EMERGENCY ROUTING WITHIN A CONTROLLABLE TRANSIT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for emergency routing within a controllable transit system, comprising:
- identifying an emergency affecting the controllable transit system;
evaluating a set of evacuation points within the controllable transit system based on the emergency;
classifying a set of vehicles of the controllable transit system as impacted or not impacted by the emergency; and
determining a set of routes for the vehicles to reach the set of evacuation points, the set of routes being determined based on the evaluating and the classifying.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a solution for an orderly and well-considered evacuation of a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system in the event of declared emergency. It describes the mapping of evacuation points and subsequent routing of PRT vehicles according to both the nature/location of the emergency and outflow capacity at each evacuation point. A PRT is defined as an automatic method by which personal transport vehicles (a/k/a “pods”) can be used to efficiently and rapidly move people between various points within a closed area (for example, a city center). In an ideal world, these pods can be thought of as intelligent automated vehicles (similar to driverless taxis) that can adapt to changing demand to optimize the movement of people. For example, an emergency may be declared within a PRT system which does not cause widespread power loss, but which does require an orderly evacuation (e.g., smoke or flooding). In such events, PRT vehicles will be routed through the means described here to an evacuation point capable of handling such outflow in an orderly manner.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for emergency routing within a controllable transit system, comprising:
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identifying an emergency affecting the controllable transit system; evaluating a set of evacuation points within the controllable transit system based on the emergency; classifying a set of vehicles of the controllable transit system as impacted or not impacted by the emergency; and determining a set of routes for the vehicles to reach the set of evacuation points, the set of routes being determined based on the evaluating and the classifying. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for emergency routing within a controllable transit system, comprising:
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a memory medium comprising instructions; a bus coupled to the memory medium; a processor coupled to the bus that when executing the instructions causes the system to; identify an emergency affecting the controllable transit system; evaluate a set of evacuation points within the controllable transit system based on the emergency; classify a set of vehicles of the controllable transit system as impacted or not impacted by the emergency; and determine a set of routes for the vehicles to reach the set of evacuation points, the set of routes being determined based on the evaluation and the classification. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable medium containing a program product for emergency routing within a controllable transit system, the computer readable medium comprising program code for causing a computer to:
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identify an emergency affecting the controllable transit program product; evaluate a set of evacuation points within the controllable transit program product based on the emergency; classify a set of vehicles of the controllable transit system as impacted or not impacted by the emergency; and determine a set of routes for the vehicles to reach the set of evacuation points, the set of routes being determined based on the evaluation and the classification. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for deploying a system for emergency routing within a controllable transit system, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; identify an emergency affecting the controllable transit program product; evaluate a set of evacuation points within the controllable transit program product based on the emergency; classify a set of vehicles of the controllable transit system as impacted or not impacted by the emergency; and determine a set of routes for the vehicles to reach the set of evacuation points, the set of routes being determined based on the evaluation and the classification. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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