US 2026/0227189 A1 · ADVANCED SYSTEM OF VEHICLE FOULING DETECTION ON TRACK SIDINGS

Abstract

A method for determining whether a vehicle fully crossed a mark on a route is disclosed. The vehicle can include a leading end and a trailing end. The method can include collecting first and second navigation data corresponding to the leading and trailing end, respectively, as the vehicle travels along the route; determining the leading end crossed the mark on the route; extracting final navigation data from the collected first navigation data based on the determination that the leading end crossed the mark, the final navigation data corresponding to the leading end when the leading end crossed the mark; comparing the final navigation data to the collected second navigation data; and determining whether the vehicle fully crossed the mark based on a comparison of the final navigation data with a portion of the collected second navigation data.

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Dependent claims

A system for determining whether a vehicle has fully crossed a mark on a route, the vehicle having a leading end and a trailing end, the system comprising:

a first measurement device located at the leading end;
a second measurement device located at the trailing end;
and
a control circuit communicably coupled to the first and second measurement devices, the control circuit configured to:
collect first navigation data corresponding to the leading end as the vehicle travels along the route, the first navigation data measured by the first measurement device;
collect second navigation data corresponding to the trailing end as the vehicle travels along the route, the second navigation data measured by the second measurement device;
determine the leading end crossed the mark on the route;
extract final navigation data from the collected first navigation data based on the determination that the leading end crossed the mark, the final navigation data corresponding to the leading end when the leading end crossed the mark;
compare the final navigation data to the collected second navigation data;
and
determine whether the vehicle has fully crossed the mark based on a comparison of the final navigation data with a portion of the collected second navigation data.

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A method for determining whether a vehicle is positioned between a first mark on a route and a second mark on the route, the vehicle having a leading end and a trailing end, the method comprising:

collecting first navigation data corresponding to the leading end as the vehicle travels along the route;
collecting second navigation data corresponding to the trailing end as the vehicle travels along the route;
extracting first mark navigation data from the collected first navigation data based on the leading end crossing the first mark, the first mark navigation data corresponding to the leading end when the leading end crossed the first mark;
comparing the first mark navigation data to the collected second navigation data;
and
determining whether the vehicle is positioned between the first and second marks based on a comparison of the first mark navigation data with a portion of the collected second navigation data and based on the comparison occurring before or after extracting second mark navigation data from the collected first navigation data based on the leading end crossing the second mark, the second mark navigation data corresponding to the leading end when the leading end crossed the second mark.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Advanced system of vehicle fouling detection on track sidings

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Advanced system of vehicle fouling detection on track sidings

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