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A high capacity, multiple-stage railway car switching yard connects together two or more subyards. Each subyard has a fully open arrival / departure end and may have a continuously descending gradient throughout the entire length of its classification tracks. The subyards are positioned opposite one another, so classification tracks of one subyard can serve as receiving tracks for another subyard. Escape tracks are interconnected between the two subyards to provide a higher capacity and more efficiency and flexibility than a single yard by itself.

A single-carriage reversing train positioning system which includes an extending spike-type car engaging member for engaging and moving one or more railcars. An extending chuck assembly may be provided with the ability to operate gates in bottom-discharging railcars. The system uses a single self-propelled carriage with an on-board carriage drive system that includes a drive motor which operates the car along a fixed chain situated along a guideway. A generally horizontally disposed, laterally extendable pin car-engaging assembly is mounted on the car-moving carriage for aligning with and engaging a hook loop on a railcar for moving the car. A gate-operating assembly which includes a laterally extendable chuck system which aligns with, engages and rotates gate-operating capstans on bottom discharging railcars may also be provided.

A solution for further automating the identification, processing, and / or routing of rail vehicles is provided. Each individual rail vehicle in a series of rail vehicles is identified and measurement data is acquired for the rail vehicle. The measurement data is analyzed and the rail vehicle is automatically routed based on the analysis. The rail vehicle can be routed to an outbound track based on a destination, to a maintenance shop for repair, and / or to a local track for repair and / or re-measurement. The solution can further incorporate expert systems and data mining to reduce the number of rail vehicles that are unnecessarily routed for repair and / or inadvertently allowed to pass with one or more unsafe conditions.

A method and system for providing advertising effectiveness searching capabilities, predictive modeling capabilities and usage mining in a location-based services system is disclosed. During operation of the location-based services system, usage information for advertising campaigns placed on the location-based services system is stored. Advertisers are provided with the ability to enter a search request form on a remote terminal to mine the usage information. The search request is then transmitted to an application that searches usage information to generate a response to said search request.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a switch for a powered pallet conveyor is provided. The switch comprising (a) a turntable and (b) rail portions which are arranged upon the turntable and define at least a first travel pathway and a second travel pathway, whereby the first travel pathway is defined by straight rail portions and a second travel pathway is defined by curved rail portions, so that the central line of the first travel pathway and the departure lines of the second travel pathway respectively pass through the fulcrum of the turntable.

A solution for further automating the identification, processing, and / or routing of rail vehicles is provided. Each individual rail vehicle in a series of rail vehicles is identified and measurement data is acquired for the rail vehicle. The measurement data is analyzed and the rail vehicle is automatically routed based on the analysis. The rail vehicle can be routed to an outbound track based on a destination, to a maintenance shop for repair, and / or to a local track for repair and / or re-measurement. The solution can further incorporate expert systems and data mining to reduce the number of rail vehicles that are unnecessarily routed for repair and / or inadvertently allowed to pass with one or more unsafe conditions.

A point-to-point transit system for riders includes an elongate guideway, a plurality of autonomous vehicles disposed in the guideway, a plurality of selectively actuable rider access portals in the side of the guideway, and a control system, configured to automatically guide the vehicles within the guideway. The rider access portals are configured to allow ingress and egress of riders to the autonomous vehicles in the guideway. The control system is configured to allow each vehicle to travel between origin and destination locations that are independently selected by a rider.

An IC chip and a minute antenna for conducting transmission with a weak radio wave are mounted on a male connector. An auxiliary antenna for amplifying the weak radio wave emitted by the minute antenna and transmitting the amplified radio wave is mounted on a female connector. If the male connector is fitted into the female connector normally, then the distance between the minute antenna and the auxiliary antenna becomes 1.0 mm or less, and consequently the weak radio wave transmitted by the minute antenna is amplified by the auxiliary antenna and transmitted to the outside. Unless fitting is conducted normally, then the distance between the minute antenna and the auxiliary antenna becomes longer than 1.0 mm, and consequently the weak radio wave emitted the minute antenna is not amplified and transmitted. By receiving the information stored on the IC chip, the fitting state of the connectors can be checked.

