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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin J. Angel, Marion, IA (US);
Ann K. Grimm, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 25/02 (2006.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 25/023 (2013.01); B60W 40/10 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0075 (2013.01); B60W 2300/44 (2013.01); B60W 2520/04 (2013.01); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B61L 2205/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle control system includes a movement sensor configured to output information indicative of movement of a vehicle system and a controller configured to determine whether the vehicle system has stopped moving based on the information that is output from the movement sensor. The controller is configured to increment a counter based on a length of time that the vehicle system has remained stopped. The controller is configured to control operation of the vehicle system based on the counter that is incremented.