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Memory controlled process for railraod traffic management

  • US 4,179,739 A
  • Filed: 02/13/1978
  • Issued: 12/18/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for regulating the flow of vehicular traffic over a network of interconnected itineraries travelled by a plurality of vehicles which comprises:

  • (a) defining at least one time-table for each vehicle over each itinerary to be travelled by said vehicle;

    (b) storing said time-table on board said vehicles;

    (c) assigning to each vehicle a time-table and a time-lag in coordination with the time-tables and time-lags assigned to other vehicles scheduled to travel over said network;

    on board each vehicle Hx,(d) continuously reckoning the location coordinates px of said vehicle Hx;

    (e) controlling the movement of vehicle Hx along said itinerary in function of the time of day and the coordinates px in order to meet its assigned time-table as modified by its assigned time-lag.

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