The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: first transport by truck to the nearest station equipped with a special pivot station (1); placing the cargo unit (2) on the ground or on a transfer system (4) , the transfer system in turn provides an automatic loading platform that loads the cargo unit (2) onto a railcar (3) with a system for horizontal translation through an auxiliary servo remote control system.

The invention provides a vacuum pipeline docking technology and a high-speed permanent maglev train system. With the station-training docking technology, the door closing time of the maglev train inside the vacuum pipeline can be shortened for scores of seconds, so the rapid on-off can be realized. When a telescopic door and a separation cabin door are withdrawn to be close to the wall of the vacuum pipeline, the high-speed pass of the tray is free from being influenced. The telescopic door is locked by a permanent magnet suction disc, and the locking force is free from being controlled by the electric power, so the gas leakage and pressure relief caused by the invalid locking for sudden power down can be prevented. The energy can be remarkably saved, the energy can be saved by more than 97 percent compared with that of high-speed track train, and the energy can be saved by more than 99 percent compared with that of the airplane.

The present invention provides a new personal transport system for passengers and goods, which comprises: a tube car comprising a self-powered closed tube car carrying passengers or goods from door to door; and a network of tubes comprising a plurality of tubes, the said network of tubes combined with the existing blocks or buildings, with each tube in the network of tubes provided with an upper rail and / or a lower rail for supporting and / or guiding the said tube car carrying passengers or goods. According to the invention it is possible to achieve a door-to-door transport between two buildings. In comparison to other traffic systems, the inventive system's velocity, line capacity, safety and reliability, ability of resisting disasters and comfortableness are much increased while its consumption of energy, construction cost, occupied space, operating cost, noise and visual pollution are greatly reduced. Furthermore, the transport system of the invention is easy to put into a standardized production, quick to be laid, removed and reused.

An autonomous personal transportation system for moving passengers and light freights is constructed with a track network and small vehicles on the track network. There are a number of stations and stops for loading and unloading on side tracks off the mainline of the track network. The vehicle width is limited to a dimension for one seat. The vehicles can be coupled statically or dynamically to form a train. The track has side rails for the rigid wheels of the vehicle and a central rail for centering the vehicle on the guideway and providing additional acceleration and braking capability. The control system for the movement of vehicles is divided into three levels: the central control system, the wayside control system and the vehicle control system.

The rail transportation system of small vehicles is used to replace available underground railway and light rail system, and has small driverless vehicles running in closed rail. The system consists of vehicles, closed rails and stations, the vehicles are computerized automatic ones, the closed rails is provided with vehicle controlling equipment, and the vehicles are started from stations randomly for express service from station to station. The present invention has the advantages of great traffic amount similar to that of main stem transportation, personalized service, low construction investment and low running expensive. It may be used for both passenger transport and cargo transport, and municipal rail transportation network may be constructed.

The present invention provides a new personal transport system for passengers and goods, which comprises: a tube car comprising a self-powered closed tube car carrying passengers or goods from door to door; and a network of tubes comprising a plurality of tubes, the said network of tubes combined with the existing blocks or buildings, with each tube in the network of tubes provided with an upper rail and / or a lower rail for supporting and / or guiding the said tube car carrying passengers or goods. According to the invention it is possible to achieve a door-to-door transport between two buildings. In comparison to other traffic systems, the inventive system's velocity, line capacity, safety and reliability, ability of resisting disasters and comfortableness are much increased while its consumption of energy, construction cost, occupied space, operating cost, noise and visual pollution are greatly reduced. Furthermore, the transport system of the invention is easy to put into a standardized production, quick to be laid, removed and reused.

The Personal Mass Transit (PMT) system utilizes a removable vehicle conveyance apparatus and method for conveying transit vehicle car-pods and their contents from one transit station to another autonomously. Vehicle conveyance apparatus are stored off-line in storage silos and other areas awaiting on-demand transit system instruction to pickup vehicles at loading points and convey them to different stations as requested by occupants or pre-programmed instructions. The PMT system further utilizes a number of transmitter-receivers nodes and control computers to manage all aspects of operation of the transportation system. Any number of different types of PMT vehicles could ride the transit system when equipped with the correct coupling points and remain under the maximum combined curb weight of any particular area or type of transit track in order to be transported on the PMT system.

