Patent ID: 8870126

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a vehicle appliance having a radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder and an input for manually inputting a desired route; a trackside device having an RFID reader, said trackside device having an evaluation unit for production of control input variables in dependence on received vehicle data; the apparatus programmed to: transmit a radio-frequency identification (RFID) signal containing vehicle data by the vehicle to produce the control input variables, said vehicle appliance transmitting static and dynamic train data; and reading and evaluating the radio-frequency identification signal via said trackside device; said RFID transponder communicating with said RFID reader continuously while the vehicle is approaching said trackside device; and said trackside device having a transmitting module, and said vehicle appliance having a receiving module, with said transmitting module transmitting state data of a rail road safety system to said receiving module.