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67results about "Point-signal interlocking arrangments" patented technology

Method for determining whether a computer interlocking device matches a train maximum allowable speed

The application discloses a method for judging whether a computer interlocking device matches a highest allowable speed of a train or not, and whether the computer interlocking device can satisfy normal unlocking of a route when the train runs at the highest allowable speed; and the condition for the normal unlocking of the route is that the computer interlocking device detects an occupancy state of a current track section first, then detects an occupancy state of a next track section, and finally detects a clearance state of the current track section. The method solves the problem that the performance setting of the computer interlocking device, the train length matched with the computer interlocking device and the length of a track section in a station should satisfy the requirements when the train runs at the highest allowable speed, and provides technical support for new product research and development and project implementation of the computer interlocking device.
Owner:CASCO SIGNAL LTD

Control method and system for level crossing device

Disclosed are a control method and system for a level crossing device. The method comprises: dividing a level crossing train track into a plurality of track sections; obtaining a section state of each of the plurality of track sections; converting the section state of each track section into a logic variable, and, on the basis of the logic variables, determining a train travel state on the level crossing train track; and, on the basis of the train travel state, controlling a level crossing device on the level crossing train track. The control method for a level crossing device provided in the present invention is compatible with multiple requirements. On the basis of actual conditions and needs, the opening and closing of the level crossing can be automatically controlled using train running position, axle counting detection, and track circuit detection, and by receiving position information provided by an interlocking device, position information provided by an adjacent safety level crossing control system, and position information provided by an approach notification relay. The method includes group control functionality for adjacent level crossings within a region, and is configured with a manual control panel to provide emergency manual control capability.
Owner:CRSC RESEARCH & DESIGN INSTITUTE GROUP CO LTD

Signal system and control right switching method thereof

The invention provides a signal system and a control right switching method thereof. The system comprises a first train control subsystem, a second train control subsystem and a fusion interface unit, the first train control subsystem comprises interlocking equipment; the second train control subsystem comprises a resource controller and an object controller; the fusion interface unit comprises a first interface for connecting the interlocking equipment and the resource controller, a second interface for connecting the interlocking equipment and the object controller, and a third interface for connecting the resource controller and the object controller; the signal system is configured as follows: one subsystem is used as a main system, the other subsystem is used as a standby system, when the main system needs to be switched, a control right state can be handed over through the first interface, and the standby system can monitor and control trackside equipment through the second interface and the third interface. And control right switching from the main system to the standby system is completed. After the main system breaks down, the standby system can be rapidly switched to continue operation, and the operation influence caused by the signal system fault is reduced.
Owner:TRAFFIC CONTROL TECH CO LTD +1

Traveling vehicle system and traveling vehicle control method

A traveling vehicle system includes a traveling path including a branching portion, a traveling vehicle to travel on the traveling path, and a controller. A specific area through which the traveling vehicle is allowed to pass on one of the traveling paths from an upstream side to a downstream side of the branching portion is in a portion within a blocking area including the branching portion. The controller is configured or programmed to transmit a passage permission for the blocking area to the traveling vehicle that issued the passage request for the blocking area if no other traveling vehicle is present in the blocking area, and to transmit a passage permission for the specific area to the traveling vehicle that issued the passage request for the specific area if no other traveling vehicle is present in the specific area. The traveling vehicle enters the blocking area or the specific area for which a passage permission has been acquired.
Owner:MURATA MASCH LTD

A high-voltage interlocking system and device applied to a rail vehicle

The present application relates to the technical field of track high-voltage interlocking control, in particular to a kind of applied to track vehicle high-voltage interlocking system and device.By monitoring the operating state and air path state of air path interlocking box in track train system in advance, and calculating operation data, time series model is established according to operation data, to predict the operation data of air path interlocking box under the time needing continuous unlocking in future, judge whether high-voltage interlocking system can safely respond control, improve the safety control precision of high-voltage interlocking control system;And when predicting whether air path interlocking box can be continuously unlocked in future, the running state of high-voltage related equipment and the severity of fault are integrated, so as to accurately evaluate the repair disposal time of high-voltage related equipment, by combining repair disposal time with time series model, accurately judge whether air path interlocking box can be safely and accurately unlocked and repair high-voltage related equipment, guarantee the personal safety of repair personnel.
Owner:QINGDAO CHENGYUE ELECTRIC EQUIP CO LTD

