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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);

Brian Nedward Meyer, Fairview, PA (US);

James D. Brooks, Schenectady, NY (US);

Joseph Daniel Wakeman, Lawrence Park, PA (US);

Dan Dai, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Anup Menon, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 3/00 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B61L 3/008 (2013.01); B61L 3/006 (2013.01); B61L 15/0072 (2013.01); B61L 15/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes one or more processors that are configured to obtain a constraint on movement for a first vehicle system along a route. The constraint is based on movement of a separate second vehicle system that is concurrently traveling along the same route. The processor(s) are configured to determine a speed profile that designates speeds for the first vehicle system according to at least one of distance, location, or time based on the constraint such that the first vehicle system maintains a designated spacing from the second vehicle system along the route.


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