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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Gabriel de Albuquerque Gleizer, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Carlos Gonzaga, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Lucas Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Anup Menon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Dan Dai, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Harry Kirk Matthews, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
System having one or more processors that are configured to (a) generate, as a vehicle system moves along a route, a plurality of different trial plans for an upcoming segment of the route. The trial plans include potential operational settings of the vehicle system along the route. The one or more processors that are configured to (b) select one of the trial plans as a selected plan or generate the selected plan based on one or more of the trial plans. The selected plan is configured to improve one or more system-handling metrics as the vehicle system moves along the upcoming segment of the route. The one or more processors are configured to (c) communicate instructions to change or not change at least one of the operational settings of the vehicle system based on the selected plan.