An IC chip and a minute antenna for conducting transmission with a weak radio wave are mounted on a male connector. An auxiliary antenna for amplifying the weak radio wave emitted by the minute antenna and transmitting the amplified radio wave is mounted on a female connector. If the male connector is fitted into the female connector normally, then the distance between the minute antenna and the auxiliary antenna becomes 1.0 mm or less, and consequently the weak radio wave transmitted by the minute antenna is amplified by the auxiliary antenna and transmitted to the outside. Unless fitting is conducted normally, then the distance between the minute antenna and the auxiliary antenna becomes longer than 1.0 mm, and consequently the weak radio wave emitted the minute antenna is not amplified and transmitted. By receiving the information stored on the IC chip, the fitting state of the connectors can be checked.

A system for identifying rail weights applicable to worn railroad rails measured along a railroad track system includes at least one track measurement device for recording at least a portion of a profile shape of the worn rails, and, a data processor running a software implement for accepting recorded data as input data from the at least one track measurement device and for processing the input data against known unworn railroad rail data to facilitate selection and application of the appropriate rail weights equated thereto to the worn railroad rails.

An autonomous personal transportation system for moving passengers and light freights is constructed with a track network and small vehicles on the track network. There are a number of stations and stops for loading and unloading on side tracks off the mainline of the track network. The vehicle width is limited to a dimension for one seat. The vehicles can be coupled statically or dynamically to form a train. The track has side rails for the rigid wheels of the vehicle and a central rail for centering the vehicle on the guideway and providing additional acceleration and braking capability. The control system for the movement of vehicles is divided into three levels: the central control system, the wayside control system and the vehicle control system.

A computerized system and method of managing subway trains along a two-track subway line to allow express travel in combination with local service. Express trains catch up to local trains at express stations along the line, and provision is made to allow the express trains to physically or “virtually” pass the local train at those stations. Embodiments in which the express trains physically pass the local train include direct train-to-train transfer facilitated by side-by-side tracks at the express station occupying reduced footprint. In other embodiments, virtual passing is accomplished by changing the type of service provided by trains at express intervals: a local train “transforms” into an express train and vice versa. Embodiments enable passengers to transfer between trains at express stations so that these “relay” passengers can travel faster than any specific train.

The invention discloses a novel public transportation networking system of a high-speed fully-automatic fully-closed track train. The system is provided with a main control system, wherein the main control system is connected with all networking track trains and a free control system provided with a passenger embarking and debarking functional device, and the free control system is connected with all relevant functional instruments and equipment; the carriages of all the trains are continuously arranged and filled in a fully-closed track, and the trains are connected end to end to form a circular shape; all the trains in the entire system synchronously run with same speed, and routes respectively fitted and butted between the small circular fully-closed transfer track train and each transportation track train or between the passenger embarking and debarking functional device and each track train have the same direction, the same plane and the same speed; and a plurality of stations are arranged at the track sides of the transportation trains and the change trains and the passenger embarking and debarking functional device is respectively installed at each station. The invention has the advantages of large passenger capacity, convenience, rapidness, economy, high efficiency, environmental protection, fully-automatic running, safety, reliability and easy networking and network expanding.

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The invention discloses a platform door control system and a platform door control method. The platform door control system comprises a central control device and a door control device, wherein the central control device is used for receiving control instructions, logically processing the control instructions, and sending the processed control information to the door control device, and the door control device is used for executing the received control information and feeding back door state information to the central control device. According to the technical scheme, the platform door control system has the advantages that safety, stability and reliability are high, reasonable material selection is considered, product competitiveness is improved, cost is reduced and the like, and accordingly, the platform door control system meets demands of rail transit operators.

The embodiment of the invention provides a marshalling method and device. The method includes the steps of performing train-train communication on a target train and a rear train if it is judged and known that the real-time distance between the target train and the rear train reaches the critical marshalling distance, judging whether marshalling conditions are met or not, if yes, judging whether the train-train communication between the target train and the rear train is stable or not, if yes, performing virtual coupling marshaling on the target train and the rear train, and controlling the operation of the rear train through the train-train communication between the target train and the rear train. By means of the marshalling method and device, under the conditions that the distance between the target train and the rear train reaches the critical marshalling distance, communication is stable and the marshalling conditions are met, the target train and the rear train are marshaled intoa virtual coupling group, the operation of the trains in the group is controlled by the head train, the minimum interval distance during the operation of the group can be reduced, the moving block distance of a signal system is remarkably broken through, and the utilization rate and transportation capacity of a route can be increased.

