EP3414140A1 - Method and system for detecting obstacles in a hazardous area in front of a rail vehicle - Google Patents
Method and system for detecting obstacles in a hazardous area in front of a rail vehicleInfo
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- a driver of a rail vehicle must - at ⁇ play, according to the Directive 408.2341 of Irish Bahn AG - watch the distance to be traveled, signals, level crossings and the catenary.
- the speed limit with driving a vehicle rails ⁇ , but currently does not depend on the tatsumbleli ⁇ chen powers of observation by the driver.
- a high-speed train eg an ICE
- the invention relates to a method in which an obstacle ⁇ detection arrangement is used to detect obstacles in a danger area in front of the rail vehicle.
- the invention also relates to a system in which an obstacle detection arrangement is designed to detect obstacles in a danger space in front of the rail vehicle.
- the invention is based on the object to provide a method and a system of the generic type, which improves an enable autonomous driving of the rail vehicle or rail ⁇ vehicles.
- an actual value of the variable characterizing the performance of the obstacle detection system is determined.
- a control signal for adjusting a driving behavior of the rail vehicle as a function of the deviation of the actual value ⁇ is then formed from the target value.
- the system is designed to determine an actual value of the variable characterizing the performance of the obstacle detection arrangement.
- the system is then preferably designed to provide a control signal for adapting solution to form a driving behavior of the rail vehicle in Depending ⁇ ness of the deviation of the actual value from the target value.
- the actual value provided is a value corresponding to the currently available technical visibility of the obstacle detection arrangement and a value corresponding to the currently required technical visibility for obstacle detection is provided as setpoint value.
- the actual value may be provided as a value corresponding to the currently present technical resolution of the obstacle detection arrangement, and as the setpoint value corresponding to the currently required technical resolution for obstacle detection.
- the system is designed to provide a value corresponding to the presently available technical visibility of the obstacle detection arrangement as the actual value and to provide a desired value corresponding to the currently required technical visibility for obstacle detection as setpoint value.
- the system may be suitably designed to provide, as the actual value, one of the values corresponding to the currently available technical resolution of the obstacle detection arrangement and a desired value corresponding to the currently required technical resolution for obstacle detection.
- an obstacle recognition arrangement on the vehicle is used as obstacle recognition arrangement.
- the obstacle recognition arrangement of the system according to the invention is therefore preferably a vehicle-side obstacle recognition arrangement.
- it will proceed according to the ⁇ see advantageous in, when the target value in response to an information about the actual braking distance of the rail vehicle and as a function of information on the current location of the Rail vehicle given environmental visibility and / or information about the given at the current location of the rail vehicle topological visibility is determined.
- the system is designed to be suitable, the target value depending on an information about the actual braking distance of the rail vehicle and in Depending ⁇ ness of information on the given the current location of the rail vehicle environmental sight and / or an information about to determine the topological visibility given at the current location of the rail vehicle.
- the actual value depending on a ⁇ In formation about the type of the obstacle detecting means is sawn true -
- the system is therefore preferably suitable latestbil ⁇ det to determine the actual value in dependence of information about the nature of the obstacle detecting means.
- FIG. 1 shows a rail vehicle on a route and a system according to the invention for detecting an obstacle in a danger area of the route in front of the rail vehicle
- FIG. 2 shows the rail vehicle according to FIG. 1.
- FIG. 1 shows a section 1 with a rail vehicle 2, which in particular is an automatic one
- the track 1 is equipped with signals 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - here in the form of light signals - the signals limiting sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 of the track.
- FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment 14 of the obstacle detection system according to the invention. sen 15, 16 in a danger area 17 of the track in front of the rail vehicle.
- the system 14 includes trackside equipment 18 (track equipment) and on-board equipment 19 (vehicle equipment).
- the route equipment 18 comprises a track-side obstacle recognition arrangement 20 and a track-side transmission arrangement 21.
- the vehicle equipment 19 comprises a vehicle-side obstacle recognition arrangement 22 and a vehicle control arrangement 23.
- the track-side obstacle recognition arrangement 20 is an arrangement for obstacle detection which continuously records the route 1 and has a track-side sensor device 24 and a track-side evaluation device 25.
- the trackside transmission assembly 21 comprises communication units 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and may not ge here ⁇ showed repeater.
- the communication units 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 are attached to the signals 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
- communication units known from car-2 technology which operate in the 5.9 GHz range.
- the communication units 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 can transmit and receive in both directions 31, 32 of the route. Sending and receiving can take place without reaction.
- the transmission and reception for example, by feeding the Sig- nalstroms the signals 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or a current generated by Solarmodu ⁇ len, carried energy self-sufficient.
- repeaters are set up or other media are used, so that the communication units 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 are used to form the Transmission arrangement 21 are connected by signal technology.
