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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Alstom Transport Technologies, Saint-Ouen, FR;
Jared Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
Nicholas Nagrodsky, Melbourne, FL (US);
ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES, Saint-Ouen, FR;
Abstract
A train detection system for a railway track section placed on a track bed, the track section having two rails, the train detection system comprising at least one cable, the cable being placed across the two rails, a transmitter connected to the cable and configured to emit an emitted signal into the at least one cable, a receiver connected to the cable and configured to receive a received signal related to the emitted signal having passed through the cable, and capable of determining, according to the received signal, between an unoccupied state where no railway vehicle is present on the track section, and an occupied state where the track section is occupied by a railway vehicle. The cable is buried under the track bed.