| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 246002000 | TRAIN DISPATCHING | 28 |
| 20110139941 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RUN-TIME INCORPORATION OF DOMAIN DATA CONFIGURATION CHANGES - A method and apparatus for implementing a run-time configuration change for domain data in a database for an information systems where the domain data defines entities which are acted upon by the information system and where the reconfiguration of the domain data can take place without taking the information system offline and making it inaccessible to users. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20130168504 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING TRACK OCCUPANCY - A method of visualizing a track occupation in a train movement tracking and/or planning system for railway safety equipment for at least one train on the basis of a time-distance line diagram (TDL diagram) which is produced as computer graphics. In order to enable potential train routing collisions that are due to delays to be detected, the distance is displayed graphically as a function of time and of a further coordinate, characterizing a delay time, in a three-dimensional coordinate system. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130334373 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE EXTENT OF CLEAR, INTACT TRACK NEAR A RAILWAY VEHICLE - A method is provided for detecting broken rail, track continuity, and track occupancy ahead of or behind a railroad vehicle traveling in fixed-block territory equipped with an AC track code wayside signal system or cab signal overlay system, and a communications link. This method, when used as an integral part of a communications-based train control (CBTC) or positive train control (PTC) system, allows immediate, automatic detection of broken rail, track occupancies, or open turnouts ahead of or behind a train in an occupied block. It also facilitates true moving-block or virtual block CBTC or PTC, thereby enabling higher efficiency and track utilization. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140034787 | TRAIN DIAGRAM EDIT SYSTEM, TRAIN DIAGRAM EDIT METHOD, AND TRAIN DIAGRAM EDIT PROGRAM - A diagram management server for a train line stores user information defining a relationship between a login user and an authority level; train line information; and authority setting information defining a relationship between a creation person having edit authority of the train line and an upper user in a database. When the login user is defined as an upper user of the creation person having the authority setting, a diagram edit terminal requests registering and updating of the train line information created by the creation person, based on the authority level of the login user, and the diagram management server resisters and updates the train line information. Then, from the database, the diagram edit terminal acquires and displays the train line information that the login user has the authority to edit. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140263862 | AUTOMATED REAL-TIME POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL TRACK DATABASE VALIDATION - Methods and systems are described that can be used to verify a track database of a train management system, for example that the track database has not been corrupted, built with critical errors, or is not being used properly by the software application. In one embodiment, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are mounted on the trackside features contained in the track database. The tags contain data such as the geographical coordinates of the trackside features and a unique feature identifier that uniquely identifies the respective feature. As the train passes the trackside feature, a tag reader on the train reads the tag to gather the geographical coordinates and the feature identifier. The train management system then compares the geographical coordinates and/or the feature identifier from the tag with the expected geographical coordinates and/or the expected feature identifier in the track database. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20120085871 | Synchronized Express And Local Trains For Urban Commuter Rail Systems - A computerized system and method of managing subway trains along a two-track subway line to allow express travel in combination with local service. Express trains catch up to local trains at express stations along the line, and provision is made to allow the express trains to physically or “virtually” pass the local train at those stations. Embodiments in which the express trains physically pass the local train include direct train-to-train transfer facilitated by side-by-side tracks at the express station occupying reduced foot-print. In other embodiments, virtual passing is accomplished by changing the type of service provided by trains at express intervals: a local train “transforms” into an express train and vice versa. Embodiments enable passengers to transfer between trains at express stations so that these “relay” passengers can travel faster than any specific train. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20140209758 | TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM - The train control system includes: an on-board device | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140209759 | TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM - A train control system includes: an on-board device | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140209760 | TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM - A train control system includes: an on-board device | 07-31-2014 |
| 246003000 | Central signal control | 18 |
