Patents Assigned to Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
  • Patent number: 11958518
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and a device for controlling train formation tracking, the method comprising: obtaining a current distance between a first train and a second train in a train formation, wherein the first train is adjacent to the second train and located behind the second train; determining a target tracking mode of the first train based on the current distance, wherein the target tracking mode is one of a speed tracking mode, a distance tracking mode and a braking mode; and tracking the second train, by the first train based on the target tracking mode. Tracking efficiency is improved according to the method of the embodiments of the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunhai Gao, Chao Liu, Feng Bao, Chunyu Zhang, Ziyu Wu
  • Patent number: 11945481
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for tracking and controlling virtual marshalling trains, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium, which is intended to balance the running safety and the utilization of the railway resources. In the present application, the running state data of the target train is obtained, the target control operation corresponding to the running state data is determined from the plurality of preset control operations based on the preset reinforcement learning model, and the control of the target train is implemented according to the target control operation. In addition, the reward value corresponding to the previous control operation of the target control operation is determined according to the distance contained in the running state data, and the reinforcement learning model is updated according to the reward value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Mengwei Wu, Lei Zhang, Feng Bao
  • Patent number: 11912323
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a train control method, system, computer device and storage medium. A scheme applying the train control method of the application determines a current travelling state of a vehicle under control firstly, and configures different state weights according to different travelling states to determine a corresponding target travelling parameter in a particular travelling state. The scheme can ensure to determine and obtain in real time an optimal target travelling parameter for the vehicle under control according to its current travelling state, regardless of the travelling environment of the vehicle under control, and control the vehicle under control in real time and effectively by the target travelling parameter during a travelling process. Thereby, the real-time performance and control accuracy of vehicle control can be improved, and the control effect of the train control method provided by the embodiments of the application can be further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chunhai Gao, Feng Bao, Lu Yu, Lei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240051587
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automatic driving method, a VOBC, a TIAS, and a ZC. The method includes: sending, when a position of a target train is lost in a FAM mode and the target train is in an emergency-brake-stop state, a train message to a TIAS and fault information indicating loss of train position to a ZC, the train message including request information for a RRM mode; receiving a RRM mode instruction sent by the TIAS and a movement instruction sent by the ZC; and controlling the target train to travel in the RRM mode according to the RRM mode instruction and the movement instruction. With the technical solutions provided in the present disclosure, operation efficiency of the train can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chao LIU, Qiang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11708098
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and a device for optimizing a target operation speed curve in an ATO of a train. The method includes: calculating a plurality of performance indexes of the train driving in a current section of a line, and constructing an objective function for optimizing the target operation speed curve of the train according to the plurality of performance indexes; determining constraint conditions of the objective function according to speed limit information of the line and running time of the train in the current section; and solving the objective function according to the constraint conditions based on a differential evolution algorithm to obtain the target operation speed curve of the train. The objective function for optimizing the target operation speed curve of the train are constructed using the plurality of performance indexes, which makes the optimization of the train speed curve more accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ziyu Wu, Lei Zhang, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20230130374
    Abstract: The present application provides a method, a device and a storage medium for predicting a remaining service life of a rail transit hardware device, the method including: generating particles of the hardware device at an initial moment; determining a state equation for a moment of prediction from a pre-established multi-stage state variation equation; determining particle weights at the moment of prediction on the basis of the state equation for the moment of prediction; predicting a state value at the moment of prediction according to the particle weights at the moment of prediction and the state equation for the moment of prediction; and determining the remaining service life of the hardware device on the basis of the state value at the moment of prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jingyi Zhao, Yingang Yu
  • Publication number: 20230080474
