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Automated collective transport system

  • US 8,831,800 B2
  • Filed: 07/23/2008
  • Issued: 09/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Automated public and individual transport system, comprisingat least one vehicle without a driver, anda central computer separate from said vehicle,wherein said vehicle is able to automatically go from a starting point to a destination point along a route using command signals transmitted by said central computer and following a rail which is integrated in street pavement on which said vehicle moves,wherein said vehicle is an automobile vehicle mounted on tires and said rail is mounted on the pavement, said rail exhibiting continuous optical characteristics and including RFID contactless chip devices or regularly spaced transponders,wherein said vehicle comprises localization and detection means and an antenna suited for transmission of radiofrequency signals to said transponders, said localization and detection means designed to identify said optical characteristics in order to follow said rail during the motion of the vehicle and to detect localization signals received from said transponders that are reacting to radiofrequency signals so as to localize said vehicle,further comprising a train of several said vehicles, such that the front vehicle is a master vehicle which memorizes the destination point of each vehicle that is following said master vehicle and a full set of intersection points of the rails where each vehicle will have to change,wherein the vehicles composing said train of vehicles can communicate together via wireless links using a digital hyper frequency link, an analogue radio link and an infrared link,wherein the infrared link is adapted to receive instructions from the master vehicle for activation of a progressive braking mode or emergency braking when said master vehicle is facing an obstacle, andwherein a failing vehicle may leave the rail and the vehicle train using said failing vehicle'"'"'s emergency engine or starter, and park along a curb while using sensors of said failing vehicle, while the master vehicle controls a speed reduction of the vehicles of the train.

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