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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Gayathri Seenumani, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Hullas Sehgal, Niskayuna, NY (US);
James D. Brooks, Schenectady, NY (US);
Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);
Olugbenga Anubi, Niskayuna, NY (US);
TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A convoy management system and method determine determining an inter-vehicle spacing in a convoy formed from two or more vehicles traveling together along one or more routes. Controllers onboard the two or more vehicles are instructed to automatically change movement of at least one of the vehicles in the convoy to maintain the inter-vehicle spacing. The inter vehicle spacing is dynamically changed during movement of the convoy along the one or more routes.