System and method for monitoring a railroad grade crossing
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorsStuart Goose, Stefan Fritschi, Mark Corbo
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Abstract
A system (200) for monitoring a railroad grade crossing (100, 250) includes an illumination device (220, 230) for illuminating a section of a railroad grade crossing (100, 250), and a control device (240) in communication with the illumination device (220, 230). The illumination device (220, 230) is configured to obtain data of the section of the railroad grade crossing (100, 250) while illuminating the section, and the control device (240) is configured to receive and evaluate the data. Further, a method (600) for monitoring a railroad grade crossing (100, 250) is provided.
Claims14
A system for monitoring a railroad grade crossing comprising:
- an illumination device comprising a lidar sensor for illuminating a section of a railroad grade crossing, and
- a control device in communication with the illumination device,
- wherein the illumination device is configured to obtain data of the section of the railroad grade crossing while illuminating the section, and
- wherein the control device is configured to receive and evaluate the data,
- wherein the control device is configured to detect, track and classify an object within the section based on the data of the illumination device,
- wherein a classification comprises determining whether the object is any one of a vehicle, a cyclist, and a pedestrian,
- wherein the control device is configured to trigger activation of an entrance gate and/or exit gate to a raised position when the classified object is a vehicle, and
- wherein the control device is further configured to detect a direction of a train and measure a speed of the train based on data obtained by the illumination device when the train travels through the railroad grade crossing.
A method for monitoring a railroad grade crossing comprising:
- obtaining data of a section of a railroad grade crossing while illuminating the section by at least one illumination device, the at least one illumination device comprising a lidar sensor;
- receiving the data by a control device in communication with the at least one illumination device;
- evaluating the data by the control device, wherein the control device is configured to communicate with components activating crossing warning devices,
- wherein the evaluating comprises detecting, tracking, and classifying an object within the section based on the data of the at least one illumination device,
- wherein a classification comprises determining whether the object is any one of a vehicle, a cyclist, and a pedestrian, and
- wherein the crossing warning device comprises crossing gates, and wherein a crossing entrance gate and/or crossing exit gate is raised, and further comprising
- detecting a direction of a train and measuring a speed of the train based on data obtained by the illumination device when the train travels through the railroad grade crossing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.