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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2020
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Karen A. Shaw, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Thomas Paul Spiegelhalter, Jr., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a computer-implemented method for verifying electronic work zone instructions with an on-board system of a vehicle system. The method includes receiving at least one electronic work zone instruction message from an employee-in-charge device, generating at least one visual instruction diagram based at least partially on the electronic work zone instruction message, communicating the at least one visual instruction diagram from the on-board system of the vehicle system to the employee-in-charge device, receiving a verification of the at least one visual instruction diagram from the employee-in-charge device, and enforcing at least one work zone instruction parameter of the electronic work zone instruction message by the on-board system of the vehicle system in response to receiving the verification. A system and computer program product are also provided.