System and method for interlocking a mechanical gap filler, a guided vehicle door and a platform screen door
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorsAndre Marco, Steffen Ueckert
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Abstract
A safety control system and a method configured for interlocking a Mechanical Gap Filler (hereafter MGF) with both a Platform Screen Door (PSD) and a Guided Vehicle Door (GVD) of a guided vehicle at standstill. The system is disposed along a platform in order to secure the exchange between the platform and a guided vehicle at standstill along the platform.
Claims12
A safety control system for interlocking a mechanical gap filler (MGF) with both a platform screen door (PSD) and a guided vehicle door (GVD) of a guided vehicle when the guided vehicle is at standstill along a platform, the safety control system comprising:
- a communication device for communicating with a GVD control system, with a PSD control system and with a MGF control system;
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- a processing unit configured for exchanging data with the GVD control system, with the PSD control system and with the MGF control system via said communication device, said processing unit being further configured for determining from the data an extension/retraction state of the MGF, an opening/closing state of the PSD and an opening/closing state of the GVD, and wherein said processing unit is configured for generating both of the following signals:
- i. a first signal configured for either triggering an opening of the PSD and GVD if the extension/retraction state of the MGF is in a “fully extended” state or preventing the PSD control system and the GVD control system to open respectively the PSD and the GVD if the extension/retraction state of the MGF is in a “retracted” state or a “partly extended” state;
- ii. a second signal configured for either preventing the MGF control system from retracting the MGF if the closing/opening state of the PSD or GVD is in a “fully opened” state or a “partly opened” state, or triggering a retraction of the MGF if the closing/opening state of both the PSD and GVD is in a “closed” state.
A method for securing an exchange of passengers between a platform and a guided vehicle standing still at the platform, the method comprising:
- interlocking a Mechanical Gap Filler (MGF) with both a Platform Screen Door (PSD) and a Guided Vehicle Door (GVD) of the guided vehicle while the guided vehicle is at standstill along said platform;
- providing a communication device for communicating with a GVD control system, with a PSD control system and with a MGF control system;
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- providing a processing unit configured for exchanging data with the GVD control system, with the PSD control system and with the MGF control system via the communication device, the processing unit being further configured for determining from the data an extension/retraction state of the MGF, an opening/closing state of the PSD and an opening/closing state of the GVD, and wherein the processing unit is configured for generating both of the following signals:
- i. a first signal configured for either triggering an opening of the PSD and GVD if the extension/retraction state of the MGF is in a “fully extended” state or preventing the PSD control system and the GVD control system to open respectively the PSD and the GVD if the extension/retraction state of the MGF is in a “retracted” state or a “partly extended” state;
- ii. a second signal configured for either preventing the MGF control system from retracting the MGF if the closing/opening state of the PSD or GVD is in a “fully opened” state or a “partly opened” state, or triggering a retraction of the MGF if the closing/opening state of both the PSD and GVD is in a “closed” state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.