| 20090184210 | Method for Isolation of Vital Functions in a Centralized Train Control System - A method and system for reducing, in a centralized train control system, the portion of a centralized server application that is considered vital while not reducing the overall vitality of the system. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184211 | Method to Monitor a Plurality of Control Centers for Operational Control and Backup Purposes - The present invention provides a way to automate the hand-off of train control in a rail system and handle failover. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184212 | Method for Managing Vital Train Movements - A method for communicating safety critical train authorization under the conditions of limited communications capability is disclosed. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184213 | Vital Method for Exiting and Re-entering a Mapped Guideway Territory - A system and method for controlling a train in a manner that accommodates transitions from and to railway-controlled territory at designated locations, as well as operating within the proximity of those locations in a vital manner. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20100090069 | Anticollision Control System for a Vehicle - An anti-collision control system for one or more vehicles fitted with an onboard automatic pilot (self-guiding) allowing for bi-directional movements on a single track under the control of a ground-based automated traffic control unit of the CBTC type. The system includes: a signaling control unit of the AWS type for controlling ground signals on a section of a single-direction circulation lane; a first default control means based on which the signaling control unit imposes a single-direction movement to the vehicle running on the section of a single-direction circulation lane in order to avoid any collision with another vehicle controlled solely by the signaling control unit of the AWS type, i.e. independently from the ground-based automated traffic control unit. A first advantage of the invention is that a second control mode can be activated, in which a displacement of the vehicle piloted in opposite directions on a portion at least of the section of the initially single-direction circulation lane, can be initiated by way of a request for a control priority demand sent by the automated traffic control CBTC to the AWS signaling control unit, which in turn sends back an authorization (or refusal) signal RESP to said request. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20140131524 | System and Method of Transforming Movement Authority Limits - A computer-implemented method of transforming movement authority limits for a train traveling in a track network, which includes determining authority of tracks associated with a switch, based at least partially on authority data and/or train authority data for the train, and providing authority on a switch leg of the switch based at least partially on the authority of the associated tracks. The computer-implemented method also includes determining authority of tracks associated with switches on at least two tracks, based at least partially on authority data and/or train authority data for the train, and providing authority on a crossover track between the at least two tracks based at least partially on the authority of the associated tracks. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140191089 | DEVICE FOR OPERATING DECENTRALIZED FUNCTIONAL UNITS ARRANGED IN AN INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATION - A device and a method operate decentralized functional units arranged in an industrial installation. The device contains a superordinate control system which interchanges information with the decentralized functional units using data messages, and a data transport network having a number of network access points. The superordinate control system is coupled to the data transport network via at least one network access point. The device further has communication units which are connected to a network access point and provide the decentralized functional units with access to the data transport network, and an energy transport network to which the decentralized functional units are connected and which supplies the decentralized functional units with electrical energy. A number of intelligent energy stores are connected to the energy transport network and consume energy and/or output energy in accordance with the super ordinate control system and/or at least one of the other energy stores. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140263856 | System and Method For Expanded Monitoring and Control of Railroad Wayside Interlocking Systems - A system and method provides for expanded monitoring and control of a railroad wayside interlocking system that monitors a plurality of track side and train systems and controls a plurality of train and track control devices with a primary control panel system communicating with the interlocking system over a first communication interface and with a remote control panel over a second communication interface, receiving interlocking status messages for visually displaying a current status state of the monitored systems, replicating the received interlocking status messages, determining a current status state for the control devices, communicating replicated interlocking status messages or the determined current status state over the second communication interface to one or more remote control panel systems, and receiving requests from the one or more remote control panel systems, which are then transmitted to the wayside interlocking system by the primary control panel system. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150102176 | PARALLEL TRACKS DESIGN DESCRIPTION - Disclosed embodiments provide a system and methodologies that enable or improve a train operator's ability to detect when his train will or has switched tracks or routes automatically in response to the train switching tracks or route without input from the train operator. Disclosed embodiments enable automatic determination of a route that the train is currently on and the route the train is supposed to switch to and the ability to predict track/route switches before they occur. Thus, the disclosed embodiments are configured to more effectively provide proper driving instructions through the track/route change, instead of merely reacting to the track/route change. