A positive train control unit 100 for a track way 60 or track way crossing comprises a plurality of different sensors 110, 312 coupled to a processor 120 that determines whether there is an object on the track way 60 and/or the track way crossing, and/or an anomaly of the track way 60, and if there is, provides an alert. The plural sensors 110, 312 may include a visual imager 112, 3112, an infrared imager 114, 3114, a radar 116, 3116, a doppler radar 116, 3116, a laser sensor 118, 3118, a laser ranging device 118, 3118, an acoustic sensor 122, 3122, and/or an acoustic ranging device 122, 3122. Data from the plural sensors 110, 312 is geo-tagged and time tagged. Some embodiments of the train control 100 employ track monitors 330, switch monitors 320 and/or wayside monitors 310, and some employ locating devices 130 such as GPS 132, 3132 and inertial devices 134.
POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
POSITIVES ZUGKONTROLLSYSTEM UND VORRICHTUNG DAFÜR
SYSTÈME DE COMMANDE DE TRAIN POSITIVE ET APPAREIL ASSOCIÉ
2022-05-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC |
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