Automated counterbalance system and method for determining counterbalance and adjusting counterweights of a crossing gate
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorLeonard Wydotis
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Abstract
An automated counterbalance system includes a crossing gate mechanism with an electric motor, a sensing device and a motor control unit, a crossing gate with a crossing gate arm and one or more counterweights, wherein the crossing gate arm is operated by the crossing gate mechanism, wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to monitor an electrical characteristic of the electric motor, and wherein the motor control unit comprises at least one processor and is configured to determine a counterbalance of the crossing gate based on the electrical characteristic of the electric motor and a movement of the crossing gate arm.
Claims20
An automated counterbalance system comprising:
- a crossing gate mechanism comprising an electric motor with at least one sensing device and a motor control unit,
- a crossing gate comprising crossing gate arm and one or more counterweights, wherein the crossing gate arm is operated by the crossing gate mechanism,
- wherein the at least one sensing device is configured to monitor an electrical characteristic of the electric motor, and
- wherein the motor control unit comprises at least one processor and is configured to determine a counterbalance of the crossing gate based on the electrical characteristic of the electric motor and a movement of the crossing gate arm.
A method of determining counterbalance and/or adjusting counterweights of a crossing gate, the method comprising:
- monitoring an electrical characteristic of an electric motor within a crossing gate mechanism of a crossing gate,
- moving a crossing gate arm by the crossing gate mechanism,
- determining a counterbalance of the crossing gate based on the electrical characteristic of the electric motor and a movement of the crossing gate arm.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, perform a method comprising:
- monitoring an electrical characteristic of an electric motor within a crossing gate mechanism of a crossing gate while a crossing gate arm is moved by the crossing gate mechanism, and
- determining a counterbalance of the crossing gate based on the electrical characteristic of the electric motor during movement of the crossing gate arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.