Railway switches and signals – Train-position indication – Train annunciators or indicators
Patent
1980-02-13
1981-12-29
Groody, James J.
Railway switches and signals
Train-position indication
Train annunciators or indicators
246 2R, 246107, 340 23, 340 38R, 360 12, 364424, B61L 2502, G08G 101, G08G 112
Patent
active
043078591
ABSTRACT:
An automatic message announcement system for trains in the railroad station premises, including a train tracking circuit which tracks the location of approaching train, a trains information memory which stores information concerning each train, an edition circuit which combines the train information read out from said train information memory and a series of message patterns which include portions to be completed and which edits the message patterns to produce a series of short messages arranged sequentially according of their priority order to the content, an announcement message selection circuit which determines up to which short message among those arranged sequentially according to said priority order should be announced, in accordance with the location of the train at the time the announcement starts, and an automatic announcement system which includes a voice memory containing addressable voice segments for annoucing the message determined above.
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Hayashi Yoshiro
Ishikawa Kozo
Senba Shunsuke
Shimura Takaki
Sugihara Akira
Fujitsu Kiden Ltd.
Fujitsu Limited
Groody James J.
Japanese National Railways
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