EP 2078659 B1 20110615 - A system and method for providing reliable collision hazard detection
Title (en)
A system and method for providing reliable collision hazard detection
Title (de)
System und Verfahren zum Bereitstellen einer zuverlässigen Kollisionsgefahrerfassung
Title (fr)
Système et procédé pour la fourniture d'une détection fiable du risque de collision
Publication
Application
Priority
US 638408 P 20080110
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP2078659A2] In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a system for detecting a collision hazard at a predefined area along a railroad including, one or more conductive loops, one or more train detectors, railway control interface and a processing unit. The one or more inductive loops may be adapted to sense a presence of a potentially hazardous object within the predefined area of the railroad and may be adapted to provide information indicative of a progress of the potentially hazardous object through the predefined area or a lack thereof. The one or more train detectors may be adapted to indicate a train approaching the system. The railway control interface may be adapted to receive railway control information that is indicative of an approach by a train to the predefined area and/or that is indicative of a passage of a train through the predefined area. The processing unit may be adapted to process data received from the one or more inductive loops, from the one or more train detectors and from the railway control interface. The processing unit may be adapted to switch from a standby state to an alert state when it is determined that a potentially hazardous object is substantially immobile while within the predefined area; and the processing unit may be adapted to switch from the standby state or from the alert state to an alarm state when it is determined that while a train is approaching the predefined area or while a train is passing through the predefined area, there is a potentially hazardous object within the predefined area.
IPC 8 full level
B61L 29/30 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B61L 29/30 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2078659 A2 20090715; EP 2078659 A3 20100106; EP 2078659 B1 20110615; AT E512858 T1 20110715
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 08169286 A 20081117; AT 08169286 T 20081117