System and method for determining vehicle orientation in a vehicle consist
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1. A system comprising:
- a sensor assembly configured to generate an output representative of a direction in which a fluid flows within a first on-road vehicle that is included in a vehicle consist with a second on-road vehicle; and
one or more processors configured to determine an orientation of the first on-road vehicle relative to the second on-road vehicle based at least in part on the output generated by the sensor assembly,wherein the one or more processors are configured to change movement of the first on-road vehicle responsive to one or more processors determining the orientation of the first on-road vehicle relative to the second on-road vehicle to move the first on-road vehicle and the second on-road vehicle in a common direction.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining an orientation of a vehicle are provided. The system and method determine (with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first vehicle) a direction in which a fluid flows within the first vehicle. The first vehicle is included in a vehicle consist with a second vehicle. The orientation of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle is determined based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within the first vehicle. The fluid may be air in an air brake pipe of the vehicle consist.
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1. A system comprising:
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a sensor assembly configured to generate an output representative of a direction in which a fluid flows within a first on-road vehicle that is included in a vehicle consist with a second on-road vehicle; and one or more processors configured to determine an orientation of the first on-road vehicle relative to the second on-road vehicle based at least in part on the output generated by the sensor assembly, wherein the one or more processors are configured to change movement of the first on-road vehicle responsive to one or more processors determining the orientation of the first on-road vehicle relative to the second on-road vehicle to move the first on-road vehicle and the second on-road vehicle in a common direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a sensor assembly configured to generate an output representative of a direction in which a fluid flows within a first aerial vehicle that is included in a vehicle consist with a second aerial vehicle; and one or more processors configured to determine an orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to the second aerial vehicle based at least in part on the output generated by the sensor assembly, wherein the one or more processors are configured to change movement of the first aerial vehicle responsive to one or more processors determining the orientation of the first aerial vehicle relative to the second aerial vehicle to move the first aerial vehicle and the second aerial vehicle in a common direction. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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determining, with a sensor assembly disposed onboard a first vehicle that is included in a vehicle consist with a second vehicle, a direction in which a fluid flows within the first vehicle; determining an orientation of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle based at least in part on the direction in which the fluid flows within the first vehicle; and changing movement of the first vehicle responsive to determining the orientation of the first vehicle relative to the second vehicle to move the first vehicle and the second vehicle in a common direction, wherein the first and second vehicles are one of on-road vehicles or aerial vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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