RAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND TRACKSIDE FACILITY SHAPE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

• Main Authors: IMAMOTO, Kenji, KOIKE, Jun, ONO, Yukihiko
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.06.2023
• Subjects: ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC; GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RAILWAYS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

The present invention provides a rail transportation system, a method for controlling a rail transportation system, and a trackside facility shape measurement system that can check for abnormalities in railway trackside facilities from multiple perspectives.　For this purpose, the rail transportation system according to the present invention comprises a surrounding environment observation unit which is installed on a train and which observes the surrounding environment, including known trackside facilities, while the train is in motion to acquire surrounding environment observation data, and a trackside facility shape measurement system that superimposes, on the basis of the rail line, a plurality of surrounding environment observation data including a trackside facility acquired at a plurality of positions on the line to compute the three-dimensional shape of the trackside facility.