System and method for vehicle communication, vehicle control, and/or route inspection
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a fault determination module configured for deployment in a first vehicle in a vehicle consist and further configured to determine that a first electronic component in the first vehicle is in a failure state of the first electronic component, wherein in the failure state the first electronic component is unable to perform a first designated function using first data;
a data transmitter module configured to transmit the first data from the first vehicle to a second vehicle in the vehicle consist in response to the fault determination module determining that the first electronic component is in the failure state, for a second electronic component in the second vehicle to perform the first designated function using the first data when the first electronic component is unable to perform the first designated function using the first data, the first vehicle linked with the second vehicle by a communication channel;
a data receiver module configured for deployment in the first vehicle and further configured to receive second data from at least one of the second vehicle or a third vehicle in the vehicle consist; and
a data processor module configured to be operably connected to the data receiver module and to perform a second designated function, using the second data, of a third electronic component of said at least one of the second vehicle or the third vehicle when the third electronic component is in a failure state of the third electronic component and unable to perform the second designated function using the second data.
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Abstract
In a system and method for communicating data in a locomotive consist or other vehicle consist (comprising at least first and second linked vehicles), a first electronic component in the first vehicle of the vehicle consist is monitored to determine if the component is in (or enters) a failure state. In the failure state, the first electronic component is unable to perform a designated function. Upon determining the failure state, data is transmitted from the first vehicle to a second electronic component on the second vehicle, over a communication channel linking the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The second electronic component is operated based on the transmitted data, with the second electronic component performing the designated function that the first electronic component is unable to perform.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a fault determination module configured for deployment in a first vehicle in a vehicle consist and further configured to determine that a first electronic component in the first vehicle is in a failure state of the first electronic component, wherein in the failure state the first electronic component is unable to perform a first designated function using first data; a data transmitter module configured to transmit the first data from the first vehicle to a second vehicle in the vehicle consist in response to the fault determination module determining that the first electronic component is in the failure state, for a second electronic component in the second vehicle to perform the first designated function using the first data when the first electronic component is unable to perform the first designated function using the first data, the first vehicle linked with the second vehicle by a communication channel; a data receiver module configured for deployment in the first vehicle and further configured to receive second data from at least one of the second vehicle or a third vehicle in the vehicle consist; and a data processor module configured to be operably connected to the data receiver module and to perform a second designated function, using the second data, of a third electronic component of said at least one of the second vehicle or the third vehicle when the third electronic component is in a failure state of the third electronic component and unable to perform the second designated function using the second data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a control coordination system configured for deployment in a first vehicle in a vehicle consist and configured to be directly or indirectly interfaced with at least one first electronic component in the first vehicle; wherein the control coordination system is configured to monitor the at least one first electronic component for determining if the at least one first electronic component has entered a failure state, wherein in the failure state the at least one first electronic component is unable to perform a function using first data; wherein the control coordination system is further configured, upon determining that the at least one first electronic component has entered the failure state, to identify a similar, second electronic component in a second vehicle of the vehicle consist, the second vehicle being linked with the first vehicle by a communication channel; and wherein the control coordination system is further configured to control transmission of the first data from the first vehicle to the second electronic component in the second vehicle for the second electronic component to perform the function using the first data that the first electronic component is unable to perform due to being in the failure state. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a fault determination module configured for deployment in a first vehicle in a vehicle consist and further configured to determine that a first electronic component in the first vehicle is in a failure state, wherein in the failure state the first electronic component is unable to perform a function of the first electronic component using first data related to the first vehicle; a first data transceiver module configured to transmit the first data from the first vehicle to a second vehicle in the vehicle consist in response to the fault determination module determining that the first electronic component is in the failure state, the first vehicle configured to be linked with the second vehicle by a communication channel; a second data transceiver module configured for deployment in the second vehicle in the vehicle consist and further configured to receive the first data from the first vehicle over the communication channel; and a second electronic component configured to be operably connected to the second data transceiver module and to process the first data according to the function of the first electronic component of the first vehicle when the first electronic component is unable to perform the function using the first data. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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