REAL-TIME VEHICLE SPACING CONTROL
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving location information for a plurality of vehicles along a route;
determining, with a controller, a relative distance between a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and at least a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles as a function of the received location information; and
generating an action signal for at least one of the plurality of vehicles located on the route, wherein the action signal is in response to the determined relative distance.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a system detects when vehicle bunching is about to occur or is already occurring within a given transit system. The system resolves the bunching using an event and tone based system which regulates the arrival and departure times of vehicles at vehicle stops. Also, an embodiment includes a method for receiving location information for a plurality of vehicles along a route, determining a relative distance between a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and at least a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles as a function of the received location information, and generating an action signal for at least one of the plurality of vehicles located on the route, wherein the action signal is in response to the determined relative distance.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving location information for a plurality of vehicles along a route; determining, with a controller, a relative distance between a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and at least a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles as a function of the received location information; and generating an action signal for at least one of the plurality of vehicles located on the route, wherein the action signal is in response to the determined relative distance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that when executed are operable to:
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receive current locations of a plurality of mobile devices currently on a route; determine a relative distance between a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices and at least a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices as a function of the received current locations; and generate an action signal for operation of a at least one vehicle associated with one of the plurality of mobile devices based on the determined relative distance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store data representing a plurality of locations comprising a transit route, and data representing the current locations of a plurality of vehicles currently traveling along the transit route; and a controller configured to determine a relative distance between a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, and generate an action signal for operation of at least one of the plurality of vehicles based on the determined relative distance. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a communications interface configured to receive data indicative of a calculated relative distance between a first vehicle of a plurality of vehicles traveling along a route and at least a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles traveling along the route; position circuitry configured to determine the current location of the apparatus; a controller configured to generate an action signal for operation of the first vehicle or the second vehicle based on the calculated relative distance and the current location; and an output interface configured to present the action signal for the operation of the first vehicle or the second vehicle.
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