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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2024
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
James A Oswald, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Jeffrey D. Chapman, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Jared Little, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Vinaykanth V. Mudiam, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A vehicle control system and method includes identifying a type of route equipment disposed onboard a vehicle, and identifying one or more locations of a first classification of a pathway from among plural different classifications of pathways along a route. One or more first control settings for controlling operating of the vehicle at the one or more locations of the first classification of the pathway are determined based at least in part on the type of route equipment that is disposed onboard the vehicle and the first classification of the pathway. Operation of the vehicle is controlled according to the one or more first control settings to move the vehicle along the route at the one or more locations of the first classification of the pathway.