Patent ID: 11945480
Assignee: GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CANADA INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
determining, with processing circuitry configured to communicate with one or more vehicle beacons installed on an end of a vehicle configured to communicate with one or more guideway beacons positioned at predetermined locations along a guideway, a vehicle position on the guideway using range measurements between the vehicle and the guideway beacons;
determining, with the processing circuitry using range measurements between the vehicle and the guideway beacons after the processing circuitry wakes from a sleep state, vehicle movement on the guideway and determine a change in the vehicle position from before the processing circuitry entering the sleep state;
determining, with the processing circuitry using the range measurements between the vehicle and the guideway beacons, whether the vehicle is stationary; and
determining, with the processing circuitry using the range measurements between the vehicle and the guideway beacons, a vehicle speed and a vehicle direction of motion on the guideway.