Method for determining a wagon sequence of a track-guided vehicle combination

Abstract

A method and an apparatus determine a wagon sequence of a track-guided vehicle combination of vehicles in which, in a registration process, wagon identifiers of each of the vehicles are recorded one after the other in the sequence of the wagon sequence with a registration device in a contactless manner. An activation device triggers a respective registration step of the registration process in each of the vehicles, in which a registration signal of the relevant vehicle containing the wagon identifier is transmitted to the registration device by a transmitter device and stored therein. In addition to the wagon identifier for each vehicle, a point in time relating to the recording of the wagon identifier is stored in the registration device. A first result of the wagon sequence is determined by sorting the wagon identifiers in the chronological order of the times of recording after all vehicles have been recorded.

1 . A method for determining a wagon sequence of a track-guided vehicle combination of vehicles, which comprises the steps of:
 performing a registration process in which wagon identifiers of each of the vehicles are recorded one after another in a sequence of the wagon sequence with a registration device in a computer-aided, contactless manner, which comprises the sub-steps of:
 a) triggering, via an activation device, a respective registration step of the registration process in each of the vehicles, in which a registration signal of a relevant vehicle of the vehicles each containing a wagon identifier is transmitted to the registration device with a first transmitter device and stored therein; 
 b) storing a point in time for recording the wagon identifier in the registration device, in addition to the wagon identifier for each of the vehicles; and 
 c) determining a first result of the wagon sequence by sorting the wagon identifiers in a chronological order of times of recording after all the vehicles have been recorded. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , which further comprises prompting the first transmitter device only to transmit the wagon identifier if, when an identification device approaches, the identification device has received an identification signal containing an identification code with a first receiver device. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the registration device does not complete the registration process before a recording of all the vehicles of the track-guided vehicle combination has taken place a second time and a second result of the wagon sequence has been determined. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3 , wherein after a second recording of all the vehicles in each case is complete, determining the wagon sequence again by sorting the wagon identifiers in a reverse chronological order of the times of recording. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , which further comprises determining the vehicle at an end of the wagon sequence by determining the wagon identifier which occurs twice in direct succession in a chronological order of the times of recording. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 first activation devices are used on each of the vehicles for recording the wagon sequence for determining the first result;   second activation devices are used on each of the vehicles for recording the wagon sequence for determining the second result; and   the first activation devices are mounted on a respective one side of the vehicles and the second activation devices are mounted on a respective other side of the vehicles.   
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 3 , which further comprises carrying out a plausibility test for a determined wagon sequence, which includes the sub-steps of:
 d) comparing the first result of the wagon sequence with the second result of the wagon sequence; and   e) releasing a compared result for further processing only if the first result matches the second result.   
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , which further comprises generating an error signal if the first result does not match the second result. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1 , which further comprises storing a start time and an end time for the registration process in the registration device. 
     
     
         10 . A telematics facility for a vehicle, in which a wagon identifier for the vehicle is stored, the telematics facility configured:
 f) to be activated in accordance with step a) according to  claim 1 ;   g) said first transmitter device set up to transmit the wagon identifier of the vehicle to the registration device.   
     
     
         11 . The telematics facility according to  claim 10 , further comprising an activation device which can be triggered via an activation interface in order to send an activation signal to said first transmitter device. 
     
     
         12 . A registration device for registering a vehicle, the registration device configured:
 h) to store transmitted wagon identifiers of vehicles in accordance with step a) according to  claim 1 ; and   i) to store times for a recording of the wagon identifiers.   
     
     
         13 . An identification device for identifying a user on a vehicle, the identification device being configured to send an identification signal containing an identification code to a first receiver device according to  claim 2  when the first receiver device is approached. 
     
     
         14 . A non-transitory computer program comprising program commands which, when the program is executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which the computer program product according to  claim 14  is stored.