Signaling system
First Claim
1. A signaling system wherein the protection of a train traveling within a predetermined section is ensured by a telegram, and said telegram patrols a train or wayside equipment located within said predetermined section and has a block occupancy information capable of assigning the right of being occupied by a train to each of the blocks formed of a plurality of divisions of the aforementioned section.
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Abstract
Trains and points are patrolled by a telegram containing the block occupancy information as a section that only one train is permitted to occupy, the information for giving lock position instructions to a point, and the point position information. This telegram is updated in order to get the right of block occupancy that is not held by other trains, and to give lock position instruction to the point. The train checks the block which this train is allowed to occupy, confirms that the point in this block has been set to the lock position specified by this train. Reading the aforementioned telegram, the point checks the lock position instruction given to itself and controls its lock position. A signaling system characterized by reduced designing and manufacturing costs is provided.
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20 Claims
- 1. A signaling system wherein the protection of a train traveling within a predetermined section is ensured by a telegram, and said telegram patrols a train or wayside equipment located within said predetermined section and has a block occupancy information capable of assigning the right of being occupied by a train to each of the blocks formed of a plurality of divisions of the aforementioned section.
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13. A train comprising:
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a traffic control section for storing the operation planning information of a train and for generating the route request information for requesting permission for the train to enter the route, based on the operation planning information;
a train protection section capable of generating a telegram, determining, based on this telegram, whether or not permission to enter should be granted to said train, and exchanging said telegram with other trains or wayside equipment;
a speed control section for controlling the train travel;
wherein said telegram patrols a train and wayside equipment located within a predetermined section and within the section adjacent thereto; and
contains;
block occupancy information that for assigning the right of being occupied by a train to each of the blocks formed of a plurality of divisions of said section; and
member list information represented in the order of patrol of the identification information of the train and wayside equipment;
wherein, based on the route request information from the traffic control section and the telegram received from another train or wayside equipment, said train protection section determines whether or not permission to enter should be granted to said train, sends the updated telegram with another train or wayside equipment, and outputs the result of decision to said train control section. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A point protection apparatus provided with:
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a communication section for exchanging the telegram containing;
point lock position instruction information, patrolling the train and point located within a predetermined section and within the section adjacent thereto, including instruction information used for a train to specify the point lock position;
point position information containing the information on position of point;
a control section having;
a function for controlling the lock position of the point, based on the point lock position instruction information of said telegram received by said communication section; and
a function for detecting the position information from the point and updating the point position information in the telegram based on the detected position information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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