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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Firth Whitwam, Toronto, CA;
Abe Kanner, Mississauga, CA;
Inventors:
Firth Whitwam, Toronto, CA;
Abe Kanner, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
Thales Canada Inc., Toronto, ON, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/34 (2006.01); B61L 21/10 (2006.01); B61L 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 23/34 (2013.01); B61L 23/00 (2013.01); B61L 21/10 (2013.01); B61L 27/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle management system for automatic vehicles running on a guideway independent of wayside signals or interlocking devices includes intelligent on-board controllers on each vehicle for controlling operation of the vehicle. The on-board controllers communicate with each other as well as individual wayside devices and a data storage system to identify available assets needed to move along the guideway and to reserve these assets for their associated vehicle.