Equipment control system
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsChristopher Lucke, Jeffrey Hritz, Ajith Kuttannair Kumar
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Abstract
A system and method monitor operation of a compressor, determine whether the operation of the compressor is outside of a designated range of values, and, responsive to determining that the operation of the compressor is outside of the designated range of values, one or more of (a) prevent communication of a signal to a system controller that controls operation of the compressor, (b) direct a gas from a reservoir to a pressure sensor used by the system controller to determine a gas pressure generated by the compressor, and/or (c) communicate the signal to the system controller that controls operation of the compressor.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- monitoring operation of a compressor;
- determining whether the operation of the compressor is outside of a designated range of values;
- and
- responsive to determining that the operation of the compressor is outside of the designated range of values,
- preventing communication of a signal to a system controller that controls operation of the compressor, and
- directing a gas from a reservoir to a pressure sensor used by the system controller to determine a gas pressure generated by the compressor.
A system comprising:
- an equipment controller configured to monitor monitoring operation of a compressor, the equipment controller configured to determine whether the operation of the compressor is outside of a designated range of values,
- the equipment controller configured to (a) prevent communication of a signal from the compressor to a system controller that controls operation of the compressor, and (b) direct a gas from a reservoir to a pressure sensor used by the system controller to determine a gas pressure generated by the compressor responsive to determining that the operation of the compressor is outside of the designated range of values.
A system comprising:
- a compressor configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle and to operate to increase a gas pressure in one or more conduits of the vehicle;
- a system controller configured to control operation of the compressor;
- and
- an equipment controller configured to monitor monitoring operation of the compressor, the equipment controller configured to determine whether the operation of the compressor is outside of a designated range of values,
- the equipment controller configured to (a) prevent communication of a signal from the compressor to the system controller that controls operation of the compressor, and (b) direct a gas from a reservoir to a pressure sensor used by the system controller to determine a gas pressure generated by the compressor responsive to determining that the operation of the compressor is outside of the designated range of values.
A method, comprising:
- determining a range of designated values for operation of a compressor using machine learning;
- determining whether a monitored or sensed designated value of the operation of the compressor is within the range of designated values;
- and
- responsive to determining that at least one of the monitored or sensed designated values is outside of the one or more designated range,
- preventing communication of a signal from the compressor to a system controller that controls operation of the compressor;
- directing a gas from a reservoir to a pressure sensor used by the system controller to determine a gas pressure generated by the compressor;
- and one or both of:
- shutting down the compressor;
- or
- switching the compressor to an unloaded state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.