Method for locating a rail vehicle
    1.
    发明授权
    Method for locating a rail vehicle 有权
    轨道车辆定位方法

    公开(公告)号:US09561813B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-07

    申请号:US14431391

    申请日:2013-09-09

    发明人: Hartwig Ohmstede

    摘要: A method for locating a rail vehicle with a rail vehicle position determination device on a route includes reading positions of reference marks, passed by the rail vehicle, along the route of the rail vehicle and evaluating additional distance information. In order to locate a rail vehicle with little expenditure and with comparatively high accuracy, in the case of a route with at least one track section bounded by axle counting sensor units and having an axle counting evaluator, information on the number of axles from the axle counting evaluator is transferred to the rail vehicle position determination device for determining the position of a rail vehicle. In the rail vehicle position determination device, the position of an axle of the rail vehicle corresponding to the information on the number of axles is determined using route topology data present there, and this position is used as a further reference mark.

    摘要翻译: 用于在路线上定位轨道车辆位置确定装置的轨道车辆的方法包括沿着轨道交通工具的路线读取通过轨道车辆的参考标记的位置,并评估附加距离信息。 为了定位少量的轨道车辆并且具有较高的精度,在具有至少一个由车轴计数传感器单元限定的轨道部分并且具有车轴计数评估器的路线的情况下,来自车轴的车轴数量的信息 计算评估器被传送到轨道车辆位置确定装置,用于确定轨道车辆的位置。 在轨道车辆位置确定装置中,使用存在于其中的路线拓扑数据来确定对应于关于车轴数量的信息的轨道车辆的轴的位置,并且该位置用作另外的参考标记。

    Broken rail detector
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11975750B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-07

    申请号:US17070693

    申请日:2020-10-14

    发明人: Paul D. Gies

    摘要: A method and apparatus to detect breaks in tracks and/or detect the presence of a vehicle, such as a train, in a monitored section of the track or rail. Embodiments of the present invention measure the change in track inductance associated with a track or rail break. Electrical shunts are connected between the rails at spaced-apart intervals (for example a shunt can be placed every mile). At least two different frequencies of alternating current are generated and fed into the segments of rail (for example at or near a mid-point between the shunts). If a rail break occurs, the total inductance of the rail at that segment will change. Using two or more frequencies allows a rail break to be differentiated from environmental rail-to-rail and rail-to-earth leakage.

    Method for locating a rail vehicle
    3.
    发明申请
    Method for locating a rail vehicle 有权
    轨道车辆定位方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150251675A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-10

    申请号:US14431391

    申请日:2013-09-09

    发明人: Hartwig Ohmstede

    IPC分类号: B61L25/02 B61L1/18

    摘要: A method for locating a rail vehicle with a rail vehicle position determination device on a route includes reading positions of reference marks, passed by the rail vehicle, along the route of the rail vehicle and evaluating additional distance information. In order to locate a rail vehicle with little expenditure and with comparatively high accuracy, in the case of a route with at least one track section bounded by axle counting sensor units and having an axle counting evaluator, information on the number of axles from the axle counting evaluator is transferred to the rail vehicle position determination device for determining the position of a rail vehicle. In the rail vehicle position determination device, the position of an axle of the rail vehicle corresponding to the information on the number of axles is determined using route topology data present there, and this position is used as a further reference mark.

    摘要翻译: 用于在路线上定位轨道车辆位置确定装置的轨道车辆的方法包括沿着轨道交通工具的路线读取通过轨道车辆的参考标记的位置,并评估附加距离信息。 为了定位少量的轨道车辆并且具有较高的精度,在具有至少一个由车轴计数传感器单元限定的轨道部分并且具有车轴计数评估器的路线的情况下,来自车轴的车轴数量的信息 计算评估器被传送到轨道车辆位置确定装置,用于确定轨道车辆的位置。 在轨道车辆位置确定装置中,使用存在于其中的路线拓扑数据来确定对应于关于车轴数量的信息的轨道车辆的轴的位置,并且该位置用作另外的参考标记。

    BROKEN RAIL DETECTOR
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240278815A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18611165

    申请日:2024-03-20

    发明人: Paul D. Gies

    摘要: A method and apparatus to detect breaks in tracks and/or detect the presence of a vehicle, such as a train, in a monitored section of the track or rail. Embodiments of the present invention measure the change in track inductance associated with a track or rail break. Electrical shunts are connected between the rails at spaced-apart intervals (for example a shunt can be placed every mile). At least two different frequencies of alternating current are generated and fed into the segments of rail (for example at or near a mid-point between the shunts). If a rail break occurs, the total inductance of the rail at that segment will change. Using two or more frequencies allows a rail break to be differentiated from environmental rail-to-rail and rail-to-earth leakage.