SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING WHEN A VEHICLE ENTERS A VEHICLE YARD
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a control unit configured to be disposed on-board a first vehicle that moves along a route of a transportation network having a vehicle yard, the control unit configured to receive from off-board the first vehicle an updated time of entry into the vehicle yard for the first vehicle; and
wherein the control unit is configured to change a speed of the first vehicle in response to the updated time of entry.
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Abstract
A system includes a control unit that is configured to be disposed on-board a first vehicle that moves along a route of a transportation network having a vehicle yard. The control unit also is configured to receive, from off-board the first vehicle, an updated time of entry into the vehicle yard for the approaching vehicle and to change a speed of the first vehicle in response to the updated time of entry. A method includes receiving an updated time of entry into a vehicle yard at a first vehicle that is moving along a route of a transportation network that includes the vehicle yard and changing a speed of the first vehicle in response to the updated time of entry. The updated time is received from off-board the first vehicle.
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39 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a control unit configured to be disposed on-board a first vehicle that moves along a route of a transportation network having a vehicle yard, the control unit configured to receive from off-board the first vehicle an updated time of entry into the vehicle yard for the first vehicle; and wherein the control unit is configured to change a speed of the first vehicle in response to the updated time of entry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving an updated time of entry into a vehicle yard at a first vehicle that is moving along a route of a transportation network that includes the vehicle yard, wherein the updated time is received from off-board the first vehicle; and changing a speed of the first vehicle in response to the updated time of entry. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a monitoring module configured to track a capacity of a vehicle yard in a transportation network to receive vehicles for layover in the vehicle yard over time; and a scheduling module configured to determine an updated time of entry for a first vehicle to enter the vehicle yard based on the capacity of the vehicle yard at the updated time of entry, wherein the scheduling module is configured to communicate the updated time of entry to the first vehicle so that the first vehicle can change speed as the first vehicle moves toward the vehicle yard. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method comprising:
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tracking a capacity of a vehicle yard to receive vehicles over time; determining an updated time of entry for a first vehicle to enter the vehicle yard based on the capacity of the vehicle yard at the updated time of entry; and communicating the updated time of entry to the first vehicle so that the first vehicle can change speed as the first vehicle moves toward the vehicle yard. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system comprising:
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a monitoring module configured to track a capacity of a vehicle yard to receive plural vehicles for layover in the vehicle yard over time, wherein the vehicle yard is part of a transportation network having plural routes over which the plural vehicles may travel, and wherein the monitoring module is further configured to monitor movement of a first vehicle and at least one second vehicle of the plural vehicles in the transportation network; and a scheduling module configured to determine an updated time of entry for the first vehicle to enter the vehicle yard based on the capacity of the vehicle yard at the updated time of entry, and wherein the scheduling module is further configured to designate one or more scheduled waypoints between a current location of the first vehicle and the vehicle yard based on the updated time of entry and the movement of the first and second vehicles, each of the one or more scheduled waypoints being defined by a location of the waypoint and a scheduled time of arrival of the first vehicle at the waypoint, and wherein the one or more scheduled waypoints are designated such that movement of the first vehicle to arrive at the one or more scheduled waypoints as scheduled and enter the vehicle yard at the updated time of entry meets one or more criteria in regards to movement of the at least one second vehicle; wherein the scheduling module is configured to communicate the updated time of entry and the one or more scheduled waypoints to the first vehicle for the first vehicle to change its speed to meet the scheduled waypoints and updated time of entry.
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