WO2014183388A1 - Overhead miniature rail automatic public transport system - Google Patents

Abstract

An overhead miniature rail automatic public transport system comprises automatic driving vehicles (1), overhead rails (2), and a central control system. The central control system controls the automatic driving vehicles (1) to run on the overhead rails (2), and the automatic driving vehicles (1) use miniature hanging type structures and hung on the overhead rails (2) for running. The overhead miniature rail automatic public transport system uses a full-automatic running mode, therefore, the overhead miniature rail automatic public transport system occupies small space, enable vehicles to run in a high speed, brings light environment pollution, requires low construction cost, provides rapidness, comfort and safety, is suitable for transport requirements of various big cities, and can relieve traffic pressure of a whole city.

Description

 Elevated mini-track automatic transit system Technical field

 The invention relates to the technical field of urban public transportation, in particular to an elevated mini-track automatic public transportation system.

Background technique

With the rapid and sustained development of China's economy, the population of major cities continues to grow, the number of motor vehicles continues to increase, and urban roads are approaching or saturated. Urban public transportation is mainly based on the ground, and the strategies and measures for bus priority are lagging behind, which makes the bus travel inconvenient; while the congestion is serious, it further reduces the bus travel ratio and increases the private car ownership. Car traffic is dense, roads are becoming more and more congested, and car exhaust with traffic jams has become the number one source of pollution for urban ambient air quality.

 In order to solve the congestion problem, the cities take measures as shown in Figure 3. These measures have certain effects on mitigating urban traffic, but the above problems still exist: public transportation chaos, the number of private cars rising year by year, the waste of resources caused by the massive construction of rail transit, and the huge cost and environmental pollution caused by automobile exhaust. Wait .

technical problem

 In view of the deficiencies and problems existing in the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide an elevated mini-track automatic transit system.

Technical solution

The technical solution of the present invention is realized as follows: an elevated micro-track automatic public transportation system, as a brand-new public transportation system, including an autonomous vehicle, an elevated track, and a central control system, the central control system controlling an autonomous vehicle on an elevated Running on a track, the self-driving vehicle is suspended on an elevated track comprising a vehicle travel track, a passenger up and down station, and a vehicle docking track, the self-driving vehicle being suspended from the vehicle track Driving or hanging on a vehicle parking track, the elevated track is arranged with a track sensor and a transmitting device, the track sensor and the transmitting device transmitting a sensing signal or requesting information to a central control system, the central control system carries out the vehicle Provisioning and operation.

 Preferably, the self-driving vehicle is powered by electric power that is transmitted by the vehicle travel track and the vehicle docking track.

Preferably, the self-driving vehicle automatically intelligently drives on a vehicle travel track, and the vehicle incorporates an information display interaction unit such as a computer terminal.

 Preferably, the vehicle travel track and the vehicle docking track employ a lightweight track that passes through a lightweight steel pipe as a support frame.

 Preferably, the vehicle travel track and the vehicle docking track can be arranged in multiple tracks in parallel according to the needs of the traffic flow.

Preferably, the central control system includes various units of vehicle deployment control, driving route selection, and vehicle waiting control, and the units perform vehicle running or waiting for the vehicle and the driving route by using the sensing signal of the track sensor or the request information of the transmitting device. select.

Beneficial effect

 Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

The elevated micro-track automatic bus system of the invention abandons the operation mode of the large-capacity, trunk line and branch line of the previous bus system, and directly adopts a point-to-point direct operation mode similar to a taxi, and adopts a fully automatic operation mode. It has small space, fast driving speed, light environmental pollution, low engineering cost compared with subway and elevated road, and is fast, comfortable and safe. It is suitable for the traffic demand of major cities and completely relieves the traffic pressure of the whole city. In addition, the present invention The elevated mini-track automatic transit system will be a technological revolution in the public transport system.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only It is a certain embodiment of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained from those skilled in the art without any inventive labor.

 1 is a schematic structural view of an elevated micro-track automatic transit system according to the present invention;

 Figure 2 is a flow chart of system vehicle deployment;

 Figure 3 shows the current status of public transportation.

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Embodiments of the invention

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

 Referring to FIG. 1, an elevated micro-track automatic public transportation system of the present invention is used as a brand-new public transportation system, including an autonomous vehicle 1 , an elevated track 2, and a central control system that controls the self-driving vehicle 1 to operate on an elevated track 2 that employs a micro-suspended structure suspended from the elevated track 2 Above, the elevated track 2 includes a vehicle traveling track, a passenger upper and lower station, and a vehicle parking track, and the self-driving vehicle 1 Can be hung on the vehicle track or hung on the vehicle stop track, the elevated track 1 Arranged are track sensors and signaling devices that transmit sensing signals or request information to a central control system that performs the deployment and operation of the vehicle.

 Further reduce pollution to the environment, self-driving vehicles 1 It is driven by electric power, which is transmitted by the vehicle traveling track and the vehicle docking track, and solves the problem of complicated power wiring.

