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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Oswald, Coggon, IA (US);
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Michael Bratcher, Azle, TX (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); B61L 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3453 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller is provided that can receive or determine at least one first location associated with at least a first vehicle belonging to a vehicle group; receive or determine at least one second location associated with at least a second vehicle; and determine a route or lane from a plurality of possible routes or lanes on which the vehicle group is located based at least partly on the at least one first location and on the at least one second location.