Turnout switching state sensing and interlocking control system for flat shunting

The invention relates to the technical field of railway shunting control technology, and provides a turnout switching state sensing and interlocking control system for flat shunting, a data acquisition module of the turnout switching state sensing and interlocking control system is used for acquiring switch rail displacement voltage signals and switch machine motor current intensity, and calculating a switch rail displacement rate value through a displacement difference value and a time interval at adjacent moments; the conversion pre-judgment module judges a descending trend according to the switch rail displacement rate value and generates a low-frequency holding current instruction and a driving pulse cut-off instruction value; the mechanical verification module collects the displacement reading of the locking rod and the angle of the switch rail to obtain the integrity value of the mechanical structure; the interlocking logic module calls the driving pulse truncation instruction value and the structural integrity value to generate an interlocking state judgment value; and the signal control module outputs a high level to a shunting signal machine lighting circuit according to the interlocking state judgment value to generate a signal open level value. The problems that a mechanical locking structure mostly depends on manual or single-point verification, and linkage of interlocking logic and signal control is weak are solved.
Owner:SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIV

Dispostive guidance system for rail traffic with a special control interface

The present invention discloses a dispositional control system for rail traffic, comprising: a) at least one control system cell, which is provided for train control within a predetermined area of ​​a rail network, wherein the control system cell comprises the following components: b) a computer infrastructure for executing cell software, wherein the cell software comprises configured train protection rules for train control; c) an operator workstation for a train dispatcher, wherein the cell software provides a timetable-compliant automatic handling of train traffic within the area with a corresponding output of route requests to an interlocking system and a display of an overview image of the status of the track elements arranged in the area and the trains traversing the area at the operator workstation.and wherein the cell software provides a series of manual operations for train control for the train dispatcher, which the latter is authorized to perform within the framework of the train protection rules contained in the cell software according to a separate operating situation, such as deviation from the timetable due to delays and / or malfunctions of track elements, characterized in that a special operating interface is provided for the control system cell, via which an instance for train control management transmits a separate request for a train dispatcher-independent operation of the control system cell to the control system cell, wherein the cell software is capable of checking this operation according to specially designed rules and, if the check is successful, permits it or rejects it if the check is unsuccessful.
Owner:SIEMENS MOBILITY AG

Interface adapter for controlling a track-side object of a railway installation

ActiveUS12497086B2Remote control for signallingRailway traffic control systemsDigital dataDigital converter
An interface adapter for controlling a track-side object of a railway installation includes an analog input from an external source and an analog output to drive an electromechanical relay circuit. A bidirectional digital communication interface communicates digital data including first digital data transmitted and second digital data received. An analog-to-digital converter coupled to the analog input is configured to generate a first digital signal representing the electrical input. A digital-to-analog converter coupled to the analog output is configured to generate the electrical output in response to a second digital signal. A power supply supplies electrical power to the digital-to-analog converter. A programmable logic control circuit includes a control program configured to produce the first digital data from the first digital signal, transmit the first digital data using the digital communication interface, process the second digital data, and produce the second digital signal in response to the second digital data.
Owner:PILZ GMBH & CO KG

Interlocking relation implementation method based on turnout side defense

The invention provides an interlocking relation implementation method based on turnout side defense, which comprises the following steps: determining turnout side defense types based on turnout combination forms in a turnout side defense scene, the turnout side defense types including a single crossover side defense type and a cross crossover side defense type; based on a target turnout side anti-interlocking mode, the interlocking side anti-interlocking condition of a target route in the turnout side anti-interlocking scene is determined, and the target turnout side anti-interlocking mode is determined according to the turnout side anti-interlocking type, the train control level and the interlocking condition; the train control level comprises a VBTC level and a non-VBTC level; the interlocking condition at least comprises a corresponding turnout section occupation state, a turnout section locking direction and a route invasion relation in the turnout side prevention scene. On the basis of ensuring the safety, the operation efficiency is improved, and the chain reaction caused by the fault of the single point turnout is degraded.
Owner:CRSC URBAN RAIL TRANSIT TECH CO LTD

