A METHOD FOR SAFE TRAIN REMOTE CONTROL, WITH PROCESSING IMAGE FRAMES VIA TWO PROCESSING LINES

• Main Author: KÄLBERER, Ulrich
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.11.2023
• Subjects: ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC; GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RAILWAYS; TRANSPORTING

In summary, the present invention proposes a safe train remote control of an automated train (ATR), wherein the track section ahead of the automated train (ATR) is watched with a video camera system (CAM) producing high resolution image frames (HRI). The high resolution image frames (HRI) are converted to low resolution image frames (LRI) and transmitted via a mobile communication network (MCN) to a train remote control console in a trackside control centre (COC) via a fist data channel (CH1). Further, the high resolution image frames (HRI) undergo a pattern recognition, and for identified objects corresponding to reference objects in a map data base (MDB), a reconstruction information is transmitted via the mobile communication network (MCN) to the train remote control console via a second data channel (CH2). At the train remote control console, high resolution object appearances (HROA) for the identified objects is reconstructed using the reconstruction information and a corresponding map data base (MDB). The high resolution object appearances (HROA) are overlayed onto the low resolution image frames (LRI) received via the first data channel (CH1) and displayed at the train remote control console. Thus both safety relevant details and a general impression of the track section ahead are made available to a remote train driver at low bandwidth consumption of the mobile communication network.