Vehicle-based device for receiving information from a track-based transmission device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11577764-B2
Application number	US-201816761892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2018
Priority date	Nov 6, 2017
Publication date	Feb 14, 2023
Grant date	Feb 14, 2023

Abstract

A vehicle-based device for a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes a receiving device which, when passing a track-based transmission device, is configured for receiving a signal, which is at least also frequency-modulated, from the track-based transmission device. The vehicle-based device includes an evaluation device which is configured for generating a crosstalk warning, namely in accordance with signal levels at different frequencies of the received frequency-modulated transmission signal and/or in accordance with the frequency curve. A vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, and a method for transmitting at least one piece of information from a track-based transmission device to a passing vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, are also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle-based device for a vehicle or a rail vehicle, the device comprising:
a receiving device configured for receiving an at least frequency-modulated signal from a track-based transmission device upon passing the track-based transmission device; and
an evaluation device configured for generating a crosstalk warning in dependence on at least one of signal levels at different frequencies of the received frequency-modulated transmission signal or a frequency curve of the received frequency-modulated transmission signal;
said evaluation device configured to generate the crosstalk warning when an edge steepness of the frequency curve falls below a predefined degree over time during signal frequency changes.

2. The vehicle-based device according to claim 1 , which further comprises:
a vehicle-based transmission device configured for transmitting an activation signal to activate a transponder device including or forming the track-based transmission device;
the frequency-modulated transmission signal being a response signal from the transponder device.

3. The vehicle-based device according to claim 1 , wherein said evaluation device is configured to evaluate at least one of the frequency curve or the signal level at different frequencies of the received frequency-modulated transmission signal and to generate the crosstalk warning when at least one of the frequency curve or the signal levels indicate a response signal from a transponder device having been activated by another vehicle-based transmission device.

4. The vehicle-based device according to claim 1 , wherein said evaluation device is configured to compare the signal level at a signal frequency of the frequency-modulated transmission signal with a signal level at another signal frequency of the frequency-modulated transmission signal and to generate the crosstalk warning in the event of a deviation in the signal levels beyond a specified level.

5. The vehicle-based device according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency-modulated transmission signal is a binary signal having a first signal frequency at a logical “0” and a second signal frequency at a logical “1”.

6. The vehicle-based device according to claim 1 , wherein said evaluation device is configured to compare the signal level at a signal frequency with a signal level at another signal frequency and to generate the crosstalk warning when a signal level difference reaches or exceeds a predefined threshold or is outside of a predefined set point differential range.

7. The vehicle-based device according to claim 5 , wherein said evaluation device is configured to compare the signal level at the first signal frequency with the signal level at the second signal frequency and to generate the crosstalk warning when a signal level difference reaches or exceeds a predefined threshold or is outside of a predefined set point differential range.

8. A vehicle-based device for a vehicle or a rail vehicle, the device comprising:
a receiving device configured for receiving an at least frequency-modulated signal from a track-based transmission device upon passing the track-based transmission device; and
an evaluation device configured for generating a crosstalk warning in dependence on at least one of signal levels at different frequencies of the received frequency-modulated transmission signal or a frequency curve of the received frequency-modulated transmission signal;
said evaluation device configured to measure an edge steepness of the signal frequency during signal frequency changes and to generate the crosstalk warning when an amount of edge steepness reaches or falls below a predefined threshold.

9. The vehicle-based device according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle-based device is suitable for activating balises according to the ETCS standard and for processing response signals from balises according to the ETCS standard.

10. A vehicle or a rail vehicle, comprising a vehicle-based device according to claim 1 .

11. A method for transmitting at least one piece of information from a track-based transmission device to a passing vehicle or a rail vehicle, the method comprising the following steps:
using the track-based transmission device to transmit a track-based transmission signal being at least frequency-modulated;
carrying out a vehicle-based evaluation of at least one of a signal level at different frequencies of the received transmission signal or a frequency curve of the received transmission signal and generating or not generating a crosstalk warning depending on at least one of the frequency curve or the signal levels;
providing the frequency-modulated transmission signal as a binary signal having a first signal frequency at a logical “0” and a second signal frequency at a logical “1”; and
detecting an edge steepness of the signal frequency during signal frequency changes from the first signal frequency to the second signal frequency and from the second signal frequency to the first signal frequency and generating the crosstalk warning (UW) when the edge steepness falls below a predefined degree.

12. The method according to claim 11 , which further comprises:
providing the frequency-modulated transmission signal as a binary signal having a first signal frequency at a logical “0” and a second signal frequency at a logical “1”; and
comparing the signal level at the first signal frequency with the signal level at the second signal frequency and generating the crosstalk warning when the signal level difference reaches or exceeds a predefined threshold.

13. The method according to claim 11 , which further comprises:
detecting the signal level at the first signal frequency, the signal level at the second signal frequency and an edge steepness of the signal frequency during at least one of signal frequency changes from the first signal frequency to the second signal frequency or from the second signal frequency to the first signal frequency; and
generating the crosstalk warning when the signal level at the first signal frequency deviates from the signal level at the second signal frequency beyond a predefined degree or the edge steepness of the signal frequency falls below a predefined degree during signal frequency changes.

14. The method according to claim 11 , which further comprises:
providing the track-based transmission device as a track-based transponder device or a component of a track-based transponder device or a track-based balise;
using a vehicle-based transmission device to transmit an activation signal to activate the track-based transponder device; and
using the track-based transponder device to transmit a response signal being at least frequency-modulated after receiving the activation signal as the track-based transmission signal.

Assignees

• Siemens Mobility GmbH

Inventors

• Liebig Andreas

Classifications

• B61L2027/202

  using European Train Control System [ETCS] · CPC title

• B61L27/57

  for vehicles or trains, e.g. trackside supervision of train conditions · CPC title

• B61L3/24

  employing different frequencies or coded pulse groups {, e.g. in combination with track circuits} · CPC title

• B61L27/20

  Trackside control of safe travel of vehicle or train, e.g. braking curve calculation · CPC title

• B61L3/121 Primary

  using magnetic induction · CPC title