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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2022
Siemens Mobility Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Stephan Griebel, Wolfenbüttel, DE;
Jens Braband, Braunschweig, DE;
Siemens Mobility GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a railroad crossing includes using an axle counter to capture measurement data for rail vehicles approaching the railroad crossing during passage of the rail vehicle. The velocity and the acceleration of the rail vehicle are calculated from the measurement data as properties of the rail vehicle by arithmetic measures. A time of closure is specified for triggering a closure of the railroad crossing as a function of the calculated properties of the rail vehicle. The velocity and the acceleration are calculated from the measurement data of the axle counter. The time of closure of the railroad crossing is specified with reference to the calculated velocity and the calculated acceleration as the rail vehicle is leaving the axle counter. An apparatus for operating a railroad crossing, a computer program product and a delivery apparatus for the computer program product are also provided.