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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Carl L. Haas, Walkersville, MD (US);
Padam D. Swar, Clarksburg, MD (US);
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and a method includes a monitoring device disposed onboard a first vehicle of a vehicle system. The monitoring device may obtain information about one or more of the monitoring device, the first vehicle, the vehicle system, or a route along which the vehicle system moves. The system includes a communication system having one or more processors configured to wirelessly activate and communicate with the monitoring device. The communication system is configured to wirelessly activate the monitoring device by controlling the monitoring device to establish a communication link between the monitoring device and a control system disposed onboard another vehicle of the vehicle system. The communication system is separate from and disposed a distance away from the monitoring device and the vehicle system.