Patent ID: 9128815
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B61L,G06F

Abstract:
1. A control system for a vehicle in a guideway network, the control system comprising: a centralized control system configured to generate a first set of instructions; at least one de-centralized control system configured to generate a second set of instructions, wherein the at least one de-centralized control system is stationary; and an on-board controller on the vehicle, the on-board controller configured to receive the first set of instructions and the second set of instructions during a same time period, wherein the centralized control system is configured to transmit the first set of instructions to the on-board controller using a first communication technique and the at least one de-centralized control system is configured to transmit the second set of instructions to the on-board controller via a second communication technique different from the first communication technique, wherein the on-board controller is configured to implement the least restrictive of the first set of instructions or the second set of instructions.