Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple vehicle control system
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Application No.: US15086403Application Date: 2016-03-31
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Publication No.: US10183684B2Publication Date: 2019-01-22
- Inventor: Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr. , Brian Nedward Meyer , James D. Brooks , Joseph Daniel Wakeman , Dan Dai , Anup Menon
- 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: The Small Patent Law Group LLC
- Agent Christopher R. Carroll
- Main IPC: B61L3/00
- IPC: B61L3/00 ; B61L15/00

Abstract:
A system includes an energy management system disposed onboard a vehicle system configured to travel on a route during a trip. The energy management system is configured to receive trip information from a second vehicle system that includes one or more constraints including at least one of speed, distance, or time restrictions for the vehicle system along the route. The energy management system is further configured to generate a trip plan for controlling movement of the vehicle system along the route during the trip. The trip plan is generated based on the one or more constraints. The trip plan has a plan speed profile that designates speeds for the vehicle system according to at least one of distance or time during the trip. The energy management system is further configured to control movement of the vehicle system during the trip according to the plan speed profile of the trip plan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170282942A1 MULTIPLE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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