SYSTEM OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF RAIL CROSSING AREA VACANCY Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC B61L29/00 

FIELD: rail tracks and crossings.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to means of controlling a railway crossing. The system includes barrier traffic lights (4,5), crossing traffic lights (6,7), automatic crossing alarm devices (8), crossing barrier devices (9) that can control the operation of exit barrier elements (10.1, 10.3), m microwave radiation transmitters (11) and n microwave radiation receivers (12), outdoor video cameras (13), acoustic detectors of traffic participants in the crossing zone (15), a cabinet of devices for monitoring the vacancy of the crossing zone (16), a block for automatically determining the vacancy of the crossing zone (17), relay switching modules (18), relay output modules (19), alarm relay (20), pre-alarm relay (21), speed reduction relay (22), relay for checking the serviceability of devices for monitoring the vacancy of the crossing (23), relay for monitoring the crossing zone (24), relay for blocking exit barrier elements (25), relay (26, 27) for switching on acoustic detectors, Ethernet I/O module (28), switch for communication circuits of video surveillance devices (29), video surveillance device cabinet (30), video recorder (31), external display device (32), post of the crossing officer on duty (33), the chain of automatic activation of the barrier alarm (34), the chain of transmission to the crossing attendant and the locomotive crew of information about the presence of an obstacle at the crossing (35), the chain of transmission of information to the station attendant and the crossing attendant (36), the chain of activation of prohibiting indications at crossing traffic lights (37) and the chain of activation of the barrier elements of the crossing zone devices (38).

EFFECT: improved traffic safety at the railway crossing area is achieved.

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