System to determine clearance of an obstacle for a vehicle system
AssigneeWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
InventorGary A. Tubergen
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Abstract
A system includes one or more processors configured to identify first location data corresponding to a first location of a first vehicle of a vehicle system when the first vehicle passes a reference object and identify second location data corresponding to a second location of a second vehicle of the vehicle system. The one or more processors are further configured to determine whether the first location and the second location are within a predetermined distance of each other and in response to determining that the first and second locations are within the predetermined distance of each other, and generate a signal related to a condition that the first location and the second location are within the predetermined distance.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to
- identify first location data corresponding to a first location of a first vehicle of a vehicle system when the first vehicle passes a reference object;
- identify second location data corresponding to a second location of a second vehicle of the vehicle system;
- determine whether the first location and the second location are within a predetermined distance of each other;
- and
- in response to determining that the first and second locations are within the predetermined distance of each other, generate a signal related to a condition that the first location and the second location are within the predetermined distance.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to
- identify a first location of a first vehicle moving through an intersection that includes a reference object as the first vehicle moves proximate the reference object in a direction from the intersection toward the marker;
- identify a second location of a second vehicle interconnected with the first vehicle during movement proximate the reference object in the direction from the intersection toward the reference object;
- repeat identifying of the second location until the second location is within a predetermined distance of the first location;
- and
- generate a signal indicating that the second location is within the predetermined distance of the first location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.