SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING MALFUNCTIONS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an alarm state from one or more inspection systems that inspects one or more components of a vehicle system, the alarm state indicating at least one of a type of alarm, a severity of the alarm, or a location of a defect causing the alarm;
identifying one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system, the operational parameters representing at least one of a current location of the vehicle system, a current terrain over which the vehicle system is currently travelling, an upcoming terrain that the vehicle system is travelling toward, a current moving speed of the vehicle system, a position of one or more controls of the vehicle system, a state of a brake of the vehicle system, or an identification of one or more vehicle units in the vehicle system;
selecting with one or more computer processors, a selected mitigating action to implement, the selected mitigating action selected from plural different mitigating actions based on the alarm state and the one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system; and
implementing with the one or more computer processors, the mitigating action in response to the alarm state.
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Abstract
A method comprises receiving an alarm state from one or more inspection systems that inspects one or more components of a vehicle system. The method then identifies operational parameters of the vehicle system. The operational parameters represent at least one of a current location of the vehicle system, a current terrain over which the vehicle system is currently travelling, an upcoming terrain that the vehicle system is travelling toward, a current moving speed of the vehicle system, a position of one or more controls of the vehicle system, a state of a brake of the vehicle system or an identification of one or more vehicle units in the vehicle system. The method then selects and implements a mitigating action to implement from plural different mitigating actions based on the alarm state and the one or more parameters of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an alarm state from one or more inspection systems that inspects one or more components of a vehicle system, the alarm state indicating at least one of a type of alarm, a severity of the alarm, or a location of a defect causing the alarm; identifying one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system, the operational parameters representing at least one of a current location of the vehicle system, a current terrain over which the vehicle system is currently travelling, an upcoming terrain that the vehicle system is travelling toward, a current moving speed of the vehicle system, a position of one or more controls of the vehicle system, a state of a brake of the vehicle system, or an identification of one or more vehicle units in the vehicle system; selecting with one or more computer processors, a selected mitigating action to implement, the selected mitigating action selected from plural different mitigating actions based on the alarm state and the one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system; and implementing with the one or more computer processors, the mitigating action in response to the alarm state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a vehicle system having an inspection system configured to inspect one or more components of the vehicle system to generate an alarm state based on characteristics of the one or more components; a guidance controller configured to identify one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system, the operational parameters representing at least one of a current location of the vehicle system, a current terrain over which the vehicle system is currently travelling, an upcoming terrain that the vehicle system is travelling toward, a current moving speed of the vehicle system, a position of one or more controls of the vehicle system, a state of a brake of the vehicle system, or an identification of one or more vehicle units in the vehicle system; and an action manager communicably coupled to the inspection system and the guidance controller, the action manager configured to select one or more mitigating actions to implement selected from plural different mitigating actions based on the alarm state and the one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system, the action manager also configured to implement the mitigating action in response to the alarm state. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a vehicle system having an inspection system configured to inspect one or more components of the vehicle system to generate an alarm state based on characteristics of the one or more components; a guidance controller configured to identify one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system, the operational parameters representing at least one of a current location of the vehicle system, a current terrain over which the vehicle system is currently travelling, an upcoming terrain that the vehicle system is travelling toward, a current moving speed of the vehicle system, a position of one or more controls of the vehicle system, a state of a brake of the vehicle system, or an identification of one or more vehicle units in the vehicles system; and an action manager communicably coupled to the inspection system and the guidance controller, the action manager configured to implement one or more mitigating actions selected from plural different mitigating actions, each of the plural different mitigating actions having an associated quantifiable risk assessment index based on the alarm state and the one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system, the action manager configured to select the one or more mitigating actions to implement based on the risk assessment indices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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