TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- forming a first schedule for a first vehicle to travel in a transportation network, the first schedule including a first arrival time of the first vehicle at a scheduled location;
receiving a first trip plan for the first vehicle from an energy management system, the first trip plan based on the first schedule and designating at least one of tractive efforts or braking efforts to be provided by the first vehicle to reduce at least one of an amount of energy consumed by the first vehicle or an amount of emissions generated by the first vehicle when the first vehicle travels through the transportation network to the scheduled location; and
determining whether to modify the first schedule to avoid interfering with movement of one or more other vehicles by examining the trip plan for the first vehicle.
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Abstract
A method includes forming a first schedule for a first vehicle to travel in a transportation network. The first schedule includes a first arrival time of the first vehicle at a scheduled location. The method also includes receiving a first trip plan for the first vehicle from an energy management system. The first trip plan is based on the first schedule and designates at least one of tractive efforts or braking efforts to be provided by the first vehicle to reduce at least one of an amount of energy consumed by the first vehicle or an amount of emissions generated by the first vehicle when the first vehicle travels through the transportation network to the scheduled location. The method further includes determining whether to modify the first schedule to avoid interfering with movement of one or more other vehicles by examining the trip plan for the first vehicle.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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forming a first schedule for a first vehicle to travel in a transportation network, the first schedule including a first arrival time of the first vehicle at a scheduled location; receiving a first trip plan for the first vehicle from an energy management system, the first trip plan based on the first schedule and designating at least one of tractive efforts or braking efforts to be provided by the first vehicle to reduce at least one of an amount of energy consumed by the first vehicle or an amount of emissions generated by the first vehicle when the first vehicle travels through the transportation network to the scheduled location; and determining whether to modify the first schedule to avoid interfering with movement of one or more other vehicles by examining the trip plan for the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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transmitting plural respective first schedules to plural vehicles in a transportation network; receiving plural respective initial trip plans from the plural vehicles responsive to the first schedules; and transmitting plural respective modified schedules of the first schedules to the vehicles, for the vehicles to generate modified trip plans for controlling the vehicles, if control of the vehicles according to the initial trip plans would result in interference with vehicle movement in the transportation network.
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9. A system comprising:
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a scheduling unit configured to form a first schedule for a first vehicle to travel in a transportation network, the first schedule including a first arrival time of the first vehicle at a scheduled location; and a communication unit configured to receive a first trip plan for the first vehicle from an energy management system, the first trip plan based on the first schedule and designating at least one of tractive efforts or braking efforts to be provided by the first vehicle to reduce at least one of an amount of energy consumed by the first vehicle or an amount of emissions generated by the first vehicle when the first vehicle travels through the transportation network to the scheduled location; wherein the scheduling unit is configured to determine whether to modify the first schedule to avoid interfering with movement of one or more other vehicles by examining the trip plan for the first vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving a first schedule for a first vehicle to travel in a transportation network from a scheduling system, the first schedule including a first arrival time of the first vehicle at a scheduled location; forming a first trip plan for the first vehicle based on the first schedule, the trip plan designating at least one of tractive efforts or braking efforts to be provided by the first vehicle to reduce at least one of an amount of energy consumed by the first vehicle or an amount of emissions generated by the first vehicle when the first vehicle travels through the transportation network to the scheduled location; and communicating the first trip plan to the scheduling system so that the scheduling system can examine the first trip plan and determine whether to modify the first schedule based on the first trip plan. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a communication unit configured to receive a first schedule for a first vehicle to travel in a transportation network from a scheduling system, the first schedule including a first arrival time of the first vehicle at a scheduled location; and an energy management unit configured to form a first trip plan for the first vehicle based on the first schedule, the trip plan designating at least one of tractive efforts or braking efforts to be provided by the first vehicle to reduce at least one of an amount of energy consumed by the first vehicle or an amount of emissions generated by the first vehicle when the first vehicle travels through the transportation network to the scheduled location; wherein the communication unit is configured to communicate the first trip plan to the scheduling system so that the scheduling system can examine the first trip plan and determine whether to modify the first schedule based on the first trip plan. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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