- a so-called "Fiber-Optic Distributed Sensor Technique” in particular a “Distributed Acoustic Sensor Technique” is exemplified as trackside Hinderniser ⁇ identifier arrangement 20 for use.
- trackside Hinderniser ⁇ identifier arrangement 20 for use.
- other track-side obstacle recognition arrangements or hybrid arrangements from different track-side obstacle recognition arrangements can also be used.
- the sensor device 24 comprises a threaded along the track 1 in the danger area 17 glass fiber strand 33 with connected transmitting and receiving unit 34. From the transmitting and receiving unit 34 signals received as halnsei- term obstacle signals SHS averages to the evaluation unit 25 via ⁇ .
- the trackside evaluation device 25 is provided with an off ⁇ evaluation unit 35, a communication unit 36, and a route map unit 37, wherein the route maps ⁇ unit 37 has a rough map of the route.
- the trackside obstacle signals sHS are evaluated by means of filter algorithms.
- an obstacle an event
- the evaluation unit 35 of the track-side obstacle detection device When an obstacle (an event) is detected by the evaluation unit 35 of the track-side obstacle detection device, it is sified this by the evaluation unit 35 classified ⁇ .
- the type of obstacle is determined by pattern recognition. Depending on the type, different Reakti ⁇ tions are initiated.
- a jewei- liges of the obstacles (events) is assigned ⁇ sections the lines concerned by reference to information IS with respect to the route sections and the route sections delimiting signals, which reads out the Ausnceein ⁇ standardized 34 from the line card unit 36th
- the evaluation signal sAS: [sI.O, sI.T] is reported to the communication units 29, 30 of the link-side communication arrangement, which are attached to the signals 6, 7, which limit the route section 12, in which the relevant Obstacle (event) 16 was detected.
- the trackside obstacle detection device recognizes as such, the evaluation unit 35 is made of no evaluation ⁇ signal, since it classifies the bird as an obstacle of a non rele vant ⁇ type.
- the evaluation unit outputs the evaluation signal SAS from [sI.O, Si.T], since it classifies that as an obstacle of a relevant type.
- the communication units 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 attached to the signals coordinate with each other, so that the communication unit of each of the signals knows the events in both directions 31, 32 at a distance of about 3 km.
- the trackside sensor means 24 thus detects a per ⁇ wholesomes 15 and 16 of the barriers 15, 16 and inputs the respective obstacle 15 and 16 respectively indicative of trackside obstacle signal SHS from to the evaluation device 25th And the evaluation device 25 forms from the trackside obstacle signal SHS the trackside evaluation signal SAS: [sI.O, Si.T] and outputs it through its Kommunikati ⁇ onsillon 36 for transfer to the rail vehicle 2 to the trackside transmission assembly 21 from.
- a track-side information sI.T is provided via the type of the relevant obstacle 16 and a track-side information sl.0 about the location of the relevant obstacle 16.
- This is an approaching here designated with 4 signal Schie ⁇ nensecurity 2 receives the relevan ⁇ th for the rail vehicle information of the next three sections 10, 11, 12. If necessary also a section of the Streckenkar- te be transmitted. Just as events may Retired ⁇ taken will have done himself.
- the vehicle-side obstacle recognition arrangement 22 comprises a vehicle-side sensor device 38 and a vehicle-side evaluation device 39.
- the vehicle control arrangement 23 has a communication unit 40, which is designed to receive the track-side evaluation signal sAS: [sI.O, sI.T] from the track-side transmission arrangement 21.
- the vehicle control arrangement 23 has a nominal value determination device 41, an actual value determination device 42 and a control device 43.
- the vehicle control arrangement 23 has a travel control device 44 in the form of a drive and brake control device, a warning device 45 - here in the form of a horn - and an alarm device 46 - here in the form of a means for alerting maintenance crews.
- the vehicle control assembly 23 comprises means 47 for outputting information I.Bw on the current braking distance of the rail vehicle, means 48 for outputting information I.uSw about the environmental visibility given at the current location of the rail vehicle and means 49 for outputting one Information I.tSw on the given topologi ⁇ cal visibility at the current location of the rail vehicle.
- the environmental visibility may be limited, for example, by fog or darkness.
- the topological visibility can be limited, for example, by curves or slopes.
- the device 48 is for example connected to a brightness sensor ⁇ 50th
- the device 49 has access to a route Atlas 51 which comprises a component describing the topology of the route.
- One of the reactions derived is that the controller 43 a control signal StS for adapting a driving behavior of the rail vehicle 2 determines and outputs this control signal to the drive control device 44, which then adjusts the driving behavior of the rail vehicle the Steuersig ⁇ nal StS accordingly.