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150307116 | Systems and Methods for Using a Railroad Rail as Radiating Element for Transmitting Wireless Communications Signals - A railroad communication system includes a radio transmitter for generating radio communications signals and a length of railroad rail coupled to the radio transmitter. The length of rail is disposed on a set of nonconductive railroad ties to form a transmission line for radiating the radio communications signals to a radio receiver in a vicinity of the length of railroad rail. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150344050 | TRAIN TRAFFIC CONTROL INSPECTION DEVICE, TRAIN TRAFFIC CONTROL INSPECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A train traffic control inspection device includes an information acquiring unit configured to acquire railroad topology information indicating a configuration of a railroad network in which a plurality of blocks are connected and which includes one or more branches, travel path information specifying a path of a train which travels in the railroad network on a combination of one or more routes for each train, route setting information in which conditions to be satisfied when a route request for reserving a path on which a train will travel is given are defined for each route, and interlock system operation information in which safe operation logics of the interlock system are defined. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160167686 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING FUNCTIONAL UNITS ARRANGED IN A DECENTRALIZED MANNER | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160375918 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING TERMINAL OPERATIONS WITH LINE OF ROAD MOVEMENTS - A terminal operating system includes one or more processors configured to obtain one or more parameters of non-propulsion-generating cargo vehicles and to determine which of the non-propulsion-generating cargo vehicles are to be included in a vehicle system assembled in a terminal or yard based on the one or more parameters. The one or more parameters include one or more of an earliest time of availability at which cargo equipment will be available in the terminal or yard, a safety operational characteristic, an efficiency operational characteristic of the one or more non-propulsion-generating cargo vehicles, and/or a priority parameter of the one or more non-propulsion-generating cargo vehicles. The one or more processors are configured to automatically direct equipment within the terminal or yard to assemble the vehicle system based on the one or more parameters. | 12-29-2016 |
| 246004000 | Cab signal or train control | 4 |
| 20110284697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING A TRACK CIRCUIT - An apparatus for supplying a track circuit in a railway line provided with a plurality of track circuits adjacent to one another and electrically insulated from one another. Said circuit comprises a pair of rails (R) formed by parallel metal bars (B) and a transmission block ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20140077040 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A RAIL VEHICLE OR RAIL VEHICLE CONSIST - A tower control system, under an indexing mode of operation, receives a first signal from rail yard equipment. In response to the first signal, the tower control system establishes a positioning mode of operation. Under the positioning mode of operation, and in response to actuation of an interface of the tower control system, the tower control system sends a second signal to a lead powered rail vehicle of a consist. The second signal includes a first command to adjust a throttle setting of the lead powered rail vehicle, along with a second command to idle a throttle of any remote powered rail vehicle of the consist. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140103166 | TRAIN OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM - In accordance with a predetermined segment definition rule based on a point-switch protection section, a point switch control direction, and a train advancing direction, a plurality of segments are defined in advance with respect to a railway network. Segment competition information in which a competitive relationship between the plurality of segments is set in advance is prepared. A segment use permission setting part determines whether or not a competition for a use-requested segment in terms of a train operation occurs between the plurality of trains, by using segment competition information and segment use permission status information. A use-requested segment for which it is determined that no competition occurs is incorporated, as a use permission segment, into use permission segment information of the corresponding train. In accordance with a result of the competition determination, the segment use permission status information is updated. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20150108284 | TOOLS FOR RAILWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL - Tools (such as system, apparatus, methodology, etc.) may be provided to control traffic over a railway track section, when a railway worker is working on or near the track section. Move particularly, when traffic over the track section is to be blocked, a release code is generated and sent to an electronic contact address of the railway worker. Traffic through the track section is blocked until the release code is entered in the system. | 04-23-2015 |
| 246005000 | Selective | 1 |
| 20080315044 | Methods and systems for variable rate communication timeout - Methods and systems for communicating with a vehicle are provided. The method includes providing a plurality of wayside control units controlling an area along a guideway to be traveled by the vehicle, the plurality of wayside control units including a database of fixed data defining an operational profile of the guideway in a local area of an associated wayside control unit. The method also includes monitoring dynamic data in the local area of the associated wayside control unit wherein the dynamic data includes at least one of guideway availability and signal status information and transmitting wirelessly an authority message including at least one of the fixed data and the dynamic data from the associated wayside unit to a receiver on board the vehicle, the authority message dynamic data being valid for a selectable one of a plurality of time periods. | 12-25-2008 |
