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Communication system for guideway mounted vehicle and method of using the same

  • US 9,828,011 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2013
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication system for a guideway mounted vehicle, the communication system comprises:

  • a control system communication system configured to exchange information between the guideway mounted vehicle and an external control system, wherein the information is used to generate instructions to the guideway mounted vehicle;

    a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system configured to exchange information between the guideway mounted vehicle and another vehicle along the guideway, wherein the vehicle-to-vehicle communication system is separate from the control system communication system, and the vehicle-to-vehicle communication system is configured to exchange information directly between the guideway mounted vehicle and the other vehicle; and

    a vital on-board controller (VOBC) configured to generate instructions to automatically establish communication between the guideway mounted vehicle and the other vehicle through the vehicle-to-vehicle communication system if a distance between the guideway mounted vehicle and the other vehicle is within a communication initiation distance (CID), for controlling the exchange of information between the guideway mounted vehicle and the external control system through the control system communication system, and to generate instructions for controlling the exchange of information between the guideway mounted vehicle and the other vehicle, and wherein the CID is at least equal to a stopping distance of the guideway mounted vehicle.

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