Vehicle control system and method

US11208129B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Transportation IP Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ajith Kuttannair Kumar · Erie, US
• Wolfgang Daum · Erie, US
• Martin Paget · Pomona Park, US
• Daniel Rush · Palm Bay, US
• Brad Thomas Costa · Melbourne, US
• Seneca Snyder · Melbourne, US
• Jerry Duncan · Melbourne, US
• Mark Bradshaw Kraeling · Melbourne, US
• Michael Scott Miner · Melbourne, US
• Shannon Joseph Clouse · Lawrence Park, US
• Anwarul Azam · Lawrence Park, US
• Matthew Lawrence Blair · Lawrence Park, US
• Nidhi Naithani · Bengaluru, IN
• Dattaraj Jagdish Rao · Bengaluru, IN
• Anju Bind · Bengaluru, IN
• Sreyashi Dey Chaki · Bengaluru, IN
• Scott Daniel Nelson · Melbourne, US
• Nikhil Uday Naphade · Bengaluru, IN
• Wing Yeung Chung · Erie, US
• Daniel Malachi Bellesty · Wattsburg, US
• Glenn Robert Shaffer · Erie, US
• Jeffrey James Kisak · Erie, US
• Dale Martin DiDomenico · Melbourne, US
• Suresh Govindappa · Lawrence Park, US
• Manibabu Pippalla · Bengaluru, IN
• Sethu K. Madhavan · Canton, US
• Arunachala Karthik Sridharan · Bengaluru, IN
• Prabhu Marimuthu · Chennai, IN
• Jared Klineman Cooper · Melbourne, US
• Joseph Forrest Noffsinger · Lee's Summit, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 28, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 9, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N23/11
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

System includes a controller configured to obtain one or more of a route parameter or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of one or more of a route or a vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the one or more of the route or the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time. The controller is configured to examine the one or more of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter to determine whether the one or more of the route or the vehicle system is damaged. The system also includes examination equipment configured to continually monitor the one or more of the route or the vehicle system responsive to determining that the one or more of the route or the vehicle is damaged.