SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING A VEHICLE ROUTE USING A ROUTE NETWORK DATABASE
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1. A system comprising:
- an input mechanism configured to be disposed onboard a powered vehicle and for receiving, from an off-board system disposed off of the vehicle, at least one of a designated location for the vehicle to travel toward in a route network or a designated route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location; and
a controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle and to receive the at least one of the designated location or the designated route from the input mechanism, the controller including a memory that is configured to store routing rules that restrict travel of the vehicle on one or more route segments of the route network,wherein the controller is configured to generate an alternate route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location when actual travel of the vehicle deviates from the designated route, the alternate route being based on the routing rules and generated by the controller as the vehicle moves in the route network.
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Abstract
A system and method for predicting a route to be authorized by a dispatcher for a vehicle to travel on a route network comprises a computer system that has a database having stored data relative to interconnecting route segments that make up the route network. Data relative to the origination location and the destination location is input into the computer system. The processor accesses the database and generates a predicted route with an origination location and destination location.
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1. A system comprising:
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an input mechanism configured to be disposed onboard a powered vehicle and for receiving, from an off-board system disposed off of the vehicle, at least one of a designated location for the vehicle to travel toward in a route network or a designated route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location; and a controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle and to receive the at least one of the designated location or the designated route from the input mechanism, the controller including a memory that is configured to store routing rules that restrict travel of the vehicle on one or more route segments of the route network, wherein the controller is configured to generate an alternate route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location when actual travel of the vehicle deviates from the designated route, the alternate route being based on the routing rules and generated by the controller as the vehicle moves in the route network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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an input mechanism configured to be disposed onboard a powered vehicle and for receiving, from an off-board system disposed off of the vehicle, at least one of a designated location for the vehicle to travel toward in a route network or a designated route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location; and a controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle and to receive the at least one of the designated location or the designated route from the input mechanism, the controller including a memory that is configured to store routing rules that restrict travel of the vehicle on one or more route segments of the route network, wherein the controller is configured to generate an alternate route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location when actual travel of the vehicle deviates from the designated route, the alternate route being based on the routing rules and generated by the controller as the vehicle moves in the route network, and, wherein the controller is configured to provide one or more recommended speeds or throttle positions for the vehicle when following the alternate route in order to reduce at least one of fuel consumed, emissions generated, or travel time of the vehicle toward the designated location relative to traveling toward the designated location according to other recommended speeds or throttle positions. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method comprising:
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obtaining a designated route for a powered vehicle to travel in a route network toward a designated location and routing rules that provide restrictions on travel by the vehicle over one or more route segments in the route network, the designated route being received from an off-board system or generated based on the designated location that is received from the off-board system; monitoring actual travel of the vehicle in the route network; and generating an alternate route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location when the actual travel of the vehicle deviates from the designated route, the alternate route generated onboard the vehicle and based on the routing rules as the vehicle moves in the route network. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system comprising:
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a controller configured to be disposed onboard a powered vehicle and to access routing rules that restrict travel of the vehicle on one or more route segments of a route network, the controller configured to obtain a designated route for the vehicle to travel along toward a designated location, wherein the controller is configured to generate an alternate route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location when actual travel of the vehicle deviates from the designated route, the alternate route being based on the routing rules and generated by the controller as the vehicle moves in the route network, and wherein the controller is configured to communicate the alternate route to an off-board system that controls switches in the route network so that the off-board system can actuate the switches to direct travel of the vehicle in the route network along the alternate route. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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