 In order to increase the comfort of the ride, the self-driving vehicle 1 Automatic intelligent driving on the vehicle track, the vehicle has an information display interaction unit, such as a computer terminal, and an entertainment facility, wherein the entertainment facility includes a music player, a liquid crystal display, and the like.

 Elevated track 2 due to the use of miniature vehicles There is no need for a cumbersome track system like a light rail, a simple micro-track can be used, and the cost is low, and it can be laid out in all corners of the city. The vehicle track and the vehicle stop track adopt micro-tracks, and the elevated track 1 The light steel pipe 3 is used as a support frame, wherein the vehicle travel track and the vehicle stop track can also be arranged in parallel in accordance with the traffic flow.

In the vehicle operation control scheme of the present invention, the central control system includes various units of vehicle deployment control, driving route selection, and vehicle waiting control, and the units perform vehicle running or waiting for the vehicle through the sensing signal of the track sensor or the request information of the transmitting device. And the choice of driving directions.

 Example

The elevated mini-track automatic bus system of the embodiment is mainly composed of an autonomous driving vehicle, an elevated track, a central control system and the like. Among them, the various components of the system are introduced as follows:

 Self-driving vehicle

The self-driving vehicle adopts miniaturized and suspended design, and its shape is fully enclosed and streamlined. The vehicle is suspended under the track, with good stability, safety and reliability. The vehicle power is driven by electric power, and the power supply is obtained from the track. The driving style is fully automatic intelligent driving.

After the passenger gets in the car, the destination is entered on the operator panel and the vehicle can automatically run to the station required by the passenger. The car also has built-in entertainment such as a music player and LCD screen.

 Elevated track

Thanks to the use of micro-vehicles, the elevated track does not need to have a bulky track system like a light rail. It can be used with simple micro-tracks at a low cost and can be deployed in every corner of the city. The track in the design adopts the double-track method, which does not require a pier, and can be realized only by the support of the size of the lamp pole.

 The elevated track consists of three parts: the traveling track, the passenger station, and the parking track.

 (1) Driving track

According to the site conditions, it is arranged on the existing roads, sidewalks, green belts, etc. The track is in single or double track mode. Track sensors and signaling devices are arranged on the running track to provide position, speed and speed for the running vehicle and the central control system. Information such as the direction of the track. The track can be set in parallel with multiple tracks according to the traffic flow.

(2) Getting off and leaving the station

The station can be built with some bus stops to provide passengers with access to the bus. When passengers need to ride, if there is no car at the station, just swipe the card, the system will judge whether there is no vehicle arriving within the set time. If not, it can dispatch the nearby parking track or the unused vehicles in the nearby station, and the display needs to wait. time.

 A fixed number of vehicles are parked at each station. According to the needs, some stations can park a few more, and some stations can be parked.

(3) Parking track

 The parking track is built near some large public places, and when there is no car, the extra vehicles are parked on the parking track.

 central control system

The central control system is the brain of the entire system, providing operation and maintenance of the entire system, providing driving directions for vehicles, and providing information on other related vehicles, scheduling information, etc.

 The elevated mini-track automatic bus system solution of this embodiment further includes a control scheme:

(1) Waiting in line for waiting

 Please refer to Figure 2 After the passenger arrives at the station, he or she will swipe the card at the station's terminal to indicate that he needs to take the bus. The passenger terminal detects whether there is any spare vehicle in the boarding area, and if so, directly assigns a vehicle to the passenger, sends a message “with the user to ride the vehicle” to the corresponding vehicle, and transmits the user information to the corresponding vehicle, corresponding to the vehicle. In the car LED Passengers are shown on the display to guide passengers on board. If you do not use the spare vehicle, estimate the time required for the passengers queued in front to get on the train. Send the number of the station, the “required vehicle” information and the approximate time to the central control system. The central control system searches for the specified time. No vehicle arrives at the corresponding station. If yes, send the information of the corresponding vehicle back to the station terminal; if not, find an idle vehicle at the nearby parking track or nearby station, send a command to the corresponding station, and the corresponding vehicle The information is also sent back to the station ride terminal. The station ride terminal prompts the user how long to wait.

(2) Driving route

After the passenger gets on the bus, enter the name of the station to go to the driving terminal on the vehicle. The driving terminal sends the information to the central control system via the wireless network. The central control system retrieves a reasonable route based on the information (avoiding the faulty route and busy The route, etc., transmits the information of the route to the corresponding vehicle (the information includes the distance traveled, the speed of the vehicle, the position of each track sensor of the route, the number, the sensor after which the turn starts to turn, etc.). The vehicle driving terminal prompts the user to the approximate time of the destination, prompts the passenger to sit and drives the vehicle according to the received driving information until the purpose.

(3) Vehicles

After the vehicle arrives at the destination, it stops at the drop-off area. After the passenger gets off the vehicle (according to the weight sensor of the vehicle and the door closing signal), the station is called to the station, and the vehicle needs to stop at the location. The station is sent to the station according to the situation. The vehicle enters the passenger area (There is no space in the pick-up area), drive to the next station (the next station needs the vehicle), drive to the nearest parking track, or wait for the passenger area to be idle. The vehicle acts according to the instructions after receiving the information.