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a train control method, system, computer device and storage medium. A scheme applying the train control method of the application determines a current travelling state of a vehicle under control firstly, and configures different state weights according to different travelling states to determine a corresponding target travelling parameter in a particular travelling state. The scheme can ensure to determine and obtain in real time an optimal target travelling parameter for the vehicle under control according to its current travelling state, regardless of the travelling environment of the vehicle under control, and control the vehicle under control in real time and effectively by the target travelling parameter during a travelling process. Thereby, the real-time performance and control accuracy of vehicle control can be improved, and the control effect of the train control method provided by the embodiments of the application can be further improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chunhai GAO, Feng BAO, Lu YU, Lei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230017198
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method and apparatus for adjusting a train diagram, the method includes: obtaining a first time of an extra train corresponding to a target passenger flow, and obtaining a set of trains with adjustable departure times based on the first time, in which the set of trains includes at least one train; adjusting a departure time of the at least one train in the set of trains based on a preset minimum departure time interval to obtain an adjusted train diagram; and performing an extra train adding instruction based on the adjusted train diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai LU, Ming Luo, Xingdong Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230013788
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for tracking and controlling virtual marshalling trains, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium, which is intended to balance the running safety and the utilization of the railway resources. In the present application, the running state data of the target train is obtained, the target control operation corresponding to the running state data is determined from the plurality of preset control operations based on the preset reinforcement learning model, and the control of the target train is implemented according to the target control operation. In addition, the reward value corresponding to the previous control operation of the target control operation is determined according to the distance contained in the running state data, and the reinforcement learning model is updated according to the reward value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mengwei WU, Lei ZHANG, Feng BAO
  • Publication number: 20220388555
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application disclose an anti-collision method and apparatus for trains in a cooperative formation. The anti-collision method includes: determining whether it is necessary to control the current train to brake; determining whether a real-time distance between the current train and a previous adjacent train in the same formation as the current train is greater than a preset minimum safety distance; controlling, under a condition that the real-time distance is less than the preset minimum safety distance, the current train to perform electromagnetic braking; and calculating, under a condition that the real-time distance is greater than the preset minimum safety distance, a real-time safety distance between the current train and the previous adjacent train, and controlling, under a condition that the real-time distance is less than the real-time safety distance, the current train to brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Qiang ZHANG, Junguo SUN, Yilong WEN
  • Publication number: 20220371634
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for waking up a train which in four carriages coupling mode from sleep state on double-track-line, a system, an electronic apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises steps of: receiving a static test request transmitted by a train in four carriages coupling mode on the track B1 or the track B2, determining whether a test environment of the train satisfies a static test condition, and transmitting a static test permission instruction to the train; receiving a dynamic test request transmitted by the train, determining whether a test environment of the train satisfies a dynamic test condition, and transmitting a dynamic test permission instruction to the train; and receiving information, indicating that the train can be woken up, transmitted by the train, and controlling the train to wake up from sleep state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yupeng SUN, Danhua ZHANG, Limei MI
  • Publication number: 20220306170
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a trackside device, a track starlink system and a train operation control system, which relate to a technical field of traffic trackside intelligent devices and are used to overcome a problem of a limited sensing range of existing on-board intelligent devices. The trackside device includes: a collection module configured to collect detection information at a side of a track; a processing module configured to process the detection information to obtain a processing result; a trackside resource control module configured to drive and control a trackside resource when a trackside resource request is received from a target train and the trackside resource is in a released state, wherein the trackside resource control module is further configured to monitor a state of the trackside resource; and a communication module configured to communicatively connect with a ground center and the target train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lv LV, Feng BAO, Chunyu ZHANG, Yilong WEN
  • Patent number: 11148691
    Abstract: The invention discloses a switch control method, device and controller. The method includes the following steps: an on-board device acquiring a switch state and determining a target resource permission to be requested according to the switch state; the on-board device sending a first resource request including the target resource permission to a switch; obtaining a resource state of the switch, and assigning a resource permission on the switch according to the resource state and the target resource permission; and controlling the switch according to a result of the resource permission assignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chunhai Gao, Bo Liu
  • Patent number: 11072354
