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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Irwin C. Morris, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
A system includes one or more processors configured to track working hours of one or more members of a crew that operates a vehicle system. The working hours accumulate as the vehicle system travels on a route. The one or more processors are configured to direct a display device to present a notification message that indicates an amount of time remaining until the working hours reach a prescribed service limit for a designated time interval. The one or more processors are configured to automatically control the vehicle system to one or more of stop movement of the vehicle system, slow movement of the vehicle system, or prevent movement of the vehicle system from a stationary position responsive to determining that the working hours of the one or more members of the crew exceed the prescribed service limit.