US 11,679,793 B2
Method for operating a cableway
Daniel Pfeifer, Sankt Anton am Arlberg (AT); Alexander Berdnik, Dornbirn (AT); Stefan Gisinger, Wolfurt (AT); and Markus Fehle, Wolfurt (AT)
Assigned to Innova Patent GmbH, Wolfort (AT)
Appl. No. 16/622,085
Filed by Innova Patent GmbH, Wolfurt (AT)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/065286
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 12, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/228971, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. A 50495/2017 (AT), filed on Jun. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0024110 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. B61L 27/57 (2022.01); B61B 7/04 (2006.01); B61B 12/00 (2006.01); B61B 12/06 (2006.01); B61L 25/04 (2006.01); G01P 3/64 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 27/57 (2022.01) [B61B 7/04 (2013.01); B61B 12/002 (2013.01); B61B 12/06 (2013.01); B61L 25/04 (2013.01); G01P 3/64 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a cableway, wherein the cableway is controlled by a cableway control system to move a plurality of cars between a first station and a second station, comprising:
providing a function monitoring unit to monitor a function of the cableway, wherein each car is assigned a unique car identification and the car identification of each car is known in the cableway control system;
detecting, with the function monitoring unit, malfunctions triggered by cars during the operation of the cableway, the malfunctions representing a deviation of the function of the cableway from an expected normal function;
transmitting, with the function monitoring unit, the detected malfunctions triggered by cars during the operation of the cableway to the cableway control system in a function status message;
assigning, with the cableway control system, a malfunction that was received to a triggering car;
storing the malfunction together with the car identification of the triggering car in the cableway control system;
evaluating, with the cableway control system, a frequency of malfunctions triggered by the same car or by different cars.