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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A VEHICLE

  • US 20150134147A1
  • Filed: 01/22/2015
  • Published: 05/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for remotely controlling a plurality of vehicles, said method comprising:

  • receiving at an external control system, under an indexing mode of operation, a first signal from off-board vehicle indexing equipment;

    in response to the first signal, establishing in the external control system a positioning mode of operation; and

    ,under the positioning mode of operation, and in response to actuation of an interface of the external control system, sending from the external control system a second signal to a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, the second signal comprising a first command to adjust a throttle setting of first vehicle and a second command to idle a throttle of at least one second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles.

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