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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Siemens Mobility Gmbh, München, Bayern, DE;
Andreas Schaefer-Enkeler, Röttenbach, DE;
Andreas Schönberger, Bamberg, DE;
Phillipp Von Rotenhan, Nürnberg, DE;
SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH, , DE;
Abstract
Provided is an embodiment to automatically detect signals in track-bound traffic when track-bound vehicles are traveling on track sections in a track network. According to the embodiment, this is achieved in that on the basis of a) location-related reference information, which is stored as reference data and which is detected along the track section in the track network with respect to the geographical surroundings and the track-bound traffic signal control, in the form of reference location information, reference signal state information, context and notification information which is obtained in the context of the detection process, and optionally additional meta information relating to the information, and b) a comparison between the operational location information and operational signal state information, which is detected in the signal detection operation using position data, with the stored reference data, a signal and/or a signal state is detected in order to control the track-bound traffic on the track section.