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Light rail vehicle monitoring and stop bar overrun system

  • US 9,302,687 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2014
  • Issued: 04/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for monitoring a vehicle within a traffic grid, the system comprising:

  • a pre-defined detection zone located in a traffic grid after a stop bar at an intersection;

    a vehicle computer unit (VCU) installed in a vehicle having a published schedule;

    a central control system remote from said pre-defined detection zone and said vehicle; and

    a priority detector installed at said pre-defined detection zone;

    wherein if said vehicle is detected by said priority detector within said pre-defined detection zone after said stop bar at an intersection when said stop bar is engaged, said system will determine that a violation has occurred and send an alert to said central control system; and

    wherein the central control system will record a log of the violation.

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