CN1956870B - Operator location tracking for remote control rail yard switching - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a system (10) for generating a rail yard switch list (e.g., 30) of switch positioning activities for efficient movement of a railyard operator (12). The system includes a first operator control unit (14) (OCU) having a locator (16) for determining a location of the OCU and an associated operator using the OCU during rail yard switching activities. The system also includes a first processor (28) for correlating the rail yard switching activities with a respective location of the OCU in the rail yard to establish a knowledge base of respective preferred locations in the rail yard, and a memory (e.g. 26) for storing the knowledge base of preferred locations in the railyard. The system further includes a second processor (27) for receiving a request (32) for a switch list, accessing the memory, and processing the request based on the knowledge base to generate a switch list.
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Related application
The application requires the U.S. Provisional Application No.60/555 of submission on March 22nd, 2004,112 preceence, and its content is combined in herein by reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates to the field of remote controlled locomotives, more particularly, relate to and in rail yard, use remote-control operator's control unit (OCU) to follow the tracks of operator's position.
Background technology
Rail yard (rail yard) is used for according to the destination that each lorry is leaving after the rail yard lorry being grouped into different orbital segments in the railway transportation environment.Rail yard switching is meant transfers to another track with a joint or more piece lorry from a track, normally for train institute trailer railway carriage or compartment being assembled into a row train on specified common purpose ground, leaves from rail yard again.In the past, the turn-out track of train need have one ground " switchman " to come alignment rail correctly at each end of train in the marshalling yard, and in the locomotive driving chamber of train, also to there be an engineer and switchman to link up, so that train is reached required track downwards according to switchman's instruction.Recently, be equipped with the locomotive of command and control system can make the switchman in rail yard operations, control moving of locomotive, and do not need the engineer to control locomotive.Modern remote control systems can make rail yard operations person for example the switchman make battery-powered portable operator control unit (OCU) control unpiloted, the turn-out track locomotive of being furnished with microprocessor by vehicle-mounted locomotive control unit (LCU) control, this OCU is carried by the operator, the operator is positioned near the locomotive that will control, but not on locomotive.
Usually, the switchman controls turn-out track layout and train moving by rail yard according to the turn-out track sequence that provides in the switch list.Switch list can produce based on the admission train that arrives rail yard, the destination that arrives the corresponding destination of train interior compartment and leave the train of leaving the theatre of rail yard.According to this switch list, the switchman determines that switched period setting and train move to the sequence on the suitable track that is provided with corresponding to switched period, finish the assembling of train according to the requirement of switch list.But switch list is not the switched period that is organized in the addressing rail yard usually, and the switchman can not effectively move between these positions and controls turn-out track.
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Unique accompanying drawing is to be used for following the tracks of OCU user's position so that the system schematic of improved rail yard switching to be provided in rail yard.
Detailed description of the present invention
Adopt the prior art rail yard switching scheme of switch list to fail to consider switchman's moving in whole rail yard to realize that required train moves.Because some rail yard can comprise one 1 square mile or more rail switching area, so the turn-out track sequence must be organized into the switchman and has actv. move in whole rail yard.Each switchman of turn-out track sequence who is used for a certain switch list can have nothing in common with each other, and many sequence efficient are not high, and unnecessarily waste time and energy.Experienced switchman can formulate the turn-out track sequence according to a certain switch list, and this can reduce switchman's moving in rail yard, need travel through long apart from having reduced the turn-out track time between the switch in the turn-out track sequence by reducing the switchman thus.
The present inventor recognizes with having innovated, by following the tracks of the position of effective switchman in the marshalling yard and moving, make these positions and move movable relevant and preferred moving projection is conveyed to corresponding switchman, just can improve whole rail yard switching efficient with required turn-out track.Thus, be based on the best known array of having followed the tracks of for the switch list sequence of being recommended that moves of switchman in whole rail yard.Therefore, improve the switchman at the working ability aspect the whole rail yard operations by the ability of expanding OCU, the present invention has improved the turn-out track efficient of rail yard.By being familiar with coming for he provides new location and data-handling capacity with available device (being OCU) by each switchman, the present invention further provides the enhancing capacity rating and the safety of remote controlled locomotives turn-out track operation in rail yard, as described below.
