Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-27
2004-05-25
Wu, Daniel J. (Department: 2632)
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
C340S545200, C340S555000, C340S556000, C340S557000, C340S426110
Reexamination Certificate
active
06741175
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a device for the guidance of streams of individuals using traffic systems and furthermore the use thereof for the guidance of streams of individuals using traffic systems and furthermore to a method for the guidance of streams of individuals using the above mentioned device.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the case of publicly used traffic systems, more particularly traffic systems such as railroads, urban railroads and subways there is the necessity to make the most efficient possible use of such traffic systems. As regards the efficient use of such traffic systems stations and the platforms thereof—that is to say the regions where embarking and filling and emptying of the means of transportation takes place—play a particularly important role. In this connection a particularly decisive point is the desired best possible and particularly preferred even distribution of the individuals, more particularly the passengers on the platform along the traffic system, preferably along the train. This distribution must for its part take place in a manner dependent on the numerical individual flow rate within the traffic system. By optimum distribution of the individuals along the traffic system it is possible to achieve a minimization of the halt time of the means of transportation, because the emptying and filling of the means of transportation may then take place in the shortest possible time.
The only systems presently known for the guidance of streams of passengers are the indications provided, for example in subways, urban railroads and regional train regions as to whether a short train or a long train is being used. Such particulars render it possible for the passenger to stand in a region in which the train will halt. Furthermore it is a known practice to use by shining arrows to indicate to the passengers on a train which side of the train the platform in the next station will be on. Furthermore in the case of long distance trains there are tables of train composition to show in which part of the train the first and, respectively, the second class cars are located or in which part of the train, that is to say in which car, a seat he has booked is located. In the case of these system it is a question of static systems, which do not react to the number of passengers. They do not guide the stream of passenger dynamically, that is to say a manner dependent on the number of passengers.
So far no systems have become known for dealing with a large number of passengers which render it possible to distribute the passengers in a desired fashion or optimum fashion and preferably evenly over the platform or along a train in order to reduce the times of embarking and disembarking and therefore the halting time of the train. The result of this are substantial losses of time on embarking and disembarking, which summated for several stations mean a significant extension of the time traveling. Making the halting time shorter would thus lead to an enormous saving in time and comfort for the passengers and a substantially improved utilization and increase of capacities for stations and means of transportation. Simultaneously the more rapid movement of passengers from and onto a platform or, respectively, station would be rendered possible. This optimization of capacity means that traffic systems so far existing may be employed to more advantage, something which means that the expensive building of new or further extension of existing traffic systems may take place later or not at all despite the higher numbers of passengers and accordingly substantially less resources will be needed, there also being a reduction in costs and less impairment of the environment.
Enclosure 1
The German patent publication 2,645,352 C1 discloses an arrangement for the regulation of an embarking and disembarking passenger flow at stations, wherein vehicles and along the platform in the halt zone of the trains optical indicating means are arranged. In the case of this arrangement there is the danger that the passengers, who have taken up positions in accordance with the indicating means, might be hit by trains arriving at the station.
The U.S. Pat. No. 5,176,082 discloses a gate device which divides a platform into a section remote from and adjacent to a train door, because such gate device forms a square, and is arranged in front of the train. This involves the danger that waiting passengers might be hit by the train arriving at the station. Furthermore the regulation of the flow of passengers with gates of this type is impractical.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly one object of the invention is to provide a device and a method, with which individual streams, and more particularly a large number, of passengers can be guided at low costs, efficiently and safely.
This object resulting from the above comprises the device for the guidance of individual streams in the case of traffic systems, which have at least as components thereof a guide system in the filling and emptying region in connection with at least one of the following means
a guide system in the means of transportation guide system in the filling and emptying region in connection with at least one of the following means
a guide system in the means of transportation
a blocking means between the filling and emptying region on the one hand and the means of transportation on the other hand.
In the case of one preferred embodiment the device for guiding individual streams in the case of traffic systems comprises at least one guide system in the filling and emptying region and a guidance means in the means of transportation on the other hand.
In the case of one preferred embodiment of the invention the device for guiding individual streams in the case of traffic systems comprises at least one guide system in the filling and emptying region and a guide system and the means of transportation on the other hand.
In the case of another preferred embodiment of the invention the device for the guidance of individual streams in the case of traffic systems comprises at least one guide system in the filling and emptying region and a gate means between the filling and emptying region and the means of transportation.
In the invention the term individual streams or individuals is generally taken to mean living organisms, that is to say humans and animals. Human individual streams means more particularly streams of passengers in urban railroads, subways and railroads and furthermore magnetic levitation railroads and elevated railroads or the like. In the invention individual streams are particularly streams of passengers in urban railroads, subways, and railroads, more especially subways. In the invention individual streams may however also be vehicles steered by humans as are encountered in special car transporting trains.
In accordance with the invention means of transportation shall mean urban railroads, subways, tramways, regional railroads, magnetic levitation railroads, high speed railroads, elevated railroads, urban railroads, subways and railroads being preferred and subways being more particularly preferred. The means of transportation in accordance with the invention preferably comprise a track, filling and emptying region and means of transportation.
In accordance with the invention the term track shall mean a device, on which the means of transportation moves along a distance between two filling and emptying regions. Tracks preferred in accordance with the invention are rails in the case of the wheel rail system, monorails systems, tracks of track systems on rubber wheel and track of levitated or magnetic levitation railroads as for example the transrapid.
Means of transportation in accordance with the invention are in addition to the trains of the above mentioned means of transportation preferably trains of urban railroads, subways the railroad and also of magnetic levitation railroads, and railroads and elevated railroads. The trains in accordance with the invention may compris
Nexsen Pruet , LLC
Nguyen Tai T.
O'Toole J. Herbert
Wu Daniel J.
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