Advanced preemption using the wayside inspector and wireless magnetometer sensors
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorFrederick Toshack
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Abstract
A warning system comprising an advanced preemption system is provided to provide warning of an additional advanced preemption time directly from a wayside inspector to a city traffic controller to turn one or more traffic lights red on a route intersecting with the railroad crossing. The advanced preemption system includes a first set of wireless magnetometers to be installed on a railway track of the railroad crossing on a first side of the railroad crossing. The first set of wireless magnetometers to be located at an advanced preemption crossing start activation point that is being at a distance before an existing crossing start activation point of the railroad crossing to provide the warning of the additional advanced preemption time.
Claims14
A warning system, the system comprising:
- an advanced preemption system including:
- a first wayside inspector having a first interface,
- wherein the advanced preemption system to provide warning of an additional advanced preemption time from directly from the first wayside inspector to a city traffic controller to turn one or more traffic lights red on a route intersecting with a railroad crossing;
- a first set of wireless magnetometers to be installed on a railway track of the railroad crossing on a first side of the railroad crossing,
- wherein the first wayside inspector to communicate with the first set of wireless magnetometers and wherein the first set of wireless magnetometers to be located at an advanced preemption crossing start activation point that is being at a distance before an existing crossing start activation point of the railroad crossing to provide the warning of the additional advanced preemption time;
- a first radio coupled to the first wayside inspector;
- a second set of wireless magnetometers to be installed on the railway track of the railroad crossing on a second side of the railroad crossing;
- a second wayside inspector having a second interface, the second set of wireless magnetometers to communicate with the second wayside inspector;
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- a second radio coupled to the second wayside inspector.
A warning system, the system comprising:
- an advanced preemption system including:
- a first wayside inspector having a first interface, wherein the advanced preemption system to provide warning of an additional advanced preemption time from the first wayside inspector as part of a crossing warning system at a railroad crossing to an automobile traffic controller to turn one or more traffic lights red on a route intersecting with the railroad crossing;
- a first set of wireless magnetometers to be installed on a railway track of the railroad crossing on a first side of the railroad crossing, the first wayside inspector to communicate with the first set of wireless magnetometers;
- a second set of wireless magnetometers to be installed on the railway track of the railroad crossing on a second side of the railroad crossing;
- a second wayside inspector having a second interface, the second set of wireless magnetometers to communicate with the second wayside inspector;
- a third wayside inspector having a third interface, the third wayside inspector to communicate with the automobile traffic controller;
- a first radio coupled to the first wayside inspector;
- a second radio coupled to the second wayside inspector;
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- a third radio coupled to the third wayside inspector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.