Light Rail Vehicle Monitoring and Stop Bar Overrun System
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1. A method for monitoring vehicle positions, progress and non-vital signals within a traffic grid, the method comprising:
- having one or more vehicles within a traffic grid, each vehicle having its own schedule;
establishing one or more pre-defined detection zones within the traffic grid, each of the pre-defined detection zones having its own parameters and monitoring purpose; and
determining when the one or more vehicles within the traffic grid have violated the parameters of the one or more pre-defined detection zones.
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Abstract
A satellite positioning location based control and monitoring system for light rail transit systems which enables transit personnel to track vehicle positions, progress and non-vital signals as light rail vehicles travel through their routes while eliminating the capital and maintenance costs associated with embedded light rail transit monitoring systems.
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1. A method for monitoring vehicle positions, progress and non-vital signals within a traffic grid, the method comprising:
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having one or more vehicles within a traffic grid, each vehicle having its own schedule; establishing one or more pre-defined detection zones within the traffic grid, each of the pre-defined detection zones having its own parameters and monitoring purpose; and determining when the one or more vehicles within the traffic grid have violated the parameters of the one or more pre-defined detection zones. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for establishing a plurality of pre-defined detection zones within a traffic grid, the method consisting of:
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recording a vehicle'"'"'s route within a traffic grid with general systems manager software; opening the recorded vehicle'"'"'s route with the general systems manager software at a central control center; selecting starting and ending points for one or more pre-defined detection zones on the vehicle'"'"'s route within the traffic grid; assigning parameters for each of the selected pre-defined detection zones on the vehicle'"'"'s route within the traffic grid; and assigning appropriate corrective actions for when a vehicle fails to meet the assigned parameters for each of the selected pre-defined detection zones on the vehicle'"'"'s route within the traffic grid.
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13. A system for monitoring when a vehicle overruns a stop bar at an intersection within a traffic grid, the system comprising:
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a pre-defined detection zone located in a traffic grid after a stop bar at an intersection; wherein if a vehicle is detected within the pre-defined detection zone located in the traffic grid after the stop bar at an intersection when the stop bar is engaged, the system will determine that a violation has occurred; wherein when the system determines that a violation has occurred an alert will be sent through a network to a central control system; and wherein the central control system will record a log of the violation, the log including information chosen from the group consisting of;
date of occurrence, time of occurrence, vehicle identification number, stop bar signal state, train speed and global satellite positioning strength. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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