US 2016/0257326 A1Published application

Data communication system and method for communicating data in a vehicle

AssigneeGeneral Electric Company

InventorsDavid Joseph DeSanzo, David Schroeck, Todd Goodermuth, Veni Mudiam, Matthew Joseph, Sethu Madhavan, Enrique David Torres, Patricia Lacy, Jason Dean, Darren Gladney

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Abstract

A system includes an energy management system configured to be communicatively coupled with a communication system of a vehicle that travels on a trip along a route. The energy management system is configured to be removably coupled with the communication system such that the energy management system is mechanically disengageable from the communication system. The energy management system is further configured to receive data parameters from the communication system and to generate at least one of a trip plan or a control message for the vehicle based on the data parameters. The trip plan and/or the control message dictates tractive and braking efforts of the vehicle during the trip. The energy management system is configured to communicate the trip plan and/or the control message to the communication system for the communication system to implement for controlling movement of the vehicle during the trip.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

an interface gateway device of a vehicle data communication system onboard a vehicle that is configured to travel along a route, the interface gateway device configured to be communicatively coupled to a data acquisition module;
and
an energy management system that includes one or more processors, the energy management system configured to be removably coupled with the interface gateway device such that the energy management system is mechanically disengageable from the interface gateway device;
wherein the interface gateway device is configured to receive a data parameter related to at least one of the vehicle, the route, or a trip of the vehicle from the data acquisition module and to communicate the data parameter to the energy management system;
wherein the energy management system is configured to communicate at least one of a trip plan or a control message to the interface gateway device, the at least one of the trip plan or the control message selected for communication based on the data parameter that is received by the interface gateway device, the at least one of the trip plan or the control message configured to be implemented by the vehicle to control movement of the vehicle along the route.

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A system comprising:

an energy management system that includes one or more processors, the energy management system configured to be removably coupled with a vehicle data communication system onboard a vehicle that is configured to travel along a route such that the energy management system is mechanically disengageable from the vehicle data communication system, the energy management system configured to receive a data parameter related to at least one of the vehicle, the route, or a trip of the vehicle from the vehicle data communication system, the energy management system further configured to communicate at least one of a trip plan or a control message to the vehicle data communication system, the at least one of the trip plan or the control message being selected for communication based on the data parameter that is received by the energy management system, the at least one of the trip plan or the control message configured to be implemented by the vehicle to control movement of the vehicle along the route.

A method for controlling a vehicle during a trip along a route comprising:

determining whether a communicative coupling between a vehicle data communication system on the vehicle and an energy management system is established;
responsive to establishing the communicative coupling, identifying the vehicle data communication system;
retrieving a communication configuration associated with the vehicle data communication system that is identified from a memory;
receiving data parameters from the vehicle data communication system, the data parameters communicated according to the communication configuration;
and
communicating, according to the communication configuration, at least one of a trip plan or a control message based on the trip plan to the vehicle data communication system for the vehicle to implement to control movement of the vehicle during the trip, the at least one of the trip plan or the control message selected for communication based on the data parameters received from the vehicle data communication system, the at least one of the trip plan or the control message dictating tractive efforts and braking efforts for different locations along the route for the vehicle to implement during the trip.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/155,932Filed 16 May 2016
Priority: 13 Jun 2011
Published: 8 Sep 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

B61L 27/00
Central railway traffic control systems
B61K 9/00
Railway vehicle profile gauges
B61L 27/04
Central railway traffic control systems; Trackside control; Communication systems specially adapted therefor: automatic systems, e.g. controlled…
G08G 1/133
Indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g.…

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Application61/496,353Us provisional application · filed 13 Jun 2011
Application13/311,306Continuation · filed 5 Dec 2011
Application14/101,673Continuation in part · filed 10 Dec 2013
Application14/612,593Continuation · filed 3 Feb 2015
Application15/155,932Continuation
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