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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Bombardier Transportation Gmbh, Berlin, DE;
Andrea Mazzone, Zürich, CH;
Bombardier Transportation GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a rail vehicle includes depicting a spatial area in front of the rail vehicle in at least one image by at least one image capturing device and detecting a presence of a tunnel entrance or a tunnel exit prior to an entry or exit of the rail vehicle into or from a tunnel by evaluating at least one image. The method further includes generating at least one control signal for at least one rail vehicle system when a presence of the tunnel entrance is detected prior to the entry of the rail vehicle into a tunnel or when the presence of the tunnel exit is detected prior to the exit of the rail vehicle from the tunnel. The rail vehicle system may be a pantograph control system of the rail vehicle, or a climate control system or a ventilation system of the rail vehicle.