General Electric Company

Transportation IP Holdings, LLC

Electric Power Research Institute Incorporated

Ge Harris Railway Electronics, Inc.

Paul Kenneth Houpt

Ajith Kuttannair Kumar

Glenn Robert Shaffer

Joseph Forrest Noffsinger

Jared Klineman Cooper

Wolfgang Daum

Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr

Jeffrey James Kisak

Scott Daniel Nelson

Paul M Julich

Manthram Sivasubramaniam

Stephen Mathe

Piero Patrone Bonissone

James D Brooks

David Michael Peltz

David Allen Eldredge

David Lowell McKay

Sunil Shirish Shah

Mason Samuels

Eugene Andrew Smith

David Michael Davenport

Yu-To Chen

Mitchell Scott Wills

Brian Joseph McManus

John L Schneiter

David So Keung Chan

Ramu Sharat Chandra

Joel Victor Kickbusch

Pratap Shankar Khedkar

Mahir Erdem Telatar

Kenneth H-c Chiang

Peter J Campo

Krishnamoorthy Kalyanam

Robert Louis Steigerwald

Bret Dwayne Worden

Jerome Johnson Tiemann

Mark Bradshaw Kraeling

Sethu K Madhavan

Vivek Venugopal Badami

Roy James Primus

Thomas James Batzinger

Nick Andrew Van Stralen

Robert S Gilmore

Douglas Roy Forman

William E Lorensen

Walter Vincent Dixon, Iii

Jeremy Thomas McGarry

Harry Israel Ringermacher

Jeffrey Louis Daigle

Nidhi Naithani

Dattaraj Jagdish Rao

Wing Yeung Chung

Daniel Malachi Ballesty

Anju Bind

Sreyashi Dey Chaki

Daniel Joseph Rush

Glen Paul Peltonen

Purnaprajna Raghavendra Mangsuli

Russell Stephen DeMuth

Mark Mitchell Kornfein

Venkatarao Ryali

Nikhil Uday Naphade

Shannon Joseph Clouse

Michael Scott Miner

Anwarul Azam

Bernardo Adrian Movsichoff

Matthew Lawrence Blair

Bernd Artur Westphal

Venkateswaran Narayanan

Seneca Snyder

Janet Arlie Barnett

Dale Martin DiDomenico

Richard Brownell Arthur

Jerry Duncan

Suresh Govindappa

Raj Mohan Bharadwaj

Manibabu Pippalla

James Baldwin Comly

Joseph M Weiss

Christopher Roney

Martin Paget

Brad Thomas Costa

Michael Robert LaBlanc

Arunachala Karthik Sridharan

Prabhu Marimuthu

Sameh Fahmy

Sukru Alper Eker

Daniel Malachi Bellesty

Somakumar Ramachandra-Panicker

Roy Malac

Kenneth A Marcelle

Scott D Nelson

Jeremy Thomas Mcgarry

Stephen S Mathe

Jeffrey Kisak

A distributed control system includes a remote control system configured to be communicatively coupled with plural separate vehicle systems. The remote control system is configured to remotely control operation of the vehicle systems and/or communicate with the local vehicle control system or operator. The remote control system also is configured to one or more of change how many of the vehicle systems are concurrently controlled by the remote control system or change how many remote operators of the remote control system concurrently control the same vehicle system of the vehicle systems.

Distributed vehicle system control system and method

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.

Vehicle control system and method

A system and method for examining a route and/or vehicle system obtain a route parameter and/or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of the route and/or the 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 route and/or the vehicle system are separated from each other by location and/or time. The route parameter and/or the vehicle parameter are examined to determine whether the route and/or the vehicle system is damaged and, responsive to determining that the route and/or the vehicle is damaged, the route and/or the vehicle system are continually monitored, such as by examination equipment onboard the vehicle system.

A system includes a first controller, a data acquisition device, a friction modification unit, and a friction management controller. The first controller is configured to obtain an operational setting for a vehicle, and to output a first signal relating to the operational setting for controlling the vehicle. The data acquisition device is configured to obtain operational data of the vehicle as the vehicle travels, and to provide the operational data to the first controller. The first controller is configured to obtain a difference between the operational data and the operational setting, and to adjust the first signal based on the difference. The friction modification unit is configured to modify a friction characteristic of a surface of the route. The friction management controller is configured to direct the friction modification unit to modify the friction characteristic of the surface of the route based on the operational setting.

System and method for vehicle control

A system for operating a train having one or more locomotive consists with each locomotive consist comprising one or more locomotives, the system including a locator element to determine a location of the train, a track characterization element to provide information about a track, a sensor for measuring an operating condition of the locomotive consist, a processor operable to receive information from the locator element, the track characterizing element, and the sensor, and an algorithm embodied within the processor having access to the information to create a trip plan that optimizes performance of the locomotive consist in accordance with one or more operational criteria for the train.

