System and method for determining grade errors of a route
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsDibyajyoti PATI, Ashish Anil PARALIKAR, Mohankumar NANJEGOWDA, Prakarsh PARITOSH
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the subject matter described herein, a system is provided that includes a vehicle that is operating in accordance with the operational settings of a trip plan. The operational settings dictate how the vehicle system is to travel at different locations along the route. A processor of the system may identify differences between the operational settings of the trip plan and the operational settings at which the vehicle actually travels. The processor may further identify whether the differences are caused by a grade error.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to determine vehicle-controlled power settings of a vehicle as the vehicle moves along a route according to a trip plan, the trip plan dictating designated speeds and designated power settings of the vehicle at different locations along the route, the trip plan based on designated grades of the route, the vehicle-controlled power settings are controlled to cause the vehicle to move toward the designated speeds of the trip plan, the one or more processors also configured to identify differences between the designated power settings of the trip plan and the vehicle-controlled power settings at which the vehicle is controlled to cause the vehicle to move toward the designated speeds of the trip plan,
- wherein the one or more processors also are configured to determine discrepancies in the designated grades of the route based on the differences between the designated power settings of the trip plan and the vehicle-controlled power settings.
A method comprising:
- determining vehicle-controlled power settings of a vehicle as the vehicle moves along a route according to a trip plan, the trip plan dictating designated speeds and designated power settings of the vehicle at different locations along the route, the trip plan based on designated grades of the route, the vehicle-controlled power settings are controlled to cause the vehicle to move toward the designated speeds of the trip plan;
- identifying differences between the designated power settings of the trip plan and the vehicle-controlled power settings at which the vehicle is controlled to cause the vehicle to move toward the designated speeds of the trip plan;
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- determining discrepancies in the designated grades of the route based on the differences between the designated power settings of the trip plan and the vehicle-controlled power settings.
A system comprising:
- a vehicle controller configured to determine vehicle-controlled power settings of a vehicle as the vehicle moves along a route according to a trip plan, the trip plan dictating designated speeds and designated power settings of the vehicle at different locations along the route, the trip plan based on designated grades of the route, the vehicle-controlled power settings are controlled to cause the vehicle to move toward the designated speeds of the trip plan, wherein the vehicle controller also is configured to identify differences between the designated power settings of the trip plan and the vehicle-controlled power settings at which the vehicle is controlled to cause the vehicle to move toward the designated speeds of the trip plan, the vehicle controller also configured to determine a route health index based on discrepancies in the designated grades of the route based on the differences between the designated power settings of the trip plan and the vehicle-controlled power settings, the route health index representative of an extent of damage to the route.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.