Universal route automatic selection and arrangement method and device, electronic equipment and storage medium

The invention provides a universal route automatic selection and arrangement method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of train automatic control. The method comprises the steps that a target information set is generated based on a station yard graph and an interlocking table; determining the initial priority of the path based on the position relationship between the initial position and the operation destination of the train, whether the initial position of the train and the final position of the entrance route have turn-back attributes or not, and the total number of routes in the current concentration area; determining the priority of the route based on whether the route is valid or not, whether the fixed and reverse position states of each turnout in the route are the same as the default bending position of the turnout and whether the starting position and the final position of the route passing through the turnout have turn-back attributes or not; determining the final priority of each path based on the initial priority of the path and the priority of each route; and determining a target path based on the final priority of each path. According to the invention, the problem of automatic route selection and arrangement in a special scene can be solved, and universal route automatic selection and arrangement in the whole line are realized.
Owner:CRSC URBAN RAIL TRANSIT TECH CO LTD

Cross-interlocking concentration area protection turnout locking method based on protection section state

The embodiment of the invention provides a protection section state-based cross-interlocking concentration area protection turnout locking method, which comprises the following steps that: an ATS sends a route handling command to a CI1 of a first interlocking concentration area to which a route belongs, the CI1 handles the route and feeds back completion information, and then the ATS sends a locking command aiming at a protection section in which the route is positioned to the CI1, the turnout in the protection section is located in a first interlocking concentration area, and the protection turnout is located in another second interlocking concentration area. The CI1 responds to a locking command to expropriate a turnout and a protection turnout, and sends a protection section state set to be locked to the CI2 of the second interlocking concentration area; the CI2 responds to the state to move the protection turnout to a corresponding protection position and sends a turnout driving mark set to be successful to the CI1; and the CI1 responds to the mark, the turnout is moved to the corresponding position of the route, a locking command is executed, and the turnout and the protective turnout are locked. In this way, the efficient, reliable and safe locking process of the protection turnout crossing the interlocking concentration area can be achieved.
Owner:成都交控轨道科技有限公司

Method for reverse train movement authorization across regional controller boundaries and storage medium

The application relates to a method for moving authorization of a reverse train across the boundary of a region controller and a storage medium, which comprises the following steps: step S1, when the authorization of a reverse region is limited, two adjacent region controllers (ZCs) synchronize the state of the authorization of the reverse region; step S2, the adjacent ZCs synchronize the state of the barrier train in the authorization of the reverse region; and step S3, an upstream ZC hands over the train in the authorization of the reverse mode to a downstream ZC. Compared with the prior art, the application has the advantages that the reverse train in an emergency evacuation scene is protected, and the safety of a full-automatic train operation control system is further ensured.
Owner:CASCO SIGNAL LTD

Decentralised, digital railway interlocking system

PCT designated stageWO2026047589A1Remote control for signallingRailway traffic control systemsControl engineeringData transmission
The subject of the invention is a decentralised, digital railway interlocking system, which includes decentralised field devices (17), power supply, timetable server it consists at least one network (13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D) with the field devices (17), each field device (17) connected to a controller (16), the controllers (16) are connected to the network (13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D) via a wire or an optical cable, with two-way data transfer connection and at least one of the controllers (16) is suitable for control any field device (17) of any network (13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D) and the controller (16) has a safety level of SIL-4.
Owner:SILEX IPARI AUTOMATIZÁLÁSI ZRT