- controller 43 determines a message signal MS and outputs it to the Warneinrich ⁇ tung 45 and to the alarming device 46th
- the controller 43 constitutes the control signal StS in dependence on ⁇ a series of values and information.
- the control device 43 determines the deviation
- A. Sw Sw. Actual Sw. Target and / or the deviation
- A. Ausl Ausl. actual Ausl.Soll of the respective actual value of the associated target ⁇ value, so that the reactions - that the control signal StS and the message signal MS - in dependence of the trackside evaluation signal SAS: [sI.O, Si.T] and in dependence on the determined deviation A.Sw and / or the determined deviation A.Ausl are derived.
- control device 43 also determines the control signal StS as a function of the track-side information sI.T via the type of the obstacle 16 and in dependence on the track-side information sl.0 about the location of the obstacle 16.
- the controller 43 forms the Steuersig- nal StS also a function of a vehicle-side signal evaluation ⁇ Fas: [fI.O, fl.T].
- ⁇ Fas [fI.O, fl.T]
- the evaluation device 39 in turn forms from the vehicle-side obstacle signal ⁇ fHS the vehicle-side evaluation signal fAS: [fI.O, fl.T and outputs this to the control device 43.
- the vehicle-side evaluation device 39 also outputs an information IA about the type of obstacle recognition arrangement 22.
- the obstacle detection device 22 determines the appropriate value Sw.Ist and will accordingly as a target value of the currently required technical upon the setpoint ⁇ determining means 41 Visible for obstacle detection (ie one of the currently required sensory range for obstacle detection) corresponding value Sw.Soll provided.
- the setpoint ⁇ determining means 41 Visible for obstacle detection (ie one of the currently required sensory range for obstacle detection) corresponding value Sw.Soll provided.
- Actual value determination device as the actual value is a value corresponding to the currently existing technical resolution of the obstacle recognition device 22.
- the value is determined and correspondingly determined by the setpoint determination device 41 as
- the value of the currently available Sw.Ist technical ⁇ 's sight is of the Istwertbeticians founded in dependence of the information IA on the nature of the obstacle detecting means 22, the track-side information Si.T about the type of the obstacle 16, the information about the at I.uSw determined current environmental location of the rail vehicle 2 and the information I.tSw on the given at the current location of the rail vehicle topological visibility and output to the control device 43.
- Visibility is from the setpoint determination device preferably in dependence of the information I.BW on the current braking distance of the rail vehicle, the information I.uSw about given at the current location of the rail vehicle um ⁇ world-related visibility and the information I.tSw on the current location of the rail vehicle determined topological visibility and removedge ⁇ ben to the controller 43.
- the value Sw.Soll forms the current location-specific mini ⁇ mum the required technical visibility for obstacle detection and is as a guide for the current technical visibility of the vehicle obstacle detection arrangement and its sensor device (sensor, for example in the form of a radar system, a camera system, etc .) used for the route observation. If the value of the currently available technical visibility of the obstacle recognition arrangement 22 is greater than or equal to the currently required value of the technical visibility for obstacle detection (A.Sw> 0), the rail vehicle 2 can be operated at the maximum permissible speed.
- the rail vehicle 2 must travel more slowly.
- the control signal StS is preferably carried out by a dynamic braking curve adjustment limiting the speed of the rail vehicle 2 such that a stop in front of the obstacle 16 would be possible.
- Sw.Soll serves as a definition of a design criterion for the sensors for automatic driving.
- inventive method and the system according to the invention offer the advantage that operational and umweltbe ⁇ -related boundary conditions may be defined and their implementation can be realized by the determination of the target value as a specification for the performance of the obstacle detection device 22 in the distance observation, wherein the default dynamic adapts to the given line behaves ⁇ current knowledge and it is at least as good as the Leis ⁇ processing capability of a driver under the same conditions.
- the obstacle detection device 22 of the railway vehicle 2 has one of its kind, the current environmental conditions, the current topological conditions and the type of each obstacle corresponding specific Powerful ⁇ ness in terms of their sight and a specific performance in terms of its resolution.
- the rail vehicle 2 fits over the location of the obstacle (and thus depending on its distance from the obstacle), in accordance with the information s.sub.T on the type of obstacle and depending on the deviation the actual value of the setpoint (and thus depending on the currently vorlie ⁇ ing performance of the vehicle-side obstacle detection arrangement 22 and the currently required performance ability for obstacle detection) dynamically on his driving behavior, detects and classifies the obstacle 16 from nearby and directs the corresponding reactions , z. B. horns or maintenance troop, a. In most cases, the obstacle, such as a large animal or a human being, will disappear or be dispelled.
- the rail vehicle 2 reports by a corresponding return signal RS the cleared state back to the communication ⁇ unit of the next signal that it happens.
- the system 14 enables autonomous driving of the rail vehicle 2 at optimum speed.
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