Abstract:
A safety system (10, 10') for avoiding a collision for a vehicle (12) comprises a calculation unit (14) that is adapted to calculate a plurality of ranges of zones, one or more radar sensors (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) that are adapted to detect a relative position of an object to the vehicle (12), a determination unit (18) that is adapted to determine a zone at which the object is positioned, based on the relative position detected by the one or more radar sensors (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) and a safety unit (20) that is adapted to take actions for avoiding a collision between the vehicle (12) and the object, based on the zone determined by the determination unit (18) and the speed of the vehicle.
Abstract:
Cette infrastructure comporte un réseau (100, 200) MPLS; des premier et second groupes de points d'accès associés à chaque section de la voie, chaque groupe formant un réseau local relié au réseau; des premier et second modems (22, 42), à bord du train (16), pour la communication avec des points d'accès (20, 40) des premier et second groupes. Le réseau comporte des paires de commutateurs locaux (122, 132), chaque paire étant associée à une section de la voie et comportant un premier, respectivement un second, commutateur local pour la communication avec le premier, respectivement second, groupe de point d'accès de la section associée, et des premier et second commutateurs centraux (112, 114), les commutateurs étant en série les uns des autres et mettant en œuvre un service de définition de chemins entre chaque commutateur central et chaque commutateur local pour que le chemin entre le premier commutateur central et le premier commutateur local d'une paire de commutateurs et le chemin entre le second commutateur central et le second commutateur local de cette paire correspondent à des portions séparées de l'anneau formée par le réseau.
Abstract:
La voie ferrée pour véhicule ferroviaire comprend deux files de rails (4) parallèles s'étendant suivant une ligne médiane longitudinale (L) en étant espacées transversalement. Elle comprend en outre, sur au moins un tronçon longitudinal, une file de plaques (6) s'étendant suivant la ligne médiane longitudinale (L) et formant une partie fixe d'un moteur linéaire à induction. Chaque plaque (6) est conductrice d'électricité et magnétique à aimantation non permanente ou amagnétique. Chaque plaque (6) est isolée électriquement.
Abstract:
An assembly includes a locomotive, equipped with a roof line, electrically connected to a pantograph, a control system and a sensing circuit. The control system orders, depending on the voltage on the roof line detected by the sensing circuit, the open or closed state of a switch between the roof line and a power supply circuit of the motors of the locomotive. The assembly also includes a tender, coupled to the locomotive and carrying batteries suitable for delivering a current for supplying the motors. The tender is electrically connected to the locomotive in such a way that a first terminal of the batteries is connected to the roof line and a second terminal of the batteries is connected to a point of the locomotive set to a reference potential.
Abstract:
A method and system for inspecting a rail by guided waves, the rail being instrumented by sensors. The method comprises the steps of receiving elastic wave measurements from one or more sensors, as a train passes, releasing energy as guided waves into the rail; and of determining a function representative of the impulse response of the rail and the sensors. Developments describe how to determine the existence, position and characterisation of a defect in the rail (e.g. fracture, incipient fracture, etc.), the use of inter-correlation analyses, correlation of the coda of correlations, Passive Inverse Filter, imaging techniques. Other aspects are described for exploring rail defects: sensor position and movement, acquisition time, sampling frequency, frequency filters, amplifications, techniques for learning during successive train passes, signal injection by transducers. Software aspects are described.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a light management device for a vehicle, in particular a railway vehicle, the vehicle comprising at least one car. The device comprises:
at least one light source, the at least one light source emitting light radiation with at least one optical characteristic, at least one sensor selected from a sensor for measuring a passenger density aboard the vehicle, such as an axle load sensor, a vehicle position sensor, and/or a clock, a control unit connected to the at least one sensor, and to the at least one light source, the control unit being configured to control the at least one optical characteristic of the light radiation based on a measurement of the at least one sensor.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for sending information to an individual (11) located in the environment of a vehicle (10), the method comprising the following steps:
acquiring an image of the environment of the vehicle (10), detecting, where applicable, at least one individual (11) on the acquired image, determining a probability of collision between the individual (11) detected on the acquired image and the vehicle (10), sending at least one item of information to the detected individual (11), the information sent depending on the determined probability of collision, the steps of detecting, determining and sending being repeated, for the same individual (11), with subsequent acquired images as long as said individual (11) is detected on said images and as long as the probability of collision is greater than a threshold.
Abstract:
A system for controlling one or more vital wayside devices of a railway network, comprising one or more vital switches, each vital switch being comprised in or operatively connected to an associated device of the one or more vital wayside devices, and a controller which is configured to control the one or more vital wayside devices. The controller is connected to each of the one or more vital switches by means of at least one optical fiber cable and is configured to output one or more light command signals over the at least one optical fiber cable, and each vital switch is configured to switch from an open status to a closed status to provide power and ground to the associated vital wayside device upon receiving at least one corresponding light command signal outputted by the controller for commanding an action of the associated vital wayside device.
Abstract:
A railway vehicle includes a car body having a shell frame surrounding an internal area suitable for accommodating passengers, and a power generator connected to an external side of the car body and including an outlet for discharging out a liquid produced during generation of electricity. A hydraulic system is in fluid communication with the outlet and receives at least part of the liquid produced during generation of electricity. The hydraulic system includes a first end portion connected to the outlet, a second end portion, spaced apart from the first end portion, for draining out from the hydraulic system the received liquid, and a third intermediate portion which is interconnected between the first and second end portions and is placed, at least partially, in the internal area of the car body, which is adapted to be heated before receiving passengers.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a vehicle comprising an electricity production unit configured for generating an electrical current, a transformer unit and a fuel storage unit, the production unit comprising at least two fuel cell stacks and a single first electrical connection interface for transmitting the electrical current to the transformer unit. The production unit further comprises a single cooling circuit, an air supply circuit and a single gaseous hydrogen supply circuit for supplying gaseous hydrogen, from the fuel storage unit, to each fuel cell stack. The production unit is separate from the fuel storage unit and connected to the fuel storage unit by a single connection interface, the production unit being removable from the vehicle as an integrated unit independently from the fuel storage unit.