Railroad path optimization
AssigneeAdvanced Rail Systems, LLC
InventorsJohn Michael Minor, Gustavo Vargas
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Abstract
The invention provides railroad path optimization method. The method determines whether at least one switch machine from a plurality of switch machines is occupied in the at least one route and detects at least one unavailable route if the at least one switch machine is occupied. Further, the method identifies at least one desired route and at least one available route associated with an origin point and at least one desired route and at least one available route associated with a destination point to identify at least one available route for the destination point. Based on the identified available route, the method predicts the at least one optimal route and ranks the at least one predicted optimal route to enable selection of a final optimal route for travel.
Claims8
A method for finding an optimal route for a rail in a railroad track system, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to find at least one optimal route from a plurality of routes in the railroad track system;
- identifying at least one route from the plurality of routes to travel;
- determining whether at least one switch machine from a plurality of switch machines is occupied in the at least one route;
- detecting at least one unavailable route from the plurality of routes upon determining that the at least one switch machine from the plurality of switch machines is occupied;
- identifying at least one desired route and at least one available route associated with an origin point and at least one desired route and at least one available route associated with a destination point;
- identifying at least one available route from the plurality of routes for the destination point based on the at least one desired route and the at least one available route associated with the origin point and the at least one desired route and the at least one available route associated with the destination point;
- predicting the at least one optimal route from the plurality of routes based on the at least one identified available route from the plurality of routes for the destination point;
- and
- ranking the at least one predicted optimal route from the plurality of routes to enable selection of a final optimal route for travel.
A railroad computing device for finding an optimal route for a rail in a railroad track system, wherein the railroad computing device is configured to:
- receive a request to find at least one optimal route from a plurality of routes in the railroad track system;
- identify at least one route from the plurality of routes to travel;
- determine whether at least one switch machine from a plurality of switch machines is occupied in the at least one route;
- detect at least one unavailable route from the plurality of routes upon determining that the at least one switch machine from the plurality of switch machines is occupied;
- identify at least one desired route and at least one available route associated with an origin point and at least one desired route and at least one available route associated with a destination point;
- identify at least one available route from the plurality of routes for the destination point based on the at least one desired route and the at least one available route associated with the origin point and the at least one desired route and the at least one available route associated with the destination point;
- predict the at least one optimal route from the plurality of routes based on the at least one identified available route from the plurality of routes for the destination point;
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- rank the at least one predicted optimal route from the plurality of routes to enable selection of a final optimal route for travel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.