Patents Assigned to Signals IT Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12252164
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operation diagram-based method for automatically changing a route to turn back in case of interruption. The method obtains an alternative turn-back point according to the position of a fault point and the information of a line turn-back station, calculates a corresponding turn-back plan of the alternative turn-back point according to an operation diagram of the current day, and finally automatically changes an online train route according to the new turn-back plan, so as to realize automatic turn-back of a train after route adjustment in case of interruption. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantage of being able to keep the compatibility with an existing operation diagram while quickly changing a route in case of partial line interruption, so as to facilitate quick recovery of planned operation after a fault is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Xu, Honghui Yan, Jiang Qian, Tingliang Zhou, Juan Xie
  • Patent number: 12252166
    Abstract: A temporary speed restriction safe management method for a multi-mode train control system. The method comprises: step 101, issuing a temporary speed restriction setting instruction by means of a line network dispatching system; step 102, performing a validity check on a set temporary speed restriction, and setting a first mark-drawing up after the check is successful; step 103 setting a second mark-verification; step 104, feeding a verification state or verification failure of the set temporary speed restriction back to the dispatcher; step 105, an auxiliary dispatcher issuing an execution instruction for the verified temporary speed restriction; step 106, determining that the temporary speed restriction is successfully executed; step 107, feeding an execution state or execution failure of the temporary speed restriction back to the dispatcher; and step 108, sending the temporary speed restriction to a train of a corresponding system that passes through a speed restriction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Ronghua Hu, Xiaoyong Wang
  • Patent number: 12255654
    Abstract: A slew rate acceleration circuit in a buffer circuit, is configured at least to detect a current flowing through a load stage of the buffer circuit, compare a value of the detected current with a reference value, and supply an adjusting driving voltage to an output stage of the buffer circuit based on results of the comparison for increasing a slew rate of the buffer circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dukmin Lee, Kyeongwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 12246763
    Abstract: A disclosure relates to a degradation management method for a versatile signal system, a device and a medium. The versatile signal system supports both the CTCS system for the national railway and the CBTC system for the urban railway; the method controls the safety of trains equipped with the CTCS system or the CBTC system on the same line, and effectively conducts degraded operation management; and the management method comprises switching between normal operation modes of the CTCS system and the CBTC system, switching between degraded operation modes, and switching between normal operation modes and degraded operation modes in a shared area. Compared with the prior art, the disclosure has the advantage that effective degradation operation mode management on trains running on a line under a CTCS+CBTC signal system is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaoyao Wang, Xiaoyong Wang, Huaxiang Liu, Donghai Wang, Xiaoque Ling, Liang Pan
  • Patent number: 12246764
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a portable safety terminal based method for processing rail transit resources, and a system for the method. The method includes: in a degradation mode, performing interaction between a portable safety terminal and a wayside controller; providing a driver with safety display of an environment where a train is located, and obtaining a location of the train and information of a relationship between a front train and a rear train; and providing the driver with a means to apply for line resources, such that the driver can, according to the train environment, autonomously apply for the line resources, and release the resources for use by subsequent trains after driving the train to pass through a zone. Compared to the prior art, the present disclosure has the advantages of improving the safety of train driving and field maintenance operation, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Xu, Xiaoyong Wang, Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 12240506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a train integrity detection system based on Beidou short message communication, which comprises a vehicle-mounted ATP host, a train rear device and a ground RBC device, wherein the vehicle-mounted ATP host communicates with both the train rear device and the ground RBC device, the vehicle-mounted ATP host and the train rear device each comprise a main control unit, and a wind pressure detection module, a wireless communication module, a speed measurement module and a satellite positioning module which are connected with the main control unit, and the vehicle-mounted ATP host and the train rear device also each comprise a Beidou short message communication module connected with the main control unit. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages of strong communication jamming resistance and short response time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Xianliang Xu, Xiaoguang Li, Hao Wang, Dening Cao, Jun Chen, Shuyang Dong, Hongjun Jiang, Fengwei Yang
  • Patent number: 12227213
