Method and device for generating and publishing a railway signaling diagram
View Patent ↗The invention relates to method and device for generating and publishing a railway signaling diagram comprising a track diagram of a railway network and track equipment arranged on the network portion, each piece of track equipment comprising particular characteristics. One method of the invention comprises: (a) entry by a user of topological data of the portion of the railway network; (b) automatic generation by the computation means of a track diagram of the portion of the railway network from topological data; (c) selection by the user of a plurality of rules for positioning track equipment to be arranged on the railway track diagram, and (d) automatic generation by the computation means of the railway signaling diagram of the portion of the network from selected rules for positioning the track equipment and the railway diagram. The invention also relates to a device adapted to carry out the preceding method.
1. A method for generating and publishing a railway signaling diagram comprising a track plan of a portion of a railway track network and track equipment arranged on the portion of the railway track network, each piece of track equipment comprising particular characteristics, the method comprising the following steps:
entry by a user of topological data for the portion of the railway track network;
automatic generation by a computer of the track plan of the portion of the railway track network from the topological data;
selection by the user of a plurality of rules for positioning track equipment to be arranged on the track plan;
automatic generation by the computer of the railway signaling diagram of the portion of the railway track network from selected rules for positioning the track equipment and the track plan;
automatic generation by the computer of a possible itinerary on the portion of the railway track network from the generated railway signaling diagram; and
automatic generation by the computer of an interlocking frame for each possible itinerary of the railway track network.
2. The method for generating and publishing a railway signaling diagram according to claim 1 , further comprising selection, by the user, of the order to carry out the positioning rules selected for the track equipment.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising manual modification by another user of at least one particular characteristic of a piece of track equipment of the railway signaling diagram generated by at least one user.
4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising automatic verification of the manual modification according to the chosen rules.
5. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising saving the generated signaling diagram, the rules used to generate the railway signaling diagram, and any changes made.
6. A device for generating and publishing a railway signaling diagram comprising a track plan of a portion of a railway track network and track equipment arranged on the portion of the railway track network according to the method of claim 1 , each piece of track equipment comprising particular characteristics, the device comprising:
a first database comprising a plurality of topological information of the portion of the railway track network;
a computer adapted to automatically generate the track plan from the first database;
a second database comprising the characteristics and a plurality of rules for positioning each piece of track equipment;
at least one man-machine interface adapted to choose the rules of the second database to be applied; and
wherein the computer is adapted to automatically generate a railway signaling diagram from the track plan and selected positioning rules, a possible itinerary on the portion of the railway track network from the generated railway signaling diagram, and an interlocking frame for each possible itinerary of the railway track network.