SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A TRAIN ON A RAILWAY TRACK

    公开(公告)号:US20180281830A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15941610

    申请日:2018-03-30

    Inventor: Giovanni LANTERI

    CPC classification number: B61L1/187 B61L1/188 B61L25/02 B61L27/0077

    Abstract: A system for detecting the presence of a train on a railway track (1b) comprising a plurality of sections (2a″, 2b″, . . . , 2n″), the system comprising: a transmitter (10b) arranged to emit a main signal towards the plurality of sections (2a″, 2b″, . . . , 2n″); a plurality of selecting devices (14a, 14b, . . . , 14n) associated respectively to the plurality of sections (2a″, 2b″, . . . , 2n″) along the railway track (1b) and arranged to selectively allow passage of said main signal towards respective sections of said plurality of sections (2a″, 2b″, . . . , 2n″); a receiver (12b) arranged to receive the main signal after having passed through the plurality of sections (2a″, 2b″, . . . , 2n″); a control unit (20) associated to said receiver (12b) arranged to perform an analysis of said received signal so as to detect the presence of a train on a predetermined section (2a″, 2b″, . . . , 2n″) of said plurality of sections (2a″, 2b″, 2n″).

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