Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle consist configuration control
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Application No.: US15352991Application Date: 2016-11-16
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Publication No.: US10065665B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Jared Klineman Cooper , Ajith Kuttannair Kumar , Eugene Smith , Nick David Nagrodsky , William Cherrick Schoonmaker , Todd William Goodermuth
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent John A. Kramer
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G06G7/70 ; G06G7/76 ; B61L15/00 ; B61C17/12 ; B61L25/02

Abstract:
A method includes obtaining data relating to operation of a first vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and a second vehicle communicatively coupled with each other by a communication channel. The first vehicle includes a first electronic component performing functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method also includes communicating the first data over the communication channel from the first vehicle to a second electronic component disposed onboard the second vehicle responsive to the first electronic component being unable to perform the one or more functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method further includes performing the functions of the first electronic component with the second electronic component using the first data that is received from the first vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170057526A1 VEHICLE CONSIST CONFIGURATION CONTROL Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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