Cableway with data communication between cableway controller and vehicle
AssigneeInnova Patent GmbH
InventorsDaniel Pfeifer, Clemens Mohr
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Abstract
To allow simple data communication between a vehicle and a cableway controller of a cableway, provision is made, during operation of the cableway, for a current collector of the vehicle to come into contact with a busbar through the movement of the vehicle, wherein a vehicle powerline modem of the vehicle is connected to the current collector and a control powerline modem is connected to the busbar and the cableway controller and, while the current collector is in contact with the busbar, a powerline communication connection is established between the vehicle powerline modem and the control powerline modem and is used to transmit vehicle data from the vehicle to the cableway controller or vice versa.
Claims12
A method for data communication between a cableway controller and at least one vehicle of a cableway, comprising the steps of:
- wherein during operation of the cableway a current collector of the vehicle contacts a busbar by the movement of the vehicle, characterized in that a vehicle powerline modem of the vehicle is connected to the current collector, and a control powerline modem is connected to the busbar and the cableway controller;
- and
- wherein, while the current collector contacts the busbar, a power line communication connection between the vehicle powerline modem and the control powerline modem is established, via which connection vehicle data are transmitted between the vehicle and the cableway controller.
A cableway having data communication between at least one vehicle and a cableway controller of the cableway, comprising,
- a busbar on the cableway;
- a current collector on the vehicle, wherein the current collector is configured to contact the busbar by the movement of the vehicle during operation of the cableway;
- a vehicle powerline modem on the vehicle and connected with the current collector;
- a control powerline modem on the cableway and connected with the busbar and the cableway controller, and
- wherein while the current collector contacts the busbar, a powerline communication connection is established between the vehicle powerline modem and the control powerline modem, the powerline communication connection being configured to transmit vehicle data between the vehicle and the cableway controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.