Patent ID: 9533626
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B60R,B61L

Claim:
1. A system for determining track availability and configured to be fitted to a guided vehicle liable to move downstream, the system comprising: at least one camera able to capture at least one image of a downstream section of a track, the downstream section being a track portion extending from a first point of the track disposed downstream of the guided vehicle to a second point of the track disposed downstream of the guided vehicle, a distance separating said camera from the second point being greater than a distance separating said camera from the first point; and at least one image processing and analysis device able to analyze each image taken by said camera, to locate said downstream section therein, to determine a downstream safety distance, and an availability state of the track between the first point and the second point, said image processing and analysis device is configured for using known and invariable dimensional features of the track for locating the downstream section in relation to said camera and for determining a distance between the downstream section and said camera.