Positioning system for hyperloop transporting
AssigneeAuto Drive Solutions, S.L.
InventorAlejandro BADOLATO MARTIN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a positioning system for the hyperloop means of transport that comprises a group of readers installed on the pod that query the infrastructure by means of electromagnetic or pressure waves. Along the length of the route of the tube through which the pod travels, there is information encoded by passive elements that make up a message that is readable by the sensors. Once the message has been decoded, it is possible to determine the longitudinal forward movement of the pod and its rotation with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube, because the tube presents different information encoded both longitudinally and angularly.
Claims13
1-8. (canceled)
A system for determining the position of a pod (2) inside a Hyperloop tube (1) of a Hyperloop means of transportation, the system comprising:
- a group of four millimeter-wave radar sensors (3) coupled to both sides, on a roof and on a floor of the pod (2), which concentrate the energy that the group of four millimeter-wave radar sensors radiate onto one square centimeter of surface area of the Hyperloop tube (1) of the Hyperloop means of transportation and along with a len(s), measure distance from an exterior hull of the pod (2) to an internal wall of the Hyperloop tube, in order to determine:
- the axial displacement of the pod with respect to the Hyperloop tube,
- the longitudinal forward movement of the pod along the length of the Hyperloop tube,
- the rotation of the pod with respect to the longitudinal axis of the Hyperloop tube;
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- a series of passive elements, arranged along the length of the Hyperloop tube (1) through which the pod (2) travels, which include encoded information that makes up a message that is readable by the group of four millimeter-wave radar sensors (3), so that once said message has been decoded, it is possible to determine the longitudinal forward movement of the pod and its rotation with respect to the longitudinal axis of the Hyperloop tube, because the Hyperloop tube presents different encoded information both longitudinally and angularly, wherein
- said series of passive elements are made up of a lining made of a plastic material (4) that is permeable to the waves that lines the inside of the Hyperloop tube, which presents a variable thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.