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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Karen A. Shaw, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Thomas Paul Spiegelhalter, Jr., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system, method, and apparatus for communicating instructions to at least one locomotive approaching or traversing a predetermined zone. The system includes a first communication device located at or associated with the predetermined zone, configured to communicate audio data from a field operator, and a second communication device located on or associated with the at least one locomotive. The system includes at least one processor that is programmed or configured to receive the audio data from the first communication device, convert at least a portion of the audio data to text data, and directly or indirectly transmit at least one message to the second communication device. The system further includes a locomotive display device in the at least one locomotive configured to display at least a portion of the at least one message received by the second communication device to an operator of the at least one locomotive.