    Abstract: A train braking control method and device supporting multi-stage deceleration, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes the following steps: calculating an initial value of kinetic energy of a train; calculating work of traction force of the train in a process from an initial position to traction removal; calculating work of gravity force of the train in a process from the initial position to a stop; calculating work of braking force of the train in a process from a braking application position to the stop; calculating maximum allowable kinetic energy of the train among all restriction points from the initial position to a stop point; obtaining kinetic energy of the train according to the following formula, determining whether the kinetic energy of the train exceeds the maximum allowable kinetic energy at the restriction point, if so, triggering emergency braking of the train, or else, operating the train normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Xuchao Wang, Xinjun Lv, Ming Chang, Xing Fang, Yong Ye, Jingen Hu
  • Publication number: 20250006103
    Abstract: A display panel driving device includes a control IC, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), and a digital circuit unit configured to drive a display panel. The digital circuit unit is supplied with an adjusted external power supply voltage according to a load mode of the digital circuit unit to control driving of the display panel, and the control IC is configured to control the PMIC according to the load mode and enable the external power supply voltage to be variably supplied to the digital circuit unit according to the control operation of the control IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwon Young OH, Sang Kyung KIM, Jae Joong MIN
  • Patent number: 12184165
    Abstract: A power factor correction circuit includes an inductor configured to receive an input voltage and supply an output voltage; a power switch connected to the inductor and configured to control an input current flowing through the inductor; and a switch controller configured to receive a feedback voltage including information on the output voltage and an auxiliary voltage including information on a voltage of the inductor and control an on/off operation of the power switch. The switch controller is further configured to operate in a first mode when the feedback voltage is less than a reference voltage, and operate in a second mode when the feedback voltage is greater than the reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Cui, Jonghyun Kim, Byungki Kim, Tianzhao Gao, Chunyan Zhang, Quan Liu
  • Patent number: 12151726
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a train autonomous control system (TACS) based method for train interval protection control, and an apparatus for the method. The method includes: step one: receiving, by a carborne controller (CC), a train operation command sent by an automatic train supervision (ATS) system to obtain a movement mission; step two: calculating, by the CC, a train guaranteed zone in real time according to information of train localization, car characteristics, and carborne controller characteristics; step three: calculating, by the CC, track resources required to be used in combination with current mission information according to the train guaranteed zone, and requesting to a wayside information control (WSIC) for information of collided trains occupying these track resources; and step four: sending, by the WSIC, a list of the collided trains on the track resources required to be used to the CC according to information of the track resources required to be occupied by a train on a whole line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Yiran Lu, Haigui Xu, Wei Feng, Xiaoyong Wang, Yanyang Xing
  • Patent number: 12145643
    Abstract: The invention relates to a CTC3.0-based locomotive decoupling and coupling plan automatic generation and execution method. According to the method, by upgrading a track occupancy display terminal and a data platform in a CTC3.0 system, automatic generation of a locomotive decoupling or coupling plan is triggered when the route display terminal receives a train plan, so as to complete a locomotive decoupling or coupling task. The method has the advantages of high automation degree and high transportation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Xuan Chen, Huarong Li, Jiannian Wang, Yingtao Lu, Zhenjie Chen, Dejun Chen, Zheng You, Yangjie Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240380305
    Abstract: A switch control circuit and switch control method are provided. The switch control circuit and switch control method compensate an error of a load current that occurs because of the changing of a slope of an inductor current based on the increase and decrease of an input voltage. The switch control circuit includes a current compensation device that adjusts a gate on time based on a RC resistor and a control signal that senses a gate terminal of a control switch. The current compensation device compensates an error that occurs due to a signal delay to a gate terminal by increasing or decreasing a reference voltage or a sensing voltage, according to an increase or a decrease of an input voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Hyuck LEE, Joo Han YOON
  • Patent number: 12139185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a full-day in each train operation diagram generation method based on a time division scheme and an activity-event relationship, the method including: S1: configuring operation scheme basic parameters; S2: constructing a quantitative relationship between a travel time and a driving interval for different routing ratios and calculating, within a given turn-back time range, an actual turn-back time of each turn-back station that can achieve a routing ratio requirement; S3: generating an arrival event time and a departure event time of a train in each time period at a station platform in accordance with routing division, direction division, and proportion division, correcting a start time and a stop time of each routing in accordance with time period division, and performing transition between the time periods; and S4: connecting a train section operation activity and a stop activity according to the full-time train arrival and departure event times obtained by executing step S3
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Fengbo Liu, Jiang Qian, Honghui Yan, Jing Xu, Tingliang Zhou, Lanxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12131675
