PROJECTS
Funding
Czechia
Duration
-
Status
Complete with results
Geo-spatial type
Other
Project website
STRIA Roadmaps
Transport mode
Transport policies
Safety/Security
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport
Overview
Objectives
The targets set in the project proposal have been met. The planned main results thus fulfilled the project aim and reached the planned amount of main and secondary outcomes with potential use in practice. All the results are directly linked to the objectives of the project and were incurred during the project.
Funding
Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
Ministry of Interior (MV)
Type of funding
Public (national/regional/local)
Results
- Automatic situation evaluation ahead of the public transport vehicle & lorry - the methodology describes how it is necessary to test the vehicle obstacle detection system in urban and extra-urban traffic and how it is necessary to test the system for recognition of pedestrians. The methodology describes the standard traffic obstacles testing. The methodology also describes the necessary testing procedures.
- Functional sample of warning system communication with the vehicle intellect in accordance with European standards adopted to the conditions of typical setup of level crossing of rail and road - bidirectional communication is ensured between a vehicle and/or a train unit and a server. The On-board unit installed in the vehicle collects information from a CAN network of the vehicle, and GPS unit. This information is periodically send to the Server and/or visualisation module, which ensures a visualisation of all available information on a display installed in the vehicle, via UDP communication protocol. The On-board unit installed in a train collects information from a CAN network and periodically sends this information to the server via UDP communication protocol. The server receives the data from a train and distributes this information among all available vehicles. Communication between the server and vehicle or train On-board units is established on a request (a special command has to be sent from the unit to the server - to establish the communication or abort the communication). The server only sends a data if the communication is established. During the communication a unit has to confirm the communication with a server. If the server does not get an approval signal from a unit during a 5 second time interval, the communication is aborted. The Communication protocol between an On-board unit and the server (On-board unit and the visualisation system) is constructed on a bidirectional UDP communication on separated ports.
- Functional sample of an additional safety warning system on other level crossings - the system implemented on crossings with warning crosses only does not suppose the information on mutual location of vehicles, train and crossing acquisition in other way than the system-owned source. The implemented system consists of several modules. 1. Server - receiving actual GPS position of all available vehicles, in a vicinity of a railway crossing, and, at the same time, actual GPS coordinates of all trains. This information, is sent upon request to a unit installed in a vehicle via GSM network. 2. Train unit - sending information about a train location to the server via GSM network. 3. Vehicles unit - obtains information about location of trains in the case if the vehicle is approaching a railway crossing. At the same time it obtains an information about vehicle location (from a GPS unit) and vehicle status such as: steering angle, wheel rotation speed. This information is used to improve a GPS coordinate accuracy. Corrected GPS coordinates are send to the server. The Vehicle unit consists from a touchscreen display, where a warning message is displayed if there is a possibility of a collision with approaching train, an On-board computer and a communication unit (GSM module) for a server communication. The system was constructed and tested on railway crossings protected by other means than a lighting warning system.
- Functional sample of additional safety warning system on a level crossing with light warning system - functionality of the whole system is based on the information on warning light protected crossing state acquisition possibility. Primarily the communication key feature is a system of "talking signs" that uses the short-range transmitters to pass on the information on crossing state. The primal source of the information for a vehicle unit is the traffic sign signal receiver. The whole system includes modules that prefentiate/add details to this information (and in case the primal source is faulty they as well transmit it): 1 Server - receiving actual GPS position of all available vehicles, in a vicinity of a railway crossing, and, at the same time, actual GPS coordinates of all trains. This information, is sent upon request, to a unit installed in the vehicle via GSM network. 2. Train unit - sends information about train location to the server via GSM network. 3. Vehicles unit - obtains information about train's location in case if the vehicle is approaching a railway crossing. At the same time it obtains an information about vehicle location (from a GPS unit) and vehicle status such as: steering angle, wheel rotation speed ant etc. This information is used to improve a GPS coordinate accuracy. Corrected GPS coordinates are send to the server. Vehicle unit consists from a touchscreen display, where a warning message is displayed if there is a possibility of a collision with approaching train, an On-board computer and a communication unit (GSM module) for a server communication.
- Methodology for the regulatory and legislative frameworks update for the rail and road transport implementation phase - the methodology deals with the analysis of the current legislation, proposes amendments to eliminate the shortcomings of current legislation and establishes procedures for the design of intelligent transport systems, especially in the area of road and rail transport.
- Methodology information links and interface standards in the system to improve passive safety at railway crossings secure lighting equipment and warning crosses - the aim of this methodology is to describe an information binding and interface standards in the C-ITS system designed to increase the passive safety at railway crossing secure lighting equipment and warning crosses. Description of these binding is based on practical experience from real test of a unique system of functional sample. The Railway crossing safety device warns, by early warning, road user before the railway vehicle which has priority and which are close to the railway crossing.
