SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING WHEN A VEHICLE ENTERS A VEHICLE YARD
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- responsive to a determination that a first vehicle system to be received in a vehicle yard is longer than a length of a receiving route of the vehicle yard that is designated for receiving the first vehicle system, processing a first movement plan to generate a revised movement plan, wherein the first movement plan governs movement of the first vehicle system and one or more second vehicle systems in a transportation network that includes the vehicle yard, and wherein the revised movement plan is generated based at least in part on a designated time restriction for the first vehicle system to travel to and be received within the vehicle yard on the receiving route; and
controlling at least one of the first vehicle system or at least one of the one or more second vehicle systems based on the revised movement plan.
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Abstract
A method includes, responsive to a determination that a first vehicle system to be received in a vehicle yard is longer than a length of a receiving route of the vehicle yard that is designated for receiving the first vehicle system, processing a first movement plan to generate a revised movement plan. The first movement plan governs movement of the first vehicle system and one or more second vehicle systems in a transportation network that includes the vehicle yard. The revised movement plan is generated based at least in part on a designated time restriction for the first vehicle system to travel to and be received within the vehicle yard on the receiving route. The method also includes controlling at least one of the first vehicle system or at least one of the one or more second vehicle systems based on the revised movement plan.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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responsive to a determination that a first vehicle system to be received in a vehicle yard is longer than a length of a receiving route of the vehicle yard that is designated for receiving the first vehicle system, processing a first movement plan to generate a revised movement plan, wherein the first movement plan governs movement of the first vehicle system and one or more second vehicle systems in a transportation network that includes the vehicle yard, and wherein the revised movement plan is generated based at least in part on a designated time restriction for the first vehicle system to travel to and be received within the vehicle yard on the receiving route; and controlling at least one of the first vehicle system or at least one of the one or more second vehicle systems based on the revised movement plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a monitoring module configured to determine when a length of a first vehicle system is longer than a length of a receiving route of the vehicle yard that is designated for receiving the first vehicle system; and a scheduling module configured to process a first movement plan to generate a revised movement plan in response to the monitoring module determining that the length of the first vehicle system is longer than the length of the receiving route, wherein the first movement plan governs movement of the first vehicle system and one or more second vehicle systems in a transportation network that includes the vehicle yard, and wherein the scheduling module is configured to generate the revised movement plan based at least in part on a designated time restriction for the first vehicle system to travel to and be received within the vehicle yard on the receiving route. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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determining if a length of a vehicle system that includes one or more vehicles interconnected with each other exceeds a space limitation of a vehicle yard that is scheduled to receive the vehicle system; calculating a travel time for the vehicle system to travel from at least one of a current location or an initial location to the vehicle yard, for the vehicle system to be separated into plural separate vehicle subsystems, and for the separate vehicle subsystems to be received into the vehicle yard; and responsive to determining when the travel time exceeds a designated working time restriction on how long one or more operators of the vehicle system can work on the vehicle system before being replaced by one or more other operators, modifying a schedule of the vehicle system such that the vehicle system arrives at the vehicle yard at least a designated time period before expiration of the designated working time restriction after the vehicle system begins traveling toward the vehicle yard. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification