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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Trapeze Software Ulc, Mississauga, CA;
Sharon Ann Irma Barnes, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Marty Charles Brooks, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Paul Ernsdorff, Spokane, WA (US);
Trapeze Software ULC, Mississauga, CA;
Abstract
A system and method for identifying at least two transport units in coupled relationship forming a consist including determining via the presence of an electrical signal whether one end of a coupling unit at an end of a first transport unit is coupled to a second end of said coupling unit at an end of a second transport unit; determining by computer executable instructions executed by a computer processor a transport unit in closest proximity to said first transport unit; upon a condition in which said one end of said coupling unit is determined to be coupled to a second end of said coupling unit, identifying by said computer processor said second transport unit as said transport unit in closest proximity to said first transport unit.