- Initial verification of a solution and technology for increasing a passive safety on railway crossings secured by only warning crosses - the pilot experiments were focused on the functionality verification, especially on railway crossings protected only by Andrew cross warning sign. Initial experiments were conducted to verify the functionality of individual parts, as well as the entire, system design. This initial experiment was executed on a railway Železnice Desná 293 - Šumperk - Kouty nad Desnou, Petrov nad Desnou - Sobotín. It is a regional railway, which is run by ARRIVA MORAVA a.s. Three trains were equipped with an On-Board unit. The test vehicle was equipped with a vehicle unit, that consisted of visualization part - visualization module and communication part - On-Board unit. A server with a visualization client was installed in a room rented in a complex of Research Institute for Cattle Breeding Rapotín, s.r.o, which allowed to observe the movement of the vehicle and trains. The data on the parameters of the system were recorded daily into an operation notebook. This notebook was maintained for each rail vehicle.
- Initial verification of a solution and technology for increasing a passive safety on railway crossings secured by lighting warning system - the pilot experiments were focused on the functionality verification, especially on railway crossings equipped with lighting warning system. Initial experiments were conducted to verify the functionality of individual parts, as well as the entire, system design. This initial experiment was executed on a railway Železnice Desná 293 - Šumperk - Kouty nad Desnou, Petrov nad Desnou - Sobotín. It is a regional railway, which is run by ARRIVA MORAVA a.s. Three trains were equipped with an On-Board unit. The test vehicle was equipped with a vehicle unit, that consisted of visualisation part - visualisation module and communication part - On-Board unit. A server with a visualisation client was installed in a room rented in a complex of Research Institute for Cattle Breeding Rapotín, s.r.o, which allowed to observe the movement of the vehicle and trains. The data on the parameters of the system were recorded daily into an operation notebook. This notebook was maintained for each rail vehicle.
- The requirements for transferring information for security of dynamics response in alternative security system crossing with light equipment and warning crossing - the aim of this methodology is to describe the binding on transfer of information in the C-ITS system designed to increase the passive safety at railway crossing secure lighting equipment and warning crosses. During designing the system is necessary to gather all documents, which is needed to establish the requirements, that device should have. On this basis is gradually solution the concept of the device. In the same way is also followed in proposal alternative crossing safety equipment.
- Technology, information links requirements and instructions for the integral use of both systems design - the methodology sets out procedures and guidelines for planning and designing of technical standards and information links in the process of creating these systems.
- Transmission of the warning information to driver with respect to communication and location - identification of the most suitable transfer of the warning information to drivers, especially with respect to communication and location of the equipment transmitting the information. The aim is to tranfer the information to the driver in the most unambiguous manner, in the shortest time and with minimal loss of attention. The metodology describes the warning system design.
- System assessment centre software logics - improvement of passive safety on level crossings protected by warning crosses only - System assessment centre (server) software logics collects and updates the GPS coordinates of individual vehicles that are approaching the crossing (are located in the controlled area of the crossing) and collects and updates the train positions. This information on vehicles location at the crossing is sent (on request) to the individual vehicles using GPS. All data acquired by a server are further stored in the local MySQL database. The data are stored especially because of the further analysis of the acquired data (data integrity, communication quality, model optimization etc.) and for further use by a visualization clients (HTML, JAVA, PHP, MYSQL)
- Warning system software logics - improvement of passive safety of level crossings with light warning system - car-side application (of warning system software logics) provides following functions: offline map availability, server communication, train drive data acquisition, warning and system status, sub-feature reliability check, vehicle and odometry physical model, "talking" sign connection, expertise system providing the most precise location using all available sources to eliminated driver's fatigue and excessive workload and misinterpreting of the available information. The application was optimised and fine tuned to be used on level crossings with light warning system.
- Device to increase passive safety on railway crossings secured by warning crosses, only - there are frequent clashes with tragic consequences at the railway crossing and rail keeper would like prevent these events. The essence of these signal system is that near the intersection of railways and roads contains the radio transmitter/receiver along the railway track from crossing the railway track and roads in wide apart detectors transit rail vehicles and roadside from crossing railway track and road at intervals of side arranged and serially connected radio routers. However, passage of a rail vehicle detectors are connected with radio transmitter/receiver input and radio transmitter/acceptance outputs are connected with radio routers, their outputs are connected to the receiver at least one passing vehicle. In the advantageous embodiment is the radio transmitter/receiver connected to the Internet network, it is enable the monitoring of radio detectors transit rail vehicles and radio routers. In another advantageous embodiment is the radio routers located in the columns of signal plates.
- Device to increase passive safety on railway crossings secured by danger light - there are frequent clashes with tragic consequences at the railway crossing and rail keeper would like prevent these events. The essence of these signal system is that near the intersection of railways and roads contains the radio transmitter/receiver connected to the alarm and lighting device along the road from crossing railway lines and roads wide apart and serially connected with radio routers inputs. However, the radio transmitters/receivers outputs are connected with radio routers inputs, whose outputs are connected by radio on the receiver at least one moving vehicle. In the advantageous embodiment is the radio transmitter/receiver connected to the Internet network, it is enable the monitoring of radio routers. In another advantageous embodiment is the radio routers located in the columns of signal plates.
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