Switch control method and apparatus, and storage medium

A switch control method, applied to an object controller, the method comprising:

• receiving a moving request of a first train for a switch;
• determining whether the first train is a train right before the switch;
• further determining whether the switch is in an idle state if the first train is the train right before the switch;
• moving the switch according to the moving request if the switch is in the idle state;
• and
• adjusting a status of the switch to a locked state after it is detected that the switch is moved, and returning a response message to the first train, so that the first train passes through the switch, wherein the response message is configured to indicate that the switch has been moved and the switch has been locked,
• wherein after the returning a response message to the first train, the method further comprises:
• receiving a locking request of a second train for the switch;
• determining whether a current switch state of the switch is the locked state;
• and
• controlling, if the current switch state of the switch is the locked state, the switch to enter a status in which a plurality of trains lock the switch together.

A switch control apparatus, applied to a train, the apparatus comprising:

• a receiving module, configured to receive switch information periodically sent by an object controller, wherein the switch information comprises a current switch state of a switch, a current switch orientation of the switch, and position information of all trains before the switch;
• a first determining module, configured to determine whether the train is a train right before the switch according to the position information;
• a second determining module, configured to further determine whether the current switch state of the switch is an idle state if it is learned that the train is the train right before the switch;
• a third determining module, configured to determine, if the switch is in the idle state, whether the current switch orientation of the switch is consistent with a switch orientation required by the train for the switch;
• a requesting module, configured to request the object controller to move the switch if the current switch orientation of the switch is inconsistent with the switch orientation required by the train for the switch, so that the object controller controls to move the switch, and adjusts a status of the switch to a locked state after the switch is moved;
• and
• a first control module, configured to control the train to pass through the switch according to a response message returned by the object controller, wherein the response message is configured to indicate that the switch has been moved and the switch has been locked,
• the apparatus further comprising:
• a fourth determining module, configured to further determine whether the current switch state of the switch is the locked state if it is learned that the train is not the train right before the switch;
• a fifth determining module, configured to determine, if the current switch state of the switch is the locked state, whether the current switch orientation of the switch is consistent with the switch orientation required by the train for the switch;
• and
• a first sending module, configured to send a locking request for the switch to the object controller if the current switch orientation of the switch is consistent with the switch orientation required by the train for the switch, wherein the locking request is configured to instruct the object controller to control the switch to enter a status in which a plurality of trains lock the switch together.

A switch control apparatus, applied to an object controller, the apparatus comprising:

• a first receiving module, configured to receive a moving request of a first train for a switch;
• a first determining module, configured to determine whether the first train is the train right before the switch;
• a second determining module, configured to further determine whether the switch is in an idle state if the first train is the train right before the switch;
• a moving module, configured to move the switch according to the moving request if the switch is in the idle state;
• and
• a first control module, configured to adjust a status of the switch to a locked state after it is detected that the switch is moved, and return a response message to the first train, so that the first train passes through the switch, wherein the response message is configured to indicate that the switch has been moved and the switch has been locked,
• wherein after the returning a response message to the first train, the apparatus further comprises:
• a second receiving module, configured to receive a locking request of a second train for the switch;
• a third determining module, configured to determine whether a current switch state of the switch is the locked state;
• and
• a second control module, configured to control, if the current switch state of the switch is the locked state, the switch to enter a status in which a plurality of trains lock the switch together.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program, the computer program, when executed by a processor, implementing a switch control method, applied to a train, the method comprising:

• receiving switch information periodically sent by an object controller, wherein the switch information comprises a current switch state of a switch, a current switch orientation of the switch, and position information of all trains before the switch;
• determining whether the train is a train right before the switch according to the position information;
• further determining whether the current switch state of the switch is an idle state if it is learned that the train is the train right before the switch;
• determining, if the switch is in the idle state, whether the current switch orientation of the switch is consistent with a switch orientation required by the train for the switch;
• requesting the object controller to move the switch if the current switch orientation of the switch is inconsistent with the switch orientation required by the train for the switch, so that the object controller controls to move the switch, and adjusts a status of the switch to a locked state after the switch is moved;
• and
• controlling the train to pass through the switch according to a response message returned by the object controller, wherein the response message is configured to indicate that the switch has been moved and the switch has been locked,
• the method further comprising:
• further determining whether the current switch state of the switch is the locked state if it is learned that the train is not the train right before the switch;
• determining, if the current switch state of the switch is the locked state, whether the current switch orientation of the switch is consistent with the switch orientation required by the train for the switch;
• and
• sending a locking request for the switch to the object controller if the current switch orientation of the switch is consistent with the switch orientation required by the train for the switch, wherein the locking request is configured to instruct the object controller to control the switch to enter a status in which a plurality of trains lock the switch together.