    Abstract: An anti-pinch system and a method for a platform screen door and a train are disclosed. The system includes: a platform screen door (PSD) anti-pinch safety host, a three-dimensional laser radar and an alarm, wherein when both the platform screen door and a train door are in a closed state, the three-dimensional laser radar performs a three-dimensional scanning detection on an obstacle in an area between the platform screen door and the train in real time at an end of a platform by using an emitted laser scanning surface, and sends detection information of the obstacle to the PSD anti-pinch safety host; the detection information includes three-dimensional contour information of the obstacle; the PSD anti-pinch safety host is configured to process the detection information and send a processing result to the alarm; and the alarm is configured to send out an alarm according to the processing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chunhai Gao
  • Patent number: 10960909
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic train protection method, a vehicle on-board controller and a train based on vehicle-vehicle communication. The method includes: after a present train runs onto a main track, determining an OC with which the present train needs to establish communication; communicating, by the present train, with the OC to obtain train identifiers of all trains within the jurisdiction of the OC; respectively communicating, by the present train, with the train corresponding to each train identifier to obtain current running information of the train corresponding to each train identifier; identifying a front communication neighbor train of the present train; determining that no hidden train exists between the present train and the front communication neighbor train; and calculating current movement authority MA of the present train according to the current position information of the present train and of the front communication neighbor train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chunhai Gao, Qiang Zhang, Junguo Sun
  • Patent number: 10875559
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preceding train identification method based on an object controller, a vehicle on board controller and a train. The method includes: carrying out communication interaction, by a vehicle on board controller of a train, with the OC to acquire the ID information of all running trains within the jurisdiction of the OC, before the train enters the jurisdiction of the object controller OC; communicating, by the vehicle on board controller, with the train corresponding to each piece of ID information according to the ID information of all running trains to acquire the position information of the train corresponding to each piece of ID information; and sorting, by the vehicle on board controller, the position information of the trains corresponding to all ID information in an axle counter sorting manner to identify the ID information of an adjacent preceding train of a present train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chunhai Gao, Bo Liu
  • Patent number: 10745038
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a route resource controlling method, intelligent vehicle on-board controller and object controller. The method comprises: determining a route search extension distance of a train based on current location and speed of the train, wherein the current route search extension distance is the farthest distance in front of the train that is currently expected to be safe for operation based on current speed of the train; determining the currently required link and route resource contained thereof; determining the target authority of the route resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chunhai Gao, Qiang Zhang, Junguo Sun
  • Patent number: 10668936
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a processor and a system for train assistance tracking and early-warning. The processor includes a synthesis analysis unit configured to perform a synthesis logic analysis on information ahead of a train based on a preset logic synthesis rule; and an identification unit configured to identify an abnormal condition within a predetermined distance ahead of the train according to an analysis result, wherein the abnormal condition includes an appearance of any one or more of a signal machine, an obstacle, or a track turnout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chunhai Gao
  • Publication number: 20200114940
    Abstract: The invention discloses a switch control method, device and controller. The method includes the following steps: an on-board device acquiring a switch state and determining a target resource permission to be requested according to the switch state; the on-board device sending a first resource request including the target resource permission to a switch; obtaining a resource state of the switch, and assigning a resource permission on the switch according to the resource state and the target resource permission; and controlling the switch according to a result of the resource permission assignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunhai GAO, Bo LIU
  • Patent number: 10563976
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for detecting a gauge of a metro vehicle. The method includes obtaining a plurality of partial three-dimensional contour images and a first identification information of the vehicle during a course of the vehicle passing through a transition track; processing the plurality of partial three-dimensional contour images of the vehicle to get a complete three-dimensional contour image of the vehicle; determining a gauge judgment result of the vehicle according to the first identification information, a preset gauge standard image library and a complete three-dimensional contour image of the vehicle; and sending the gauge judgment result of the vehicle to an Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) module. With the method and system for detecting the gauge of the metro vehicle, the efficiency of the vehicle gauge detection is improved and the automatic vehicle gauge detection is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Traffic Control Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chunhai Gao