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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2002
Richard Brownell Arthur, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
William Edward Lorensen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Michael Robert LaBlanc, Wilton, NY (US);
Janet Arlie Barnett, Pattersonville, NY (US);
Mark Mitchell Kornfein, Latham, NY (US);
Douglas Roy Forman, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Paul Kenneth Houpt, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for pacing a vehicle along a path of travel is described. The method includes determining a geographical location of the vehicle, displaying a vehicle position icon representative of the geographical location, determining an optimal position for the vehicle, displaying a pace icon representative of the optimal position for the vehicle, and operating the vehicle to maintain a vehicle position icon displayed on the operator pace display substantially coincident with the pace icon displayed on the operator pace display. The system includes at least one on-board tracking system configured to determine a geographical location of the vehicle, at least one on-board computer configured to determine a display position of a pace icon, and at least one on-board operator pace display configured to display the pace icon at a position determined by the on-board computer, the operator pace display further configured to display the vehicle position, as determined by the on-board computer, relative to the pace icon.