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a temperature sensor provided in a display driver circuit and an operating method thereof. Disclosed is a temperature sensor provided in a display driver circuit including: a reference voltage generating unit configured to output a set reference voltage; a proportional voltage generating unit configured to output a proportional voltage proportional to a temperature of the circuit; a comparison unit configured to output a flag voltage by comparing magnitudes of the reference voltage and the proportional voltage; and a sensor control unit configured to control the reference voltage generating unit and the proportional voltage generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: MAGNACHIP MIXED-SIGNAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Jiyun Kim, Gilsung Roh, Yongsup Lee, Kwonyoung Oh, Youngjoon Kim, Jinseok Yang, Sangkyung Kim
  • Patent number: 12111650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for coordinating operation control and operation maintenance for an urban rail transit and a method using the same, where the system includes: an intelligent operation maintenance subsystem and an intelligent operation control subsystem, the intelligent operation maintenance subsystem and the intelligent operation control subsystem include coordination linkage engine modules respectively, and the intelligent operation maintenance subsystem synchronizes, by using the coordination linkage engine modules, a fault handling plan to the intelligent operation control subsystem. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the advantages of scientific and reasonable dispatching decision-making, high efficiency and high intelligence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
    Inventors: Jiafu Pei, Enhua Hu, Li Lin, Bingfeng Zhang, Xiangping Zhu, Ning Zheng, Shuanglei Yang, Jiafeng Guo
  • Publication number: 20240313705
    Abstract: A buffer circuit for generating an output voltage according to an input voltage includes: an input stage configured to provide a first differential current to a load stage or receive a second differential current from the load stage based on a difference between the input voltage and the output voltage; the load stage configured to apply gate voltages to a first output transistor and a second output transistor of an output stage based on the first differential current or the second differential current; the output stage configured to regulate the output voltage based on the gate voltages applied to the first output transistor and the second output transistor; and a slew rate compensator configured to provide a source current to the load stage or receive a sink current from the load stage to regulate the gate voltages of the first output transistor and the second output transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Myungwoo LEE, Hyungseok KIM
  • Publication number: 20240313761
    Abstract: A buffer circuit that generates an output voltage based on an input voltage includes an input stage configured to provide a differential current to a load stage based on a difference between the input voltage and the output voltage; the load stage configured to apply gate voltages to output transistors of an output stage based on the differential current; the output stage configured to regulate the output voltage based on the gate voltages applied to the output transistors; and a slew rate compensator configured to provide a first slew rate compensation current and a second slew rate compensation current to the load stage or receive the first slew rate compensation current and the second slew rate compensation current from the load stage based on the difference between the input voltage and the output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangho LEE, Hyoungkyu KIM
  • Patent number: 12088186
    Abstract: A switch control circuit and switch control method are provided. The switch control circuit and switch control method compensate an error of a load current that occurs because of the changing of a slope of an inductor current based on the increase and decrease of an input voltage. The switch control circuit includes a current compensation device that adjusts a gate on time based on a RC resistor and a control signal that senses a gate terminal of a control switch. The current compensation device compensates an error that occurs due to a signal delay to a gate terminal by increasing or decreasing a reference voltage or a sensing voltage, according to an increase or a decrease of an input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Hyuck Lee, Joo Han Yoon
  • Patent number: 12088304
    Abstract: A spread spectrum clock generation device that may reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) includes: a first comparator configured to compare an input signal with a first reference voltage and output a first comparison signal; a second comparator configured to compare the input signal with a second reference voltage and output a second comparison signal; a latch configured to receive the first and second comparison signals as inputs and output an output signal; and a delaying circuit configured to generate the input signal by delaying the output signal to have a different delay time for each time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chelho Chung, Gilsung Roh
  • Publication number: 20240296776
    Abstract: A source buffer output switch control circuit for controlling operations of a source buffer output switch configured to transmit a source signal output from a source buffer to a display panel or block the source signal includes: a switch driver configured to generate a switch control signal for controlling the operations of the source buffer output switch based on a switch operation input signal; a current limiter configured to limit a driving current applied to the switch driver in order to control a slew rate of the switch control signal; and a bias block configured to supply the current limiter with a bias voltage for controlling a magnitude of the driving current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Magnachip Mixed-Signal, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eunkyu SEONG, Hyoungkyu KIM