| 246014000 | Station, block, or train-order signals | 1 |
| 246015000 | Safety systems | 1 |
| 20090173839 | INTEGRATED RAIL EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY SUPPORT SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to the use of mobile sensors to collect temperature information used to control, inter alia, rail vehicle speed, acceleration, or scheduling. | 07-09-2009 |
| 246002000 | Spacing | 4 |
| 20110139941 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RUN-TIME INCORPORATION OF DOMAIN DATA CONFIGURATION CHANGES - A method and apparatus for implementing a run-time configuration change for domain data in a database for an information systems where the domain data defines entities which are acted upon by the information system and where the reconfiguration of the domain data can take place without taking the information system offline and making it inaccessible to users. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20130168504 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING TRACK OCCUPANCY - A method of visualizing a track occupation in a train movement tracking and/or planning system for railway safety equipment for at least one train on the basis of a time-distance line diagram (TDL diagram) which is produced as computer graphics. In order to enable potential train routing collisions that are due to delays to be detected, the distance is displayed graphically as a function of time and of a further coordinate, characterizing a delay time, in a three-dimensional coordinate system. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130334373 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE EXTENT OF CLEAR, INTACT TRACK NEAR A RAILWAY VEHICLE - A method is provided for detecting broken rail, track continuity, and track occupancy ahead of or behind a railroad vehicle traveling in fixed-block territory equipped with an AC track code wayside signal system or cab signal overlay system, and a communications link. This method, when used as an integral part of a communications-based train control (CBTC) or positive train control (PTC) system, allows immediate, automatic detection of broken rail, track occupancies, or open turnouts ahead of or behind a train in an occupied block. It also facilitates true moving-block or virtual block CBTC or PTC, thereby enabling higher efficiency and track utilization. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140034787 | TRAIN DIAGRAM EDIT SYSTEM, TRAIN DIAGRAM EDIT METHOD, AND TRAIN DIAGRAM EDIT PROGRAM - A diagram management server for a train line stores user information defining a relationship between a login user and an authority level; train line information; and authority setting information defining a relationship between a creation person having edit authority of the train line and an upper user in a database. When the login user is defined as an upper user of the creation person having the authority setting, a diagram edit terminal requests registering and updating of the train line information created by the creation person, based on the authority level of the login user, and the diagram management server resisters and updates the train line information. Then, from the database, the diagram edit terminal acquires and displays the train line information that the login user has the authority to edit. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140263862 | AUTOMATED REAL-TIME POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL TRACK DATABASE VALIDATION - Methods and systems are described that can be used to verify a track database of a train management system, for example that the track database has not been corrupted, built with critical errors, or is not being used properly by the software application. In one embodiment, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are mounted on the trackside features contained in the track database. The tags contain data such as the geographical coordinates of the trackside features and a unique feature identifier that uniquely identifies the respective feature. As the train passes the trackside feature, a tag reader on the train reads the tag to gather the geographical coordinates and the feature identifier. The train management system then compares the geographical coordinates and/or the feature identifier from the tag with the expected geographical coordinates and/or the expected feature identifier in the track database. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20120085871 | Synchronized Express And Local Trains For Urban Commuter Rail Systems - A computerized system and method of managing subway trains along a two-track subway line to allow express travel in combination with local service. Express trains catch up to local trains at express stations along the line, and provision is made to allow the express trains to physically or “virtually” pass the local train at those stations. Embodiments in which the express trains physically pass the local train include direct train-to-train transfer facilitated by side-by-side tracks at the express station occupying reduced foot-print. In other embodiments, virtual passing is accomplished by changing the type of service provided by trains at express intervals: a local train “transforms” into an express train and vice versa. Embodiments enable passengers to transfer between trains at express stations so that these “relay” passengers can travel faster than any specific train. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20140209758 | TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM - The train control system includes: an on-board device | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140209759 | TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM - A train control system includes: an on-board device | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140209760 | TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM - A train control system includes: an on-board device | 07-31-2014 |
