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US 12,286,145 B2Granted
Vehicle control system
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsAnkit Mathur, Milan Karunaratne, Anthony D. Paul, Jeremiah Dirnberger
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Abstract
A control system is provided that may include a first sensor configured to detect a vehicle system. The control system may also include one or more processors in communication with the first sensor. The one or more processors may be configured to receive communication related to entry of the vehicle system into an area, and operate the first sensor to begin monitoring the vehicle system in response to entry of vehicle system into the area. The one or more processors may also be configured to record movement data related to the vehicle system, and determine movement of the vehicle system within the area based on the movement data.
Claims20
A control system comprising:
- a first sensor configured to detect a vehicle system;
- one or more processors in communication with the first sensor and configured to:
- receive communication related to entry of the vehicle system into an area;
- operate the first sensor to begin monitoring the vehicle system in response to entry of the vehicle system into the area;
- record movement data related to the vehicle system;
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- determine future movement of the vehicle system within the area based on the movement data;
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- wherein the first sensor has a first sensor field of view, and the one or more processors are also configured to vary the first sensor field of view based on the movement data, movement data of a second vehicle system, and the future movement of the vehicle system, wherein the second vehicle system is different from the vehicle system, and wherein the vehicle system and the second vehicle system are within the first sensor field of view.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a transceiver, location data related to a vehicle system into an area;
- detecting, within a first sensor field of view of a first sensor, a first movement characteristic of the vehicle system on a first route in response to receiving the location data;
- determining, with one or more processors, future movement of the vehicle system within the area based on the first movement characteristic and the future movement of the vehicle system;
- varying the first sensor field of view of the first sensor based on the first movement characteristic detected, movement data of a second vehicle system, and the future movement of the vehicle system, wherein the second vehicle system is different from the vehicle system, and wherein the vehicle system and the second vehicle system are within the first sensor field of view;
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- recording, in a storage device, movement data related to the vehicle system obtained from the first sensor.
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A control system comprising:
- a camera configured to detect a vehicle system and an area;
- a controller including one or more processors in communication with the camera and configured to:
- receive communication related to location data of the vehicle system;
- operate the camera to begin obtaining at least one of movement data related to the vehicle system or area data related to the area in response to receiving the communication related to the location data of the vehicle system;
- log the at least one of the movement data or the area data;
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- communicate the at least one of the movement data or the area data logged related to the vehicle system and two or more routes;
- determine future movement of the vehicle system within the area based on the movement data;
- and
- vary a first sensor field of view of a first sensor based on the movement data detected, movement data of a second vehicle system, and the future movement of the vehicle system, wherein the second vehicle system is different from the vehicle system, and wherein the vehicle system and the second vehicle system are within the first sensor field of view.
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A control system comprising:
- a first sensor configured to detect a vehicle system;
- one or more processors in communication with the first sensor and configured to:
- receive communication related to entry of the vehicle system into an area;
- operate the first sensor to begin monitoring the vehicle system in response to entry of the vehicle system into the area;
- record movement data related to the vehicle system;
- determine future movement of the vehicle system within the area based on the movement data;
- and
- wherein the first sensor has a first sensor field of view, and the one or more processors are also configured to:
- vary the first sensor field of view based on the movement data, movement data of a second vehicle system, and the future movement of the vehicle system, wherein the second vehicle system is different from the vehicle system;
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- vary the first sensor field of view based on prioritization of the vehicle system, wherein the prioritization is based on at least one of time of entry to the area, maintenance requirements, data requirements, or preventing an overlap of the field of view between the first sensor and a second sensor.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a transceiver, location data related to a vehicle system into an area;
- detecting, within a first sensor field of view of a first sensor, a first movement characteristic of the vehicle system on a first route in response to receiving the location data;
- determining, with one or more processors, future movement of the vehicle system within the area based on the first movement characteristic and the future movement of the vehicle system;
- varying the first sensor field of view of the first sensor based on the first movement characteristic detected, movement data of a second vehicle system, and the future movement of the vehicle system, wherein the second vehicle system is different from the vehicle system;
- varying the first sensor field of view is based on prioritization of the vehicle system, wherein the prioritization is based on at least one of time of entry to the area, maintenance requirements, data requirements, or preventing an overlap of the field of view between the first sensor and a second sensor;
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- recording, in a storage device, movement data related to the vehicle system obtained from the first sensor.
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A control system comprising:
- a camera configured to detect a vehicle system and an area;
- a controller including one or more processors in communication with the camera and configured to:
- receive communication related to location data of the vehicle system;
- operate the camera to begin obtaining at least one of movement data related to the vehicle system or area data related to the area in response to receiving the communication related to the location data of the vehicle system;
- log the at least one of the movement data or the area data;
- communicate the at least one of the movement data or the area data logged related to the vehicle system and two or more routes;
- determine future movement of the vehicle system within the area based on the movement data;
- vary a first sensor field of view of a first sensor based on the movement data detected, movement data of a second vehicle system, and the future movement of the vehicle system, wherein the second vehicle system is different from the vehicle system;
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- vary the first sensor field of view based on prioritization of the vehicle system, wherein the prioritization is based on at least one of time of entry to the area, maintenance requirements, data requirements, and or preventing an overlap of the field of view between the first sensor and a second sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.