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, a designated location for the vehicle to travel toward in a route network; and
a controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle and to receive the designated location 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 a predicted vehicle route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location based on the designated location received from the input mechanism, the controller also configured to send the predicted vehicle route to a dispatcher disposed off-board the vehicle for acceptance or rejection by the dispatcher, the controller further configured to receive, from the dispatcher, a first authorized route that is same as the predicted vehicle route when the dispatcher accepts the predicted vehicle route or receive, from the dispatcher, a second authorized route that is different from the predicted vehicle route when the dispatcher rejects the predicted route, the controller also 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 first authorized route or the second authorized 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, a designated location for the vehicle to travel toward in a route network; and a controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle and to receive the designated location 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 a predicted vehicle route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location based on the designated location received from the input mechanism, the controller also configured to send the predicted vehicle route to a dispatcher disposed off-board the vehicle for acceptance or rejection by the dispatcher, the controller further configured to receive, from the dispatcher, a first authorized route that is same as the predicted vehicle route when the dispatcher accepts the predicted vehicle route or receive, from the dispatcher, a second authorized route that is different from the predicted vehicle route when the dispatcher rejects the predicted route, the controller also 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 first authorized route or the second authorized 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 method comprising:
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obtaining a designated location for a powered vehicle to travel toward in a route network and routing rules that provide restrictions on travel by the vehicle over one or more route segments in the route network, the designated location being received from an off-board system; generating a predicted route for the vehicle to travel along toward the designated location based on the designated location, the predicted route generated onboard the vehicle; sending the predicted route to a dispatcher disposed off-board of the vehicle for acceptance or rejection by the dispatcher; receiving, from the dispatcher, a first authorized route that is same as the predicted vehicle route when the dispatcher accepts the predicted vehicle route or a second authorized route that is different from the predicted vehicle route when the dispatcher rejects the predicted route; monitoring actual travel of the vehicle in the route network along the first authorized route or the second authorized route; 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 first authorized route or the second authorized 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 (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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