Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting device and railroad vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 检测装置和铁路车辆
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Application No.: US12453304Application Date: 2009-05-06
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Publication No.: US07956796B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Akihiko Hyodo , Shigeru Oho , Naoki Kato
- Applicant: Akihiko Hyodo , Shigeru Oho , Naoki Kato
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Stites & Harbison PLLC
- Agent Juan Carlos A. Marquez, Esq.
- Priority: JP2008-199398 20080801
- Main IPC: G01S13/74
- IPC: G01S13/74 ; G01S13/06 ; G01S13/00

Abstract:
A system according to the invention detects location information of a vehicle by using a reflection strength change of an electromagnetic wave. The system incorporates a radiowave transmitter which emits a first radiowave, positional markers which generate unique reflection strengths and patterns of temporal changes in the reflection strength from the emitted first radiowave at respective absolute positions, a radiowave receiver which receives a second radiowave reflected by the positional marker and converts the second radiowave into a signal format for extracting location information to output the same, and a marker recognition device which obtains a location of the vehicle from the output of the radiowave receiver. Accordingly, a highly-precise location specification with a resolution smaller than or equal to 1 cm and a highly-reliable location specification which is not affected by slip and slide of the vehicle's wheels can be realized.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100026562A1 Detecting device and railroad vehicle Public/Granted day:2010-02-04
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