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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Scott William Dulmage, Rockledge, FL (US);
Robert Thomas Oliveira, Melbourne, FL (US);
Jared Klineman Cooper, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Wolfgang Daum, Sussex, WI (US);
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Melbourne, FL (US);
Brian Lawry, Erie, PA (US);
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Steven Andrew Kellner, Melbourne, FL (US);
Eugene Smith, Melbourne, FL (US);
Glen Paul Peltonen, Melbourne, FL (US);
GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A vehicle control system includes a controller that communicates between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller determines a communication loss and, responsive to determining the communication loss, switches to communicating via a different communication path. The controller also determines an operational restriction on movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss that is determined, obtains a transitional plan that designates operational settings of the vehicle system at one or more different locations along a route being traveled by the vehicle system, different distances along the route being traveled by the vehicle system, and/or different times. The controller automatically changes the movement of the vehicle system according to the operational settings designated by the transitional plan to reduce the movement of the vehicle system to or below the operational restriction.