A method and system for compatibility of resource routes and interlocked routes

ActiveCN117416387B
The application discloses a kind of resource route and interlocking route compatible method and system, and its compatible system is simultaneously provided with interlocking module and resource module;Resource module receives the route command of ATS and the resource instruction of vehicle-mounted controller, and according to the route command and resource instruction received to interlocking module output command;Resource module is responsible for judging whether switch or side protection resource is in hostile occupation state;If not in hostile occupation state, then switch and side protection resource are occupied;After switch resource occupation is completed according to vehicle-mounted instruction, switch locking command is output to interlocking module;After train resource acquisition and switch and side protection resource occupation are completed according to ATS route command, resource module outputs route locking command to interlocking module, and the locking of route is completed by interlocking module.The train of the present application can be mixed and run, which relies on the safe driving of interlocking route and the safe driving of resource route, and is beneficial to the old and improved existing equipment.
Owner:ZHONGHE ZHIXING RAIL TRANSIT TECH CO LTD

Method and device for determining type of throat area to which station equipment belongs, and electronic equipment

The invention provides a method and device for determining the type of a throat area to which station equipment belongs, and electronic equipment, and relates to the technical field of railway track traffic, and the method comprises the steps: creating a track section one-way acyclic graph of a station; obtaining all breadth-first search paths of the track section unidirectional acyclic graph, and obtaining a plurality of corresponding track section sequences based on all breadth-first search paths; determining a first track section sequence comprising one target track section in the plurality of track section sequences, wherein the section type of the first track section sequence is a station track type; in the sequence, the throat area type to which other track sections belong is determined based on the position relationship between the target track section and the other track sections; and based on the track section of which the throat area type is determined, determining the throat area type of each track section of which the throat area type is not determined, and determining the throat area type of the station yard equipment located on each track section. The method can improve the efficiency and accuracy of the process of determining the type of the throat area to which the station equipment belongs.
Owner:BEIJING URBAN CONSTR INTELLIGENT CONTROL TECH CO LTD

Method for comparing consistency between overall representation and sub representation of turnout, device, and medium

The present disclosure relates to a method for comparing the consistency between a general indication and an individual indication of a switch, a device, and a medium. The method includes the following steps: grouping switch machine devices according to device information and collected information of all switch machines in a station yard; acquiring collected data related to the general indication and the individual indication of the switch in real time; analyzing the consistency between the general indication and the individual indication of the switch once per second according to the real-time collected data; storing a result of analyzing the consistency between the general indication and the individual indication of the switch per second into a circular queue, and updating the circular queue in real time such that the circular queue only retains a latest analysis result within a preset time interval; and when a total duration of the per-second analysis result stored in the circular queue reaches the preset time interval, performing continuous analysis on the consistency between the general indication and the individual indication of the switch in real time according to the per-second analysis result currently stored in the circular queue. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has the advantages of an accurate comparison result, good real-time performance, and the like.
Owner:CASCO SIGNAL LTD

Turnout zone intrusion alarm apparatus and method

The present invention provides a turnout zone intrusion alarm apparatus and method. Upon detecting that a train enters a turnout intrusion protection zone or detecting that the train leaves the turnout intrusion protection zone, the axle counters each send a corresponding axle entry signal or axle exit signal to a corresponding zone intrusion protection alarm device; if the turnout intrusion protection zone is idle, the zone intrusion protection alarm device receives an axle entry signal triggered by a communication vehicle having movement authorization, and if receiving an axle entry signal triggered by an intruding vehicle before receiving an axle exit signal triggered by the communication vehicle, then sends alarm information to an interlocking device; the interlocking device turns off an opened annunciator, and forwards the alarm information to a zone controller; the zone controller sends an instruction for invalidating the movement authorization, so that the communication vehicle is braked. In the present solution, the turnout zone intrusion protection alarm information can be directly determined on the basis of the axle entry signals and axle exit signals sent by the axle counters, so that compared with the prior art, the input information is simple, and the response speed is faster.
Owner:CRSC (XI AN) RAIL TRANSIT IND GRP CO LTD BEIJING BRANCH

