traffic of guided vehicles over a first regulation domain of the network and a second ATS system configured for regulating traffic of guided vehicles over a second regulation domain. The regulation domains have a common boundary and at least one track connects a first position within the first regulation domain to a second position within the second regulation domain. The second ATS system detects limited traffic capacity at the second position and automatically computes, as a function of the detected limited traffic capacity, a target headway between two successive guided vehicles crossing the common boundary for entering the second regulation domain. The first ATS system automatically determines, from the received target headway, a reference timetable, complying with the received target headway, for the first regulation domain.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.