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US 12,370,947 B1Granted
Train crossing warning system, apparatuses and methods therefor
AssigneeRapidsos, Inc.
InventorDaniel Richard Seidberg
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Abstract
A disclosed method implements: determining, by a cloud server, a geofence surrounding a section of a roadway at a crossing of train tracks, the geofence comprising geofence coordinates; monitoring, by the cloud server, railway sensor and telematics data related to trains running on the train tracks at the crossing; predicting that a train will approach the crossing at a predicted time; generating a warning message in response to predicting that a train will approach the crossing at a predicted time; and sending the warning message to a vehicle located within the geofence.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a cloud server operatively coupled to at least one railway network operating center via an internet protocol connection, a vehicle geofence surrounding a section of a roadway at a crossing of train tracks, the vehicle geofence comprising vehicle geofence coordinates and determined using mapping information for each crossing obtained from a railroad database, wherein the mapping information is used to determine a shape and size for each vehicle geofence;
- determining, by the cloud server, a pedestrian geofence surrounding a section of a roadway at a crossing of train tracks, the pedestrian geofence comprising pedestrian geofence coordinates and determined using mapping information for each crossing obtained from the railroad database, wherein the mapping information is used to determine a shape and size for each pedestrian geofence, wherein the pedestrian geofence shape and size encompasses at least a pedestrian walkway and partially overlaps the vehicle geofence;
- monitoring, by the cloud server, railway sensor and telematics data received from the at least one railway network operating center;
- predicting, by the cloud server, that a train will approach the crossing at a predicted time based on the railway sensor and telematics data;
- generating a warning message in response to predicting that the train will approach the crossing at the predicted time;
- sending the warning message to at least one remote server, along with vehicle geofence coordinates and pedestrian geofence coordinates;
- determining, by the at least one remote server, that a vehicle is located within the vehicle geofence based on vehicle location information at the at least one remote server;
- sending the warning message to a vehicle infotainment system in response to determining that the vehicle is located within the vehicle geofence;
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- sending the warning message to the vehicle located within the vehicle geofence.
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A cloud-based railway crossing warning system comprising:
- at least one cloud server, comprising a cloud application, operatively coupled to at least one railway network operating center to receive railway sensors and telematics data, and operatively coupled to non-volatile, non-transitory memory, the at least one cloud server operative to:
- determine a geofence surrounding a section of a roadway at a crossing of train tracks, the geofence comprising geofence coordinates, and determined using mapping information for each crossing obtained from a railroad database, wherein the mapping information is used to determine a shape and size for each vehicle geofence;
- determine a pedestrian geofence surrounding a section of a roadway at a crossing of train tracks, the pedestrian geofence comprising pedestrian geofence coordinates and determined using mapping information for each crossing obtained from the railroad database, wherein the mapping information is used to determine a shape and size for each pedestrian geofence, wherein the pedestrian geofence shape and size encompasses at least a pedestrian walkway and partially overlaps the vehicle geofence;
- monitor the railway sensors and telematics data obtained from the railway network operating center;
- predict that a train will approach the crossing at a predicted time based on the railway sensors and telematics data;
- generate a warning message in response to predicting that the train will approach the crossing at the predicted time;
- send the warning message to at least one remote server, along with vehicle geofence coordinates and pedestrian geofence coordinates;
- determine, by the at least one remote server, that a vehicle is located within the vehicle geofence based on vehicle location information at the at least one remote server;
- send the warning message to a vehicle infotainment system in response to determining that the vehicle is located within the vehicle geofence;
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- send the warning message to the vehicle located within the vehicle geofence.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring, by an artificial intelligence module within a cloud server that is operatively coupled to a railway network operating center to receive railway sensors and telematics data;
- predicting, by the artificial intelligence module that a train will approach a crossing at a predicted time, using the railway sensors and telematics data;
- determining, by the artificial intelligence module, a plurality of vehicle geofences and a plurality of pedestrian geofences, wherein each vehicle geofence and at least one pedestrian geofence correspond to each crossing of a plurality of crossings, using mapping information for each crossing obtained from a railroad database, wherein the mapping information is used to determine a shape and size for each vehicle geofence and for each pedestrian geofence, and where each pedestrian geofence at least partially overlaps a corresponding vehicle geofence;
- generating warning messages corresponding to the plurality of crossings and based on a vehicle geofence and a pedestrian geofence surrounding each crossing;
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- sending the warning messages to vehicles located within the vehicle geofences.
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