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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Aadeesh Shivkant Bhagwatkar, Bangalore, IN;
Sharon DSouza, Bangalore, IN;
Krishna Chaitanya Narra, Bangalore, IN;
Brad Thomas Costa, Melbourne, FL (US);
Seneca Snyder, Melbourne, FL (US);
Jerry Duncan, Melbourne, FL (US);
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Melbourne, FL (US);
Michael Scott Miner, Melbourne, FL (US);
Shannon Joseph Clouse, Erie, PA (US);
Anwarul Azam, