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US 2018/0004228 A1Published application
Vehicle operation control system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsScott Joseph ZARELLA, Ikechi EMELOGU, Brian Edward CELIDONIA, Narendrasingh Puransingh PATNURKAR, Kaushik SONDUR
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Abstract
A vehicle control system includes an operation manager controller electrically coupled to an operator controller of a vehicle and to a local vehicle control system of the vehicle. The operation manager controller receives an operator command from the operator controller and can regulate the operator command to control operation of the vehicle.
Claims20
A control system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an operator management (OM) controller comprising:
- a first interface electrically coupled to an operator controller of the vehicle;
- and
- a second interface electrically coupled to a local vehicle control system of the vehicle;
- wherein the OM controller is logically interposed between the operator controller and the local vehicle control system and is configured to:
- receive an operator command via the first interface from the operator controller and receive signals of one or more external conditions relating to operation of the vehicle from one or more sensors;
- evaluate the received operator command to one or more trigger conditions and one or more sensed external conditions;
- modify the operator command to generate a modified operator command that is different from the operator command that is received via the first interface if the one or more trigger conditions are met, and
- send the modified operator command via the second interface to the local vehicle control system to control operation of the vehicle based on the modified operator command.
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A vehicle control system, comprising:
- a hardware controller electrically coupled between an operator controller of a vehicle and a local vehicle control system of the vehicle;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine-readable instructions executable by the hardware controller to:
- receive an operator command from the operator controller, wherein the operator command comprises at least one of a throttle command, a braking command, or a direction control command;
- determine whether to regulate the operator command based on a trigger condition;
- in response to a determination that the operator command is to be regulated, generate a regulated operator command that is different from the operator command, and send the regulated operator command to the local vehicle control system to control operation of the vehicle based on the regulated operator command;
- and
- in response to a determination that the operator command is not to be regulated, send the operator command to the local vehicle control system to control operation of the vehicle based on the operator command.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving an operator command from an vehicle operator controller of a vehicle, and the operator command comprises at least one of a throttle or speed command, a braking command, or a vehicle direction control command;
- obtaining a status of a trigger condition associated with the vehicle;
- determining whether to regulate the operator command based at least in part on the status of the trigger condition;
- generating a modified operator command if a determination is made to regulate the operator command, and the modified operator command is different from the operator command;
- and
- communicating the modified operator command to a local vehicle control system to control operation of the vehicle based on the modified operator command.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.