Vehicle handling system and method
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsScott Alan Schoenly, Patricia Sue Lacy, Matthew Ensley
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Abstract
A method and system include a vehicle control system including a multi-vehicle system. The system includes a controller. The controller determines a slack condition of a multi-vehicle system while the multi-vehicle system is parked. The controller determines the slack condition based on one or more sensor signals received from at least one sensor, the controller configured to control movement of the multi-vehicle system based on the slack condition that is determined while transitioning from being parked to forward motion.
Claims20
A vehicle control system comprising:
- a controller configured to determine a slack condition of a multi-vehicle system that is in a stationary state and located on a grade, the controller further configured to determine the slack condition based on one or more sensor signals received from at least one sensor, and the controller further configured to control initial movement of the multi-vehicle system from the stationary state based on the slack condition that is determined and based on the grade.
A method comprising:
- determining a current slack state of a vehicle system formed from plural vehicles, the vehicle system in a stationary state and located on a grade;
- and responsive to the current slack state indicating one or more groups of the vehicles are bunched together or stretched apart relative to a designated separation distance, individually controlling one or more of brake systems or propulsion systems of the vehicles to change the current slack state of the vehicle system to a designated slack state when the vehicle system initially moves from the stationary state.
A vehicle control system comprising:
- a controller configured to determine a current slack state of a vehicle system that is in a stationary state and located on a grade, the vehicle system formed from plural vehicles, wherein, responsive to the current slack state indicating one or more groups of the vehicles are bunched together or stretched apart, the controller is configured to individually control one or more of brake systems or propulsion systems of the vehicles to change the current slack state of the vehicle system to a designated slack state while the vehicle system initially moves from the stationary state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.