Vehicle network monitoring system
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsAndrew Staats, Stuart Barr
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Abstract
Reports of traction-altering events between vehicle systems and surfaces of routes being traveled upon by the vehicle systems are received, and one or more areas of interest associated with increased likelihood of one or more additional traction-altering events are identified based on the reports that are received. Signals are communicated to one or more other vehicle systems to one or more of warn the one or more other vehicle systems of the traction-altering events or control movement of the one or more other vehicle systems to avoid the one or more additional traction-altering events.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving reports of traction-altering events between first vehicle systems and surfaces of routes being traveled upon by the first vehicle systems;
- identifying first drivers of the first vehicle systems during the traction-altering events that are received;
- identifying one or more areas of interest associated with increased likelihood of one or more additional traction-altering events based on the reports that are received;
- communicating first signals to second vehicle systems to one or more of warn the second vehicle systems of the traction-altering events or control movement of the second vehicle systems to avoid the one or more additional traction-altering events;
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- communicating second signals to the first vehicle systems or third vehicle systems being controlled by the first drivers, the second signals limiting increases in torque applied to wheels of the first vehicle systems or the third vehicle systems while driven by the first drivers that are identified from the traction-altering events.
A system comprising:
- a controller configured to receive reports of traction-altering events between first vehicle systems and surfaces of routes being traveled upon by the first vehicle systems, the controller configured to identify one or more areas of interest associated with increased likelihood of one or more additional traction-altering events based on the reports that are received, the controller configured to identify first drivers of the first vehicle systems during the traction-altering events, the controller configured to communicate first signals to second vehicle systems controlled by second drivers to one or more of warn the second vehicle systems of the traction-altering events or control movement of the second vehicle systems to avoid the one or more additional traction-altering events, the controller configured to communicate second signals to the first vehicle systems or to third vehicle systems to restrict increases in torque applied to wheels of the first vehicle systems or the third vehicle systems while driven by the first drivers that are identified from the traction-altering events.
A method comprising:
- receiving reports of traction-altering events between vehicle systems and surfaces of routes being traveled upon by the vehicle systems;
- determining whether more of the traction-altering events are reported from the vehicle systems controlled by first drivers than the vehicle systems controlled by second drivers;
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- communicating signals to the vehicle systems that are controlled by the first drivers and not to the vehicle systems controlled by the second drivers, responsive to a determination that more of the traction-altering events are reported from the vehicle systems controlled by first drivers than the vehicle systems controlled by second drivers, the signals communicated to control movement of the vehicle systems controlled by the first drivers to avoid one or more additional traction-altering events.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.