There is shown the system 10 of position so that improved rail yard switching to be provided that is used for following the tracks of rail yard OCU user 12, it comprises OCU 14, and OCU 14 has steady arm 16, and the gps receiver of communicating by letter with gps satellite 18 for example is used for determining the position of OCU 14.OCU14 can comprise treater 21, and treater 21 is communicated by letter with memory device 20, the location information that memory device 20 storages are produced by steady arm 16.The location information of being stored can be downloaded from memory device 20, for after-treatment.In one aspect of the invention, OCU 14 also can comprise transceiver 22, and transceiver 22 carries out radio communication with the control center 24 that for example is positioned at rail yard central authorities.Control center 24 comprises transceiver, and this transceiver is used for information is sent to one or more OCU14,15 and receive information from them.When operator 12 moves in rail yard to finish turn-out track according to switch list when movable, the location information that steady arm 16 is produced can regularly and/or according to request send to control center 24.
The location information of being gathered when operator 12 is mobile in rail yard can be used to develop a kind of historical knowledge base, make the position of operator in rail yard with performed turn-out track activity connects at certain switch list.For example, can follow the tracks of one by system 10 and show and can move the valid function person who generally acknowledges that effective turn-out track is selected, to set up the historical knowledge base of the turn-out track sequence selection that is associated with corresponding rail yard position based on given switch list.For example, experienced operator can check switch list, and from switch list, select in rail yard one group of turn-out track sequence can carrying out from a regional area, and from switch list, select the not turn-out track sequence on the same group that to carry out at another regional area, so that the operator only need change to another regional area from a regional area, at each position input instruction, just can finish one group of a plurality of turn-out track setting successively, and needn't select to move on to another regional area at each turn-out track in the switch list from a regional area.Can upload to central controller 24 to the location information that experienced operator gathered, and be stored in memory device for example in the data bank 26.In addition, the turn-out track geocoded activity corresponding to operator 12 positions can be sent to central controller 24 when carrying out the turn-out track geocoded activity.
For the developing history knowledge base, can make the corresponding switched period in the performed switch list of location information and valid function person 12 be provided with relevant.This relevant information can be used to set up optimum position in the rail yard for representational those group rail yard switching activities.Treater 27 can be configured to make rail yard switching movable relevant with the relevant position of OCU 14 in the rail yard, to set up the knowledge base of corresponding optimum position in the rail yard.Then, historical knowledge base for example can be by treater 28 accesses, organizing the turn-out track sequence that for example is stored in the following switch list 30 in the switch list memory 31, carry out so that following turn-out track activity can the minimum physics of operator be moved.Therefore, a unfamiliar operator who for example operates OCU 15 is provided with sequence by the switched period of following by treater 28 tissues, just can more effectively work.Treater 28 can be configured to receive the switch list request 32 from control center 24, and access is stored in the historical knowledge base in the data bank 26, come according to the turn-out track activity in switch list request 32, historical turn-out track is movable and with rail yard position that corresponding historical turn-out track activity is associated between corresponding relation, determine the mobile ordered sequence of turn-out track activity.Technique effect is to produce a switch list, and turn-out track active sequences wherein is to consider that the operator organizes for realizing that the required physics of switch list moves.In one aspect of the invention, treater 27 and 28 can comprise single treater.
In one embodiment of the invention, the relevant of location information and corresponding turn-out track activity can for example be carried out by treater 21 on OCU 12, for example sends to control center 24 via transceiver 22 then, so that be stored in the data bank 26.In another embodiment, treater 21 is together with memory device 20, can be configured to make turn-out track movable relevant with the position, set up knowledge base and according to the turn-out track activity in future of knowledge base tissue, so that these functions can be carried out on OCU 14.Therefore, treater 21 and memory device 20 can be configured to carry out the function of treater 27 and 28, data bank 26 and switch list memory 31.In another embodiment of the present invention, OCU15 can be equipped with receptor 17, is used to receive the switch list 30 from control center 24.
It is that best turn-out track sequence is determined in given switch list request 32 that known nerual network technique can be used to according to historical knowledge base.For example, can use generally acknowledged valid function person to come neural network training based on cooresponding switched period in the turn-out track sequence selection of a certain switch list and the rail yard.The neural network of training disposes the switch list of effective ordering with regard to can be used to according to the turn-out track request that is input to neural network.
OCU 14 can comprise inclination sensor 34, for example mercury switch or solid state device, as in U.S. Patent No. 6,691, disclosed in 005, sensor 34 is connected to steady arm 16 and projector 22, and when inclination sensor detected OCU 14 and surpassed certain inclination range and reached certain hour, this sensor was used to discern the position of OCU 14.For example, OCU 14 can comprise the timer 35 of communicating by letter with inclination sensor, to measure the time that inclination range takes place to surpass.Therefore, when OCU 14 tilts to outside the inclination range, contingent situation when the operator 12 of OCU falls for example, location information just can send to control center 24, thereby makes the position of OCU14, also has operator 12 position to be identified certainly.Can not be again and the position of control center's efficient communication if OCU tilts to one, can in memory device, obtain the Last Known Location of OCU so, more promptly to arrive OCU and switchman.
