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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2018
Alstom Transport Technologies, Saint-Ouen, FR;
Phillip Martin, Melbourne, FL (US);
Seneca Snyder, Melbourne, FL (US);
Jared Cooper, Melbourne, FL (US);
ALSTOM Transport Technologies, Saint-Ouen, FR;
Abstract
This automatic vehicle control apparatus comprises a first image sensor positioned on a vehicle, able to capture a first global image of a first scene, including an area in front of the vehicle, in a first field of view of said first image sensor; a track occupancy detector for receiving the first global image and deducing therefrom a track occupancy of the vehicle among at least two set of parallel tracks positioned in front of the vehicle; a distinguishable object disposed in the first field of view; and a proper functioning checking apparatus configured for searching, in the first global image, a first specific image of the distinguishable object, and for generating an alert signal in case the first specific image is not found in the first global image.