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Vehicle, system and method for railway track clearing
The vehicle 100 comprises a propulsion mechanism for propulsion of the vehicle along the track under the control of an autonomous control system, an airflow system supported by the vehicle and configured to provide and direct an airflow through at least one conduit 112 towards the railway track under the control of an airflow control system and a sensor system 128, 130 configured to obtain sensor information for providing information relating to unwanted material, for examples leaves, sand and/or snow, on an extent of a railway track. The airflow control system applies the sensor information for providing and directing an airflow to the extent of the railway track to remove sensed unwanted material and wherein the autonomous control system applies the sensor information for control of the propulsion mechanism for travel on the extent of the railway track at a suitable speed according to continual feedback of the sensor information indicating a state of the unwanted material. Also disclosed is a computer implemented method for removing unwanted material from a railway track.
Vehicle, system and method for railway track clearing
The vehicle 100 comprises a propulsion mechanism for propulsion of the vehicle along the track under the control of an autonomous control system, an airflow system supported by the vehicle and configured to provide and direct an airflow through at least one conduit 112 towards the railway track under the control of an airflow control system and a sensor system 128, 130 configured to obtain sensor information for providing information relating to unwanted material, for examples leaves, sand and/or snow, on an extent of a railway track. The airflow control system applies the sensor information for providing and directing an airflow to the extent of the railway track to remove sensed unwanted material and wherein the autonomous control system applies the sensor information for control of the propulsion mechanism for travel on the extent of the railway track at a suitable speed according to continual feedback of the sensor information indicating a state of the unwanted material. Also disclosed is a computer implemented method for removing unwanted material from a railway track.
Vehicle, system and method for railway track clearing
TORSTEN SCHOLL (author)
2021-08-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
METHOD FOR CLEARING THE RAILWAY TRACK FROM LARGE-SIZED BLOCKAGES
| European Patent Office | 2021