Method for controlling a land transport vehicle, land transport vehicle, ground equipment and transport system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9809234-B2
Application number	US-201715631704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2017
Priority date	Sep 4, 2014
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A ground equipment for a transport system includes a track for a land transport vehicle; an external power supply device including a plurality of power supply segments arranged sequentially along the track, the plurality of power supply segments forming an external power supply zone, at least one end segment being situated in vicinity to one end of the external power supply zone adjacent to a zone with no external power supply, to be traveled with an onboard power supply device, a communication antenna being associated with the or each external power supply segments; and a controller adapted to power on the end segment and adapted to send, using an antenna associated with that end segment, a signal indicating the end of a zone with an external power supply in response to a presence signal of the land transport vehicle received by said antenna.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Ground equipment for a transport system, the equipment comprising:
a track for a land transport vehicle;
an external power supply device including a plurality of power supply segments arranged sequentially along the track, the plurality of power supply segments forming an external power supply zone, at least one end segment being situated in a vicinity to one end of the external power supply zone adjacent to a zone with no external power supply, to be traveled with an onboard power supply device, a communication antenna being associated with the or each external power supply segments; and
a controller adapted to power on the end segment and adapted to send, using an antenna associated with that end segment, a signal indicating the end of a zone with an external power supply in response to a presence signal of the land transport vehicle received by said antenna.

2. The ground equipment for a transport system according to claim 1 , wherein the ground equipment is adapted to receive, from the land transport vehicle, a presence signal of the land transport vehicle to the antenna associated with the power supply segment, the signal indicating the end of a zone with an external power supply being sent by the same antenna in response to the reception of the presence signal of the land transport vehicle.

3. The ground equipment for a transport system according to claim 2 , wherein, in response to the reception of the presence signal of the land transport vehicle, the controller is adapted to power on the power supply segment with which the antenna is associated.

Assignees

• Alstom Transp Tech

Inventors

• Hourtane Jean-Luc
• Gauche Denis
• Chevallier David
• Chaintron Yann
• Rabeyrin Xavier

Classifications

• B61C3/00

  Electric locomotives or railcars (characterised by power transmission B61C9/00; electrical features B60L; H02) · CPC title

• B60M1/36

  Single contact pieces along the line for power supply · CPC title

• G06F1/266 Primary

  Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips · CPC title

• B61L25/021

  Measuring and recording of train speed · CPC title

• B60L9/00

  Electric propulsion with power supply external to the vehicle (electric propulsion for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways B60L13/00; in combination with batteries or fuel cells within the vehicle B60L50/53) · CPC title