Scheduling system and method for a transportation network

US8805605B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Jared Klineman Cooper · Melbourne, US
• Mitchell Scott Wills · Melbourne, US
• Kevin Campbell · Melbourne, US
• John W. McElroy · Havertown, US
• Jian Li · Boise, US
• Bruce Hancock · Melbourne, US
• Sherri Boyd · Lawrence, US
• Mason Samuels · Colorado Springs, US
• Paul Denton · Atlanta, US
• David Allen Eldredge · Melbourne, US
• Scott William Dulmage · Melbourne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B61L15/0027
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system is provided that includes a control unit configured to be disposed on-board at least one of a first vehicle or a second vehicle. The control unit also is configured to receive an updated time of an event involving the first vehicle and the second vehicle traveling in a transportation network. The control unit also is configured to change a speed of said at least one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle in response to the updated time to arrive at the event. A method is provided that includes, at one of a first vehicle or a second vehicle, receiving an updated time of an event involving the first vehicle and the second vehicle in a transportation network. The method also includes changing a speed of said one of the first vehicle or the second vehicle in response to the updated tune to arrive at the event.