Systems and methods for handling malfunctions
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an alarm state from one or more sensors that inspect 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, wherein, for a common alarm state, a first mitigating action is selected from among the plural different mitigating actions responsive to the one or more operational parameters indicating that the vehicle system is travelling toward or over a first grade and a different, second mitigating action is selected from among the plural different mitigating actions responsive to the one or more operational parameters indicating that the vehicle system is travelling over or toward a different, second grade; 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 sensors that inspect 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, wherein, for a common alarm state, a first mitigating action is selected from among the plural different mitigating actions responsive to the one or more operational parameters indicating that the vehicle system is travelling toward or over a first grade and a different, second mitigating action is selected from among the plural different mitigating actions responsive to the one or more operational parameters indicating that the vehicle system is travelling over or toward a different, second grade; 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)
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8. A system comprising:
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a guidance controller configured to identify one or more operational parameters of a 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 one or more processors communicably coupled to one or more sensors of the vehicle system and coupled to the guidance controller, the one or more processors configured to select one or more mitigating actions to implement selected from plural different mitigating actions based on an alarm state generated by the one or more sensors based on characteristics of one or more components of the vehicle system and based on the one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system, the one or more processors also configured to implement the mitigating action in response to the alarm state, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to select a first mitigating action from among the plural different mitigating actions responsive to the one or more operational parameters indicating that the vehicle system is traveling toward a first grade, and to select a second mitigating action that is different from the first mitigating action from among the plural different mitigating actions responsive to the one or more operational parameters indicate that the vehicle system is travelling over or toward a second grade. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a guidance controller configured to identify one or more operational parameters of a vehicle system having one or more sensors configured to inspect one or more components of the vehicle system to generate an alarm state based on one or more characteristics of the one or more components, 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 one or more processors configured to be communicably coupled with the one or more sensors and the guidance controller, the one or more processors 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 one or more processors configured to select the one or more mitigating actions to implement based on the risk assessment indices, wherein the selected mitigating action includes changing a route being travelled on by the vehicle system from a first route to a second route, the first route headed toward an area that is more congested with at least one of other vehicle systems or buildings than the second route. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving an alarm state from one or more sensors that inspect 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, wherein the selected mitigating action includes changing a route being travelled on by the vehicle system from a first route to a second route, the first route headed toward an area that is more congested with at least one of other vehicle systems or buildings than the second route; and implementing, with the one or more computer processors, the mitigating action in response to the alarm state.
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20. A system comprising:
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a guidance controller configured to identify one or more operational parameters of a 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 one or more processors communicably coupled to one or more sensors of the vehicle system and coupled to the guidance controller, the one or more processors configured to select one or more mitigating actions to implement selected from plural different mitigating actions based on an alarm state generated by the one or more sensors based on characteristics of one or more components of the vehicle system and based on the one or more operational parameters of the vehicle system, the one or more processors also configured to implement the mitigating action in response to the alarm state, wherein the selected mitigating action includes changing a route being travelled on by the vehicle system from a first route to a second route, the first route headed toward an area that is more congested with at least one of other vehicle systems or buildings than the second route.
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