Vehicle control system
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsAnkit Mathur, Milan Karunaratne, Anthony D. Paul, Jeremiah Dirnberger
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Abstract
A control system is provided that may include a first sensor configured to detect a vehicle system. The control system may also include one or more processors in communication with the first sensor. The one or more processors may be configured to receive communication related to entry of the vehicle system into an area, and operate the first sensor to begin monitoring the vehicle system in response to entry of vehicle system into the area. The one or more processors may also be configured to record movement data related to the vehicle system, and determine movement of the vehicle system within the area based on the movement data.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A monitoring system, comprising:
- one or more cameras;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- generate location data of each of a plurality of vehicle systems based on one or more images from the one or more cameras, wherein the one or more images corresponds to a plurality of locator devices on the plurality of vehicle systems along a route within a field of view of the one or more cameras;
- and
- determine line-up information of the plurality of vehicle systems along the route based on the location data of the plurality of vehicle systems.
A monitoring system, comprising:
- a plurality of locator devices configured to provide location data of a plurality of vehicle systems along a route;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive the location data of the plurality of vehicle systems;
- and
- determine line-up information of the plurality of vehicle systems along the route based on the received location data of the plurality of vehicle systems.
A method, comprising:
- capturing, via one or more cameras, images of a plurality of locator devices on a plurality of vehicle systems along a route within a field of view of the one or more cameras;
- generating, via one or more processors, location data of each of the plurality of vehicle systems along the route based on the captured images from the one or more cameras;
- and
- determining, via the one or more processors, line-up information of the plurality of vehicle systems along the route based on the location data of the plurality of vehicle systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.