A system for managing locomotives in a railyard including a parking yard and a service yard, based on possible future states of the parking yard and the service yard. The system includes a computer and utilizes an algorithm that enumerates possible present locomotive placement options, enumerates possible future railyard states arising from each possible present locomotive placement option, examines each possible future railyard state, and determines a present option based on the examination of the possible future railyard states.

The invention provides a layout structure for integration of a train depot and a junction station of an urban rail. The layout structure is composed of the junction station, a main line, a turn line, a release line, a lead line, a testing line, a train washing workshop, a parking train examination shop, a plant un-wheeling repair shop, an internal combustion adjustment engine shop, an engineering garage, related lines and turnout junctions, a comprehensive office building, a hazardous material storage and a guardroom erected on the ground. In the structure, the junction station, the turn line, the release line, a train washing line and the parking train examination shop are arranged in a tandem feed-through manner, a return section train starts from a station and enters the train washing workshop for washing through an entry line, and after washing, the return section train can directly enter the parking train examination for storage or enter the plant un-wheeling repair shop for inspection and repair. The lead line, the internal combustion adjustment engine shop, the engineering garage and the train washing workshop are parallel to each other, and the front and the rear of the line are connected with the entry line. The layout structure has the benefits of compactness and high production and operation efficiency. The testing line departs from a main plant area, and passes through the junction station. The door of the main plant area can be directly opened outwards. The layout structure occupies less space, and achieves high land and space utilization.

An intelligent control system for platform screen doors is provided, which belongs to the field of automatic control technology and comprises a CMOS camera, a signal processor, a controller, and a driver. The CMOS camera collects and outputs images to the signal processor. The signal processor is used for the A / D conversion, enchantment processing and information recognition of the images, and converts the recognition results to a control command and outputs the command to the controller. The controller converts the digital control command and emergency control command to an analog control signal and outputs the analog control signal to the driver. The driver drives a mechanical servomechanism after amplification of the analog control signal, thereby controlling the opening / closing operation of the screen door. The inventive system has simple structure and high operational reliability, and can ensure the comfortable travel for passengers and safe and on-time operation of the train.

The invention discloses a system of an urban track traffic for passenger flow monitor and emergency evacuation in the technical field of subway passenger flow security guarantee, which has the technical scheme that the system comprises a hardware part and a software part; the hardware part comprises a station camera, a multi-channel video switching controller, a high-speed image data acquisition processor, a station dispatching centre processor and a line network command center processor; the station camera is connected with the high-speed image data acquisition processor through the multi-channel video switching controller; the high-speed image data acquisition processor is connected with the station dispatching centre processor which is connected with the line network command center processor; and the software part comprises a digital video imaging and analyzing programme, a station passenger flow monitor and emergency evacuation system and a line network passenger flow monitor and emergency evacuation system. The system monitors the passenger flow volume and the passenger flow distribution in a real-time manner, and can start up the emergency handling process automatically to adjust a service system as needed in a real-time manner.

The invention provides a step device for a platform, capable of shortening a time when the position of linear motion guided is adjusted on site. The step device (1) for the platform comprises a housing (3) imbedded into the platform (100), a frame (4) arranged in the housing (3) in a free advance and retreat way and provided with a step (2) at the top of the advancing direction, a plurality of linear motion guides (5) for guiding the frame (4) in the advancing and retreating direction, a driving mechanism (6) for forcing the frame (4) to advance and retreat and an installing plate (7) fixed with the linear motion guides (5).

A combined wall and door assembly includes a static wall assembly including a segmented support frame with a rectilinear shape. The static wall assembly further includes a plurality of transparent fiberglass panels directly coupled to the support frame and spaced along an entire longitudinal length of the support frame. The assembly further includes a mechanism for automatically biasing the access doors between open and closed positions when the subway train arrives and leaves a train terminal respectively such that passengers are prohibited from premature ingress and egress of the subway train during a schedule stop.