US 11,731,675 B2
Exclusive track resource sharing system
Seh Chan Oh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jong Hyen Baek, Seoul (KR); Hyeon Yeong Choi, Jeollabuk-do (KR); and Byung Hun Lee, Gwangju (KR)
Assigned to KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Uiwang-si (KR)
Appl. No. 16/618,523
Filed by Korea Railroad Research Institute, Uiwang-si (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/015685
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/101109, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0141491 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362757 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B61L 27/00 (2022.01); B61L 27/20 (2022.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 27/14 (2022.01); B61L 27/53 (2022.01); B61B 1/02 (2006.01); B61L 27/04 (2006.01); B61L 3/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/00 (2006.01); B61L 19/00 (2006.01); B61L 23/14 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 27/20 (2022.01) [B61B 1/02 (2013.01); B61L 3/006 (2013.01); B61L 3/008 (2013.01); B61L 15/0027 (2013.01); B61L 15/0072 (2013.01); B61L 15/0081 (2013.01); B61L 19/00 (2013.01); B61L 23/005 (2013.01); B61L 23/14 (2013.01); B61L 27/04 (2013.01); B61L 27/14 (2022.01); B61L 27/53 (2022.01); B61L 2027/204 (2022.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for exclusive track resource sharing, comprising:
a plurality of onboard control units comprising an onboard control unit that is provided in each of a plurality of trains and configured to communicate with another onboard control unit in another one of the plurality of trains; and
a resource manager configured to:
record ownership status information about track resources of the plurality of trains, to provide the ownership status information about the track resources to the onboard control unit;
generate and deliver a resource authority to the onboard control unit;
receive from the onboard control unit at least one request for securing, releasing, controlling, or updating the resource authority; and
determine validity of the at least one request,
wherein the resource authority is configured to be owned by a single onboard control unit, and
wherein the onboard control unit possessing the resource authority is configured to seize or release the track resources corresponding to the resource authority and to control the track resources corresponding to the resource authority,
wherein the system further comprises an object controller (OC) configured to control a track resource corresponding to the resource authority based on control by the onboard control unit possessing the resource authority,
wherein the ownership status information indicates which of the plurality of trains have ownership of the track resources.