Vehicle status evaluation

An apparatus for detection of order among vehicle units of a multi-unit combination vehicle, the apparatus comprising controlling circuitry configured to cause:

• determination of at least two indications of order among the vehicle units, wherein the indications of order are determined by different procedures for detection of order among the vehicle units, wherein the procedures for detection of order are associated with respective weights;
• and
• provision of the detection of order among the vehicle units based on the at least two indications of order, wherein the provision of the detection of order comprises:
• determination of a cumulative weight for each order that occurs among the indications of order;
• and
• selection of an order that has the highest cumulative weight,
• wherein one of the procedures for detection of order comprises indicating the order among the vehicle units based on respective timing of corresponding motion data from the vehicle units, and
• wherein a second vehicle unit is indicated as occurring after a first vehicle unit in the order responsive to a timing delay between motion data from the first vehicle unit and corresponding motion data from the second vehicle unit.

A computer system comprising a processor device configured to:

• determine at least two indications of order among vehicle units of a multi-unit combination vehicle, wherein the indications of order are determined by different procedures for detection of order among the vehicle units, wherein the procedures for detection of order are associated with respective weights, and
• provide a detection of order among the vehicle units based on the at least two indications of order by determining a cumulative weight for each order that occurs among the indications of order and selecting an order that has the highest cumulative weight,
• wherein one of the procedures for detection of order comprises indicating the order among the vehicle units based on respective timing of corresponding motion data from the vehicle units, and
• wherein a second vehicle unit is indicated as occurring after a first vehicle unit in the order responsive to a timing delay between motion data from the first vehicle unit and corresponding motion data from the second vehicle unit.

A computer-implemented method for detection of order among vehicle units of a multi-unit combination vehicle, for execution by a processor device of a computer system, the method comprising:

• determining, by the processor device, at least two indications of order among the vehicle units, wherein the indications of order are determined by different procedures for detection of order among the vehicle units, wherein the procedures for detection of order are associated with respective weights;
• and
• providing, by the processor device, the detection of order among the vehicle units based on the at least two indications of order, wherein providing the detection of order comprises:
• determining a cumulative weight for each order that occurs among the indications of order;
• and
• selecting an order that has the highest cumulative weight,
• wherein one of the procedures for detection of order comprises indicating the order among the vehicle units based on environmental data captured by respective sensors mounted on the vehicle units, and
• wherein a second vehicle unit is indicated as occurring after a first vehicle unit in the order responsive to detection of an identifier of the first vehicle unit by a forward-facing sensor of the second vehicle unit, and/or wherein a first vehicle unit is indicated as occurring before a second vehicle unit in the order responsive to detection of an identifier of the second vehicle unit by a backward-facing sensor of the first vehicle unit.

A computer system comprising a processor device configured to:

• determine at least two indications of order among vehicle units of a multi-unit combination vehicle, wherein the indications of order are determined by different procedures for detection of order among the vehicle units, wherein the procedures for detection of order are associated with respective weights, and
• provide a detection of order among the vehicle units based on the at least two indications of order by determining a cumulative weight for each order that occurs among the indications of order and selecting an order that has the highest cumulative weight,
• wherein one of the procedures for detection of order comprises indicating the order among the vehicle units based on environmental data captured by respective sensors mounted on the vehicle units, and
• wherein a second vehicle unit is indicated as occurring after a first vehicle unit in the order responsive to detection of an identifier of the first vehicle unit by a forward-facing sensor of the second vehicle unit, and/or wherein a first vehicle unit is indicated as occurring before a second vehicle unit in the order responsive to detection of an identifier of the second vehicle unit by a backward-facing sensor of the first vehicle unit.