System and method integrating an energy management system and yard planner system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying, with one or more processors, vehicles to be included in a multi-vehicle system that is to travel along one or more routes for an upcoming trip;
determining, with the one or more processors, plural different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system, the different potential builds representing different sequential orders of the vehicles in the multi-vehicle system;
simulating, with the one or more processors, travels of the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system over the one or more routes of the upcoming trip;
calculating, with the one or more processors, one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system based on travels of the different potential builds that are simulated; and
generating, with the one or more processors, a quantified evaluation of the one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system for use in selecting a chosen potential build of the different potential builds, wherein the chosen potential build is used to build the multi-vehicle system for the upcoming trip.
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Abstract
A system and method identifies vehicles to be included in a multi-vehicle system that is to travel along one or more routes for an upcoming trip, and determines plural different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system. The different potential builds represent different sequential orders of the vehicles in the multi-vehicle system. The system and method also simulate travels of the different potential builds for the upcoming trip, calculate a safety metric, consumption metric, and/or build metric for the different potential builds based on travels that are simulated, and generates a quantified evaluation of the safety metric, consumption metric, and/or build metric for the different potential builds for use in selecting a chosen potential build of the different potential builds. The chosen potential build is used to build the multi-vehicle system for the upcoming trip.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying, with one or more processors, vehicles to be included in a multi-vehicle system that is to travel along one or more routes for an upcoming trip; determining, with the one or more processors, plural different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system, the different potential builds representing different sequential orders of the vehicles in the multi-vehicle system; simulating, with the one or more processors, travels of the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system over the one or more routes of the upcoming trip; calculating, with the one or more processors, one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system based on travels of the different potential builds that are simulated; and generating, with the one or more processors, a quantified evaluation of the one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system for use in selecting a chosen potential build of the different potential builds, wherein the chosen potential build is used to build the multi-vehicle system for the upcoming trip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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one or more processors configured to identify vehicles to be included in a multi-vehicle system that is to travel along one or more routes for an upcoming trip, the one or more processors also configured to determine plural different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system, the different potential builds representing different sequential orders of the vehicles in the multi-vehicle system, wherein the one or more processors are configured to calculate one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system based on simulated travels of the different potential builds, wherein the one or more processors also are configured to generate a quantified evaluation of the one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system for use in selecting a chosen potential build of the different potential builds, wherein the chosen potential build is used to build the multi-vehicle system for the upcoming trip. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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identifying, using one or more processors, vehicles to be included in a multi-vehicle system that is to travel along one or more routes for an upcoming trip; determining, using the one or more processors, plural different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system, the different potential builds representing different sequential orders of the vehicles in the multi-vehicle system; calculating, using the one or more processors, one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system based on simulated travel of the different potential builds; and generating, using the one or more processors, a quantified evaluation of the one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system for use in selecting a chosen potential build of the different potential builds, wherein the chosen potential build is used to build the multi-vehicle system for the upcoming trip. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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identifying, using one or more processors, vehicles to be included in a multi-vehicle system that is to travel along one or more routes for an upcoming trip; determining, using the one or more processors, plural different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system, the different potential builds representing different sequential orders of the vehicles in the multi-vehicle system; simulating, using the one or more processors, travels of the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system over the one or more routes of the upcoming trip; calculating, using the one or more processors, one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system based on travels of the different potential builds that are simulated; generating, using the one or more processors, a quantified evaluation of the one or more safety metrics, consumption metrics, or build metrics for the different potential builds of the multi-vehicle system; and presenting, using a display device connected with the one or more processors, the quantified evaluation on a user interface in a decision support mode for use in selecting a chosen potential build of the different potential builds, wherein the chosen potential build is used to build the multi-vehicle system for the upcoming trip.
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