Though illustrate and illustrated various embodiment of the present invention in this article, obviously these embodiment provide by way of example.Do not deviating under the prerequisite of the present invention, the those skilled in the art can find out many changes, change and substitute.
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1. system that effectively moves the rail yard switching table that produces the turn-out track geocoded activity that is used to rail yard operations person, described system comprises:
First operator control element (OPCE) has steady arm, and described steady arm is used for determining described operator control element (OPCE) and the position of using the operator of described operator control element (OPCE) between active stage at rail yard switching;
First processor is used to make described rail yard switching movable relevant with the relevant position of operator control element (OPCE) described in the described rail yard, to set up the knowledge base of the optimum position of operator control element (OPCE) described in the described rail yard;
Memory device is used to store the described knowledge base of the optimum position of operator control element (OPCE) described in the described rail yard; And
Second treater is used to receive the switch list request, the described memory device of access, and according to described knowledge base processes said request, to produce switch list, turn-out track active sequences wherein is organized into considers that the operator moves for realizing the required physics of described switch list.
2. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein first operator control element (OPCE) also comprises the projector that is used for to first processor transmit operation person control unit position data.
3. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein first operator control element (OPCE) also comprises the projector that is used for sending to first processor the turn-out track geocoded activity.
4. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein first processor is on first operator control element (OPCE), and first operator control element (OPCE) also comprises the projector that is used to send related data.
5. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein second treater is communicated by letter with the projector that is used to send described switch list.
6. system as claimed in claim 5 also comprises second operator control element (OPCE) with the receptor that is used to receive described switch list.
7. system as claimed in claim 6, wherein first operator control element (OPCE) constitutes second operator control element (OPCE).
8. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein first processor, second treater and described memory device are all on first operator control element (OPCE).
9. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein first processor constitutes second treater.
10. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein second treater separates with first operator control element (OPCE), and spaced apart.
11. the system as claimed in claim 1 also comprises:
The operator control element (OPCE) inclination sensor is used for the degree of dip of the described operator control element (OPCE) of sensing; And
Projector is connected to described inclination sensor and described steady arm, is used for time of being associated when surpassing predetermined value with the degree of dip of described operator control element (OPCE), and emission shows the signal of described operator control element (OPCE) position.
12. system as claimed in claim 11 also comprises being used to measure the timer of the degree of dip of described operator control element (OPCE) above the time period of described predetermined value.
13. system as claimed in claim 12, wherein when the degree of dip of described operator control element (OPCE) reached predetermined amount of time above described predetermined value, described operator control element (OPCE) transmitted.
14. a method that effectively moves the rail yard switching table that produces the turn-out track geocoded activity that is used to rail yard operations person, described method comprises:
In the position that rail yard switching was followed the tracks of first operator control element (OPCE) and used the operator of first operator control element (OPCE) between active stage;
Make each turn-out track movable relevant, to set up the knowledge base of the optimum position of first operator control element (OPCE) in the rail yard with described operator's relevant position;
Described knowledge base is stored in the memory device;
Receive the switch list request;
The described knowledge base of access; And
According to described knowledge base processes said request, to produce switch list, turn-out track active sequences wherein is organized into considers that the operator realizes that the physics of described switch list moves.
15. method as claimed in claim 14 also comprises described switch list is sent to second operator control element (OPCE).
16. method as claimed in claim 15, wherein first operator control element (OPCE) constitutes second operator control element (OPCE).
17. method as claimed in claim 14 also comprises sending the data that show institute's tracing positional and described rail yard switching activity.
18. be used to rail yard operations person's the product that effectively moves the rail yard switching table that produces the turn-out track geocoded activity, described product comprises:
Be used for following the tracks of between active stage the unit of first operator control element (OPCE) and the operator's who uses first operator control element (OPCE) position at rail yard switching;
Be used for making the movable relevant position of each turn-out track with described operator relevant, with the unit of the knowledge base of the optimum position of setting up rail yard first operator control element (OPCE);
Be used to store the unit of described knowledge base; And
Be used for access memory and produce the unit of switch list, turn-out track active sequences wherein is organized into considers that the operator realizes that the physics of described switch list moves.
19. product as claimed in claim 18 also comprises the unit that is used to ask described switch list.
20. product as claimed in claim 19 also comprises the unit that is used to send described switch list.
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