Method and system for controlling a vehicle system factoring mass attributable to weather
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsWilliam Cherrick Schoonmaker, Jared Klineman Cooper, John Welsh McElroy, Stephen Craig Shelton, David Michael Peltz
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Abstract
A method includes receiving weather data of weather at least one of encountered or to be encountered by one or more vehicles in a vehicle system traveling on a trip along a route. The method also includes, based at least in part on the weather data, determining a first estimated weight of the vehicle system. The first estimated weight accounts for mass attributable to the weather. The method further includes controlling movements of the vehicle system during the trip based at least in part on the first estimated weight of the vehicle system.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving weather data of weather at least one of encountered or to be encountered by one or more vehicles in a vehicle system traveling on a trip along a route;
- based at least in part on the weather data, determining a first estimated weight of the vehicle system, wherein the first estimated weight that is determined accounts for mass attributable to the weather;
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- controlling movements of the vehicle system during the trip based at least in part on the first estimated weight of the vehicle system.
A system comprising:
- a weight determination device configured to receive weather data of weather at least one of encountered or to be encountered by one or more vehicles in a vehicle system traveling on a trip along a route, the weight determination device further configured to determine a first estimated weight of the vehicle system based at least in part on the weather data, wherein the first estimated weight accounts for mass attributable to the weather;
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- a trip planner device configured to generate a first trip plan based in part on the first estimated weight, wherein movements of the vehicle system during the trip are controlled according to the first trip plan.
A method comprising:
- determining a precipitation retention mass associated with at least one vehicle of a vehicle system, the precipitation retention mass determined based on received weather data of weather at least one of encountered by the at least one vehicle prior to a trip or to be encountered by the at least one vehicle while traveling along a route during the trip;
- generating a trip plan based at least in part on the precipitation retention mass, wherein the trip plan comprises operational settings of the vehicle system as a function of at least one of time or location along the trip;
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- controlling the vehicle system along the route during the trip according to the trip plan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.