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US 8,522,690 B2Granted
Identification of an anomalous orientation definition condition of a remote locomotive of a train
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEugene A. Smith, Stephen D. Smith
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Abstract
A method of identifying an anomalous orientation definition condition of a remote locomotive (12) of a train includes monitoring an operating condition of the remote locomotive of the train, the remote locomotive configured to operate according to a defined orientation with respect to a lead locomotive of the train. The method also includes identifying an operating condition of the remote locomotive indicative of the remote locomotive operating contrary to an operating condition of the lead locomotive.
Claims14
A method comprising:
- wirelessly monitoring a sensed operating condition of a remote locomotive in a train, wherein the train also includes a lead locomotive, the sensed operating condition including a first direction of movement of the remote locomotive;
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- determining when the sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive indicates that the remote locomotive is operating contrary to an operating condition of the lead locomotive, the operating condition of the lead locomotive including a second direction of movement of the lead locomotive, the sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive being contrary to the operating condition of the lead locomotive when the first direction of movement of the remote locomotive is different from the second direction of movement of the lead locomotive,
- wherein determining when the sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive indicates that the remote locomotive is operating contrary to the operating condition of the lead locomotive occurs when the first direction of movement of the remote locomotive is opposite of a direction of movement that is commanded by the lead locomotive.
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A method comprising:
- receiving an orientation definition for a remote locomotive in a train, the train also having a lead locomotive;
- wirelessly monitoring a sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive, the sensed operating condition including a first direction of movement of the remote locomotive;
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- determining when the sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive indicates that the remote locomotive is operating contrary to an operating condition of the lead locomotive, the operating condition of the lead locomotive representing a second direction of movement of the lead locomotive, the sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive being contrary to the operating condition of the lead locomotive when the first direction of movement of the remote locomotive is different from the second direction of movement of the lead locomotive,
- wherein determining when the sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive indicates that the remote locomotive is operating contrary to the operating condition of the lead locomotive occurs when the first direction of movement of the remote locomotive is opposite of a direction of movement that is commanded by the lead locomotive.
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A system comprising:
- a sensor configured to wirelessly sense a sensed operating condition of a remote locomotive in a train that represents a first direction of movement of the remote locomotive, the train also including a lead locomotive;
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- a processor configured to obtain the sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive and to determine when the sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive indicates that the first direction of movement of the remote locomotive differs from a second direction of movement of the lead locomotive,
- wherein the processor is configured to determine when the sensed operating condition of the remote locomotive indicates that the remote locomotive is operating contrary to the operating condition of the lead locomotive when the first direction of movement of the remote locomotive is opposite of a direction of movement that is commanded by the lead locomotive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.