Trip optimization system and method for a train

A method for vehicle control comprises determining a braking capability of a braking system of a vehicle, and modifying application of at least one control parameter by a control system of the vehicle based on the determined braking capability. Braking capability may be determined by activating the braking system of the vehicle to apply a braking force on the vehicle, and concurrently, applying a level of tractive effort of the vehicle that is sufficient to overcome the braking force. The braking capability is determined based on the level of tractive effort.

System and method for controlling a vehicle

A method includes forming a first schedule for a first vehicle to travel in a transportation network. The first schedule includes a first arrival time of the first vehicle at a scheduled location. The method also includes receiving a first trip plan for the first vehicle from an energy management system. The first trip plan is based on the first schedule and designates at least one of tractive efforts or braking efforts to be provided by the first vehicle to reduce at least one of an amount of energy consumed by the first vehicle or an amount of emissions generated by the first vehicle when the first vehicle travels through the transportation network to the scheduled location. The method further includes determining whether to modify the first schedule to avoid interfering with movement of one or more other vehicles by examining the trip plan for the first vehicle.

Transportation network scheduling system and method

A system for controlling a railroad train over a segment of track. The system comprises a first element for determining a location of the train on the segment of track; a second element for providing track characterization information for the segment of track; the track characterization information related to physical conditions of the segment of track; and a processor for controlling applied tractive forces and braking forces of the train responsive to the location of the train and the track characterization information to reduce at least one of wheel wear and/or track wear during operation of the train over the segment of track.

Trip optimizer method, system and computer software code for operating a railroad train to minimize wheel and track wear

A method includes determining an operational parameter of a first vehicle traveling with a plurality of vehicles in a transportation network and/or a route in the transportation network, identifying a failure condition of the first vehicle and/or the route based on the operational parameter, obtaining plural different sets of remedial actions that dictate operations to be taken based on the operational parameter, simulating travel of the plurality of vehicles in the transportation network based on implementation of the different sets of remedial actions, determining potential consequences on travel of the plurality of vehicles in the transportation network when the different sets of remedial actions are implemented in the travel that is simulated, and based on the potential consequences, receiving a selection of at least one of the different sets of remedial actions to be implemented in actual travel of the plurality of vehicles in the transportation network.

System and method for controlling movement of vehicles

A method for vehicle control comprises determining a braking capability of a braking system of a rail vehicle or other vehicle, and modifying application of at least one mission parameter by a control system of the vehicle based on the determined braking capability. Braking capability may be determined by activating the braking system of the vehicle to apply a braking force on the vehicle, and concurrently, applying a level of tractive effort of the vehicle is sufficient to overcome the braking force. The braking capability is determined based on the level of tractive effort.

A system is provided for pacing a plurality of powered systems traveling along a route. The plurality of powered systems include a constraining powered system and at least one trailing powered system traveling behind the constraining powered system along the route. The system includes one or more controllers configured to control the constraining powered system to travel along the route according to respective predetermined operating parameters at respective incremental locations along the route. The system further includes one of said controllers being configured to control the trailing powered system to travel along the route according to the respective predetermined operating parameters of the constraining powered system at the respective incremental locations along the route. A method is also provided for pacing a plurality of powered systems traveling along the route.

System and method for pacing a plurality of powered systems traveling along a route

A system includes a scheduling module and a resolution module. The scheduling module determines plural initial schedules for plural different vehicles to concurrently travel in a transportation network. The initial schedules include locations and times for the vehicles to travel. The resolution module modifies at least one of the initial schedules to one or more modified schedules based on an anomaly in at least one of the vehicles or the routes that prevents one or more of the vehicles from traveling in the transportation network according to the initial schedules. The scheduling module communicates the modified schedules to the vehicles so that energy management systems disposed on the vehicles modify travel of the vehicles according to the modified schedules.

A system for controlling a marine vessel includes a processor, a propulsion system, and a directional system. The processor is disposed onboard the marine vessel and obtains a trip plan that includes designated operational settings of the marine vessel for a trip along a waterway. The propulsion system is communicatively coupled with the processor and generates propulsion to move the marine vessel according to the designated operational settings of the trip plan. The directional system is communicatively coupled with the processor and steers the marine vessel according to the designated operational settings of the trip plan. Operating the propulsion system and the directional system according to the designated operational settings of the trip plan reduces at least one of fuel consumed or emissions generated by the marine vessel relative to the marine vessel being propelled or steered according to one or more plans other than the trip plan.

System and method for controlling a marine vessel through a waterway

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