Ato device, rail vehicle and method for the automated driving of a rail vehicle
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorsTORSTEN BAIER, BORIS DICKGIESSER, MICHAEL GRIMPE, JOSEF LOEWE
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Abstract
A method is provided for the automated driving of a rail vehicle on tracks equipped with different track-side vehicle protection devices. Information items necessary for the automated driving are transferred at least partially from different on-board or vehicle-side vehicle protection devices to an ATO device, and the rail vehicle is controlled by the ATO device according to the transferred information items. An ATO device, a rail vehicle and a railway-technical installation are also provided.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
An ATO device for the automated driving of a rail vehicle on tracks equipped with different track-side vehicle protection devices, the ATO device comprising:
- at least two ATP interfaces configured for connecting the ATO device to different vehicle-side vehicle protection devices and for transferring information items necessary for the automated driving from the respective vehicle-side vehicle protection devices to the ATO device.
A method for the automated driving of a rail vehicle on tracks equipped with different track-side vehicle protection devices, the method comprising the following steps:
- transferring information items necessary for the automated driving at least partially from different vehicle-side vehicle protection devices to an ATO device;
- and
- using the ATO device to control the rail vehicle in dependence on the transferred information items.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.