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Energy management system and method for vehicle systems

  • US 9,376,971 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2015
  • Issued: 06/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • controlling a vehicle to travel along a route according to a trip plan that designates first operational settings of the vehicle as a function of one or more of time or distance along the route as the vehicle moves along the route;

    receiving plural requests to revise the trip plan as the vehicle moves along the route;

    classifying individual requests based on a determined necessity of the requests;

    determining a hierarchical order of the requests based on the determined necessity of the requests;

    revising the trip plan according to one or more of the requests based on the hierarchical order;

    comparing parameters of the requests that are received to identify a first optional request that corresponds to a first mandatory request;

    combining the first optional request and the first mandatory request into a combined request; and

    revising the first operational settings of the trip plan according to the combined request.

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