US 11,999,393 B2
Arrangement for monitoring exterior regions of a rail vehicle
Markus Mehlan, Karlsfeld (DE)
Assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/047,128
Filed by Siemens Mobility GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/057697
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/197161, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018205459.2 (DE), filed on Apr. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0197874 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B61L 23/04 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 23/041 (2013.01) [B61L 15/009 (2013.01); B61L 23/04 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A configuration for monitoring exterior regions of a rail vehicle by a traction-vehicle engineer of the rail vehicle, the rail vehicle having a front side, a rear side and two side regions, the front side and the rear side are disposed opposite one another and oriented substantially at right angles to a first direction of travel of the rail vehicle, the front side and the rear side are connected to one another by the two side regions, the two side regions are disposed opposite one another and oriented substantially lengthwise relative to the first direction of travel of the rail vehicle, the configuration comprising:
an engineer's cab disposed in the rail vehicle in a region of the front side of the rail vehicle, in the first direction of travel of the rail vehicle said engineer's cab having a field of vision being surveyed and utilized by the traction-vehicle engineer in a course of trips in the first direction of travel, in order to move the rail vehicle by sight;
a first camera system disposed in a first side region of the two side regions close to the rear side and oriented in the first direction of travel, said first camera system optically capturing an angular range with a branch along the first side region as a first lateral field of vision;
a second camera system disposed in a second side region of the two side regions close to the rear side and oriented in the first direction of travel, said second camera system optically captures an angular range with a branch along the second side region as a second lateral field of vision; and
a display device, said first camera system and said second camera system are connected to said display device in said engineer's cab, so that series of images of the first and second lateral fields of vision, created in the first direction of travel by said first camera system and by said second camera system, are represented on said display device for the traction-vehicle engineer which the traction-vehicle engineer utilizes additionally in order to move the rail vehicle by sight.