 In summary of the system structure and embodiments of the present invention described above, the present invention has the following features:

 a. Point-to-point direct

The passenger directly enters the destination address after getting on the bus, and the vehicle automatically selects the route to reach the destination. There is no need to transfer in the middle, it is convenient and quick. At the same time, it adopts the full interchange mode, and can actively avoid the fault track and traffic congestion road section, greatly shortening the time on the road.

 b. Large transportation capacity

 The maximum traffic flow provided by one track can reach 18,000 trips per hour (36 km/h / Hour running speed, 2 meters long, running end to end), normal traffic flow up to 3600 trains / hour (at 36 km / h running speed, vehicle spacing 10 Meter meter). It is equivalent to issuing a large bus full every other minute, and its track width is only 1/3 of the standard ground lane. When the traffic is insufficient, it is easy to expand a track.

 Take Hangzhou as an example, investing 50,000 vehicles and providing 200,000 vehicles per hour with a capacity of about 300,000 passengers (average per trip) 10 km, traveling at 40 km / h), basically equivalent to the existing bus transport capacity.

 c. Low construction costs

 Construction costs include equipment purchase costs and on-site rail rack facility costs.

 The cost of micro vehicles is within 20,000 yuan, the steel consumption per metre of the track does not exceed 200KG, and the construction cost per kilometer does not exceed 200. 10,000, a medium-sized city invested 100,000 vehicles, and solved nearly 400,000 trips per hour (about 600,000 passengers, an average of 1.5 people per vehicle). The city track is 500. About a kilometer. The investment in the whole project is about 3 billion yuan, far lower than the investment in subway and light rail, but it can achieve much more capacity than the subway, and it is a direct destination.

 d. Energy saving and environmental protection

 With electric power, there is no carbon dioxide emissions; every car is driven when it is really needed, there is no real empty vehicle, energy saving and environmental protection.

 e. Safe and reliable

 With hanging structure, it is safe and stable. Hardware anti-collision equipment and electronic anti-collision equipment are installed on the vehicle, equipped with driving recorder, running at less than 40 Below the kilometer, it is safe and reliable.

 When the preset time is reached or the driving recorder detects the fault, the vehicle automatically returns to the maintenance point for inspection and maintenance, which greatly improves the safety performance.

 f. Orderly, comfortable and tidy

Passengers can get on the train at any time and any place without worrying about catching up with the last bus; the entire boarding system adopts automatic sorting mode. When the passengers are swiping the queue, the passengers are indicated on the transferred vehicle, one-to-one correspondence; No need to squeeze the car, one person, a comfortable environment, similar to a taxi, and provide personalized entertainment in the car.

 g. Significant social benefits

There are no restrictions on the first and last vehicles of public transport vehicles. In theory, all the places in the city are the same as those in the city center. They do not have to worry about traffic jams and parking. They can attract a large number of private car owners of office workers and greatly reduce the traffic problems in the city.

The elevated micro-track automatic bus system of the invention abandons the operation mode of the large-capacity, trunk line and branch line of the previous bus system, and directly adopts a point-to-point direct operation mode similar to a taxi, and adopts a fully automatic operation mode. It has small space, fast driving speed, light environmental pollution, low engineering cost compared with subway and elevated road, and is fast, comfortable and safe. It is suitable for the traffic demand of major cities and completely relieves the traffic pressure of the whole city. In addition, the present invention The elevated mini-track automatic transit system will be a technological revolution in the public transport system.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention, should be included in the present invention. Within the scope of protection.

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Claims (1)

1. An elevated mini-track automatic transit system as a novel public transportation system characterized by comprising an autonomous vehicle, an elevated track and a central control system, the central control system controlling the self-driving vehicle to run on an elevated track, The self-driving vehicle is suspended on an elevated rail including a vehicle running track, a passenger upper and lower station, and a vehicle stopping track, and the self-driving vehicle can be hung or hung on a vehicle running track. Parked on a vehicle docking track, the overhead track is arranged with a track sensor and a signaling device, the track sensor and the transmitting device transmitting a sensing signal or requesting information to a central control system, the central control system performing vehicle deployment and operation . 2. The elevated mini-track automatic transit system of claim 1 wherein said self-driving vehicle is powered by electric power that is transmitted by a vehicle travel track and a vehicle dock. 3. The elevated mini-track automatic transit system according to claim 2, wherein said self-driving vehicle automatically intelligently drives on a vehicle travel track, said vehicle having an information display interaction unit, such as a computer terminal. 4. The elevated mini-track automatic transit system of claim 1 wherein said vehicle travel track and said vehicle docking track employ a lightweight track that passes through a lightweight steel tube as a support frame. 5. The elevated mini-track automatic bus system of claim 4, wherein the vehicle travel track and the vehicle stop track are capable of parallel setting of multiple tracks according to the demand of the traffic flow. 6. The elevated mini-track automatic transit system according to claim 1, wherein said central control system comprises vehicle deployment control, driving route selection, and vehicle waiting control units, and said units pass sensing signals of the orbit sensors or The request information of the transmitting device is used for vehicle running or waiting for dispatching and driving route selection.

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