SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF A VEHICLE CONSIST BASED ON LOCATION DATA
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a vehicle consist, the method comprising:
- acquiring operations data related to plural vehicles of the consist and acquired from plural different locations in the consist;
communicating the operations data from the different locations to a first vehicle of the consist;
forming command data at the first vehicle of the consist based on the operations data and on location data relating to where the operations data is acquired, the command data directing at least one of the vehicles in the consist to change one or more operations of the at least one of the vehicles; and
transmitting the command data from the first vehicle to the at least one of the vehicles.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for monitoring different conditions that are simultaneously or concurrently experienced by different vehicles in the same consist and using the monitored conditions to locally change operations of one or more of the vehicles. In accordance with one embodiment, operations data related to one or more vehicles of the consist is acquired from one or more of plural different locations in the consist. The operations data and location data related to where the operations data is acquired are communicated to a first vehicle of the consist. Command data is formed based on the operations data and the location data. The command data directs at least one of the vehicles in the consist to change one or more operations of the at least one of the vehicles. The command data is transmitted to one or more of the vehicles of the consist.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a vehicle consist, the method comprising:
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acquiring operations data related to plural vehicles of the consist and acquired from plural different locations in the consist; communicating the operations data from the different locations to a first vehicle of the consist; forming command data at the first vehicle of the consist based on the operations data and on location data relating to where the operations data is acquired, the command data directing at least one of the vehicles in the consist to change one or more operations of the at least one of the vehicles; and transmitting the command data from the first vehicle to the at least one of the vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for controlling a vehicle consist, the system comprising:
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a control coordination system configured to be operatively coupled in a first vehicle of a vehicle consist and further configured to communicate with data transmitter modules disposed in different vehicles of the consist; wherein the control coordination system is configured to; receive operations data related to one or more vehicles of the consist from the data transmitter modules; form command data based on the operations data and on location data related to where the operations data was acquired; and communicate the command data to one or more of the vehicles in the consist to control operations of the vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer readable storage medium for a system that controls a vehicle consist and that includes a processor, the computer readable storage medium including one or more sets of instructions that direct the processor to:
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receive operations data related to one or more vehicles of the consist at a first vehicle of the consist, the operations data acquired at one or more of plural different locations in the consist; form command data that directs at least one of the vehicles in the consist to modify operations based on the operations data and on location data of the one or more different locations where the operations data was acquired; and communicate the command data to the at least one of the vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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