Interlocking system route searching method and device

The invention discloses a route searching method and device for an interlocking system. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a route searching command for a target station yard; wherein the route search command comprises a route starting end and a route terminal; according to the obtained route searching command, route searching is carried out from the route starting end to the route terminal based on the route compiling file of the target station yard so as to obtain a route; wherein the path compiling file of the target station yard is obtained by searching all feasible lines in the target station yard and compiling a search result into structured data, and each feasible line comprises an identifier of a node corresponding to equipment passed by the feasible line and attribute information of the identifier. Therefore, instant starting can be realized based on the generated route data, manual configuration of designers is not needed, and the efficiency bottleneck caused by the fact that route information depends on manual design is solved.
Owner:BEIJING HOLLYSYS

System for the controlled rapid start and operation of a redundantly designed power bus for fail-safe supply of an electrical consumer

According to the invention, a system (Sys) is provided for the controlled rapid start-up and operation of a redundantly designed energy bus (EB) intended for the fail-safe supply of an electrical consumer (E), via which decentralized functional units (E, S, W, Bue, AC) arranged in an industrial plant, in particular a railway plant, can be supplied with electrical energy, wherein: a) a number of network node units (SND) are arranged sequentially between two supply points (PS1, PS2) of a ring-shaped energy bus (EB), which provide the decentralized functional units (E) with access to the energy bus (EB) and optionally also to a data bus (CB), b) a network node unit (SND) comprises an operating system-supported computing unit (CPU) and an operating system-less logic unit (FPGA), c) the network node unit (SND) further comprises a controllable switching module (S),which comprises a first switch (S1), a second switch (S2) and a third switch (S3), wherein the first and second switches (S1, S2) provide electrical access to the two power supply points (PS1, PS2) and the third switch (S3) provides electrical access to the decentralized functional unit (E), d) the operating system-less logic unit (FPGA) is capable of performing a basic test of the power bus (EB) and controlling at least the first and second switches (S1, S2) depending on the result of the basic test of the power bus (EB) during the startup of the operating system-supported computer unit (CPU) and / or during a malfunction of the operating system-supported computer unit (CPU),and e) the operating system-based computing unit (CPU) controls the three switches (S1 to S3) instead of the operating system-free logic unit (FPGA) after a successful startup and / or when its utility is functioning correctly.
Owner:SIEMENS MOBILITY AG

Rail transit signal system with multi-network integration

The present disclosure relates to a rail transit signal system with multi-network integration, including: a wayside train control subsystem for simultaneously supporting mixed tracking operation of a China train control system (CTCS)-based national railway train and a communication based train control (CBTC)-based urban rail transit train; a compatible carborne subsystem for realizing cross-line operation of a national railway line network, an intercity railway network, a municipal railway network, and an urban rail transit network; a networked intelligent dispatching subsystem for realizing intelligent dispatching management of rail transit line networks and cooperation of line network operation plans between different rail transit line networks; an interlocking subsystem being respectively communicatively connected to and interacting with the wayside train control subsystem, the compatible carborne subsystem, and the networked intelligent dispatching subsystem; and a wireless train-ground communication subsystem for simultaneously providing communication for the national railway train and the urban rail transit train. Compared to the prior art, the present disclosure has the advantages of interconnection and interworking, deep integration, etc.
Owner:CASCO SIGNAL LTD

Method for calculating automatic trigger access threshold value of railway CTC system

The invention discloses a method for calculating an automatic trigger route threshold value of a railway CTC system. The method comprises the steps that train route handling time T route, train receiving / passing route approaching locking time T locking r and train departure route approaching locking time T locking d are calculated respectively; cTC automatic trigger route threshold values are calculated by combining train route handling time T route, train receiving / passing route approaching locking time T locking r and train departure route approaching locking time T locking d, and the CTC automatic trigger route threshold values comprise a high-speed train receiving CTC automatic trigger route threshold value, a common train receiving CTC automatic trigger route threshold value and a train departure route CTC automatic trigger route threshold value. According to the method provided by the invention, the calculation formula of the threshold value can be obtained by combining a plurality of influence factors about the automatic trigger access threshold value of the CTC system, and the railway transportation efficiency can be maximized through the threshold value obtained through the calculation formula.
Owner:CHINA RAILWAY DESIGN GRP CO LTD +2

Train route control method, device and equipment based on computer interlocking, medium and product

The invention discloses a train route control method, device and equipment based on computer interlocking, a medium and a product, and relates to the technical field of train control. The method comprises the following steps: in response to an access request, receiving second access property information sent by a second system and target signal information of a virtual annunciator; when the target signal information is an open signal, determining whether the first access property information is consistent with the second access property information; if yes, a state adjusting instruction is sent to an entity signal machine at the route starting end in the front-end route area, so that the entity signal machine adjusts the display state of the entity signal machine after receiving the state adjusting instruction. According to the invention, cross-train control grade route can be realized through computer interlocking.
Owner:CRSC RESEARCH & DESIGN INSTITUTE GROUP CO LTD

Smart object controller for railway tracks

ActiveEP4101727B1Remote control for signallingPoint-signal interlocking arrangments
A Smart Object Controller for mounting along a railway track comprising: - a cybersecurity management module (10) arranged to receive and transmit, from or to a remote station (108), route control data representing a configuration of the railway track, and to decrypt or encrypt said route control data into safety data; - a safety data processing module (12) arranged to receive and transmit, from or to the cybersecurity management module (10), said safety data and to convert the safety data into boolean variables and vice versa; -a boolean equation module (14) arranged to receive, from the safety data processing module (12), the boolean variables, and to execute boolean equations based on said boolean variables, thus obtaining command data to be sent to trackside equipment (4) of the railway track to get said configuration.
Owner:ALSTOM HOLDINGS SA

Scheduling-based rail traffic management system with a special operating interface

The present invention discloses a scheduling-based rail traffic management system comprising: a) at least one traffic management system cell which is provided for train control within a predeterminable region of a rail network, wherein the traffic management system cell comprises the following components: b) a computer infrastructure for implementing cell software, wherein the cell software comprises projected train protection rules for the train control; c) an operating workstation for a train controller, wherein the cell software provides the train controller with a series of manual operations for train control, wherein a special operating interface for the traffic management system cell is provided, via which interface an instance for train control management transmits a separate request for a train controller-independent operation of the traffic management system cell to the traffic management system cell, wherein the cell software is capable of checking this operation against specially projected rules and allows the operation if the check is positive and rejects the operation if the check is negative.
Owner:SIEMENS MOBILITY AG

Train-ground interlocking method and system for rail transit train operation control

ActiveUS12630203B2Automatic systemsPoint operation from vehicleControl engineeringResource management
The present disclosure relates to a train-ground interlocking method and system for rail transit train operation control. In the train-ground interlocking method, a train is taken as a subject of wayside and carborne resource management, and the train actively calculates a required resource according to a “movement mission”, applies to a wayside at an appropriate time and location, uses the resource after obtaining a resource use authority, and actively releases the resource after use of the resource; and once the wayside allocates the resource to one of other trains, the resource cannot be reallocated without being released by the train. Compared to the prior art, the present disclosure has the following advantages: interlocking control of integration of the train and wayside equipment is achieved, rail transit is improved from original passive and indirect interlocking control of the train to active and direct interlocking control of the train, the train safety protection function and the utilization efficiency of wayside resources are further improved, and safe, timely and appropriate match between a movement behavior of the train and a status of the wayside equipment is truly realized.
Owner:CASCO SIGNAL LTD

Implementation method for extensible semi-centralized, semi-distributed ATS system, and device

The present invention relates to a method for implementing a scalable semi-centralized and semi-distributed ATS system and a device. The method includes steps of: step S1. performing semi-centralized and semi-distributed arrangement on each device of an ATS system; step S2. adopting one-to-one arrangement for a dispatching control server IPTCTRL and a communication front-end processor server FEP in the same sector; step S3. performing sector-based operation management, wherein a central server CATS supports connection to a plurality of IPTCTRLs and FEPs, and manages information forwarding among different sectors; step S4. performing cross-sector train tracking; step S5. automatically setting, by a train, a cross-sector train route; and step S6. performing cross-sector skip stop and train hold. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has advantages such as distributed implementation at a center level, sector-based operation management, and flexibility and scalability.
Owner:CASCO SIGNAL LTD