Patent ID: 11866077
Assignee: HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 14:
15. A railway safety system, comprising:
a first electrical communication device configured to be in communication with a processor of a control center and to define a geographical boundary; and
a vehicle unit configured to be coupled to a first rail vehicle, the vehicle unit including:
a location determination unit configured to determine a location of the first rail vehicle,
a transceiver configured to transmit the location of the first rail vehicle to the first electrical communication device;
an alarm configured to generate at least one of an audio or visual alarm;

wherein, while the location of the first rail vehicle is determined to be within the geographical boundary, the first electrical communication device is configured to transmit a warning signal based on a first distance between the first rail vehicle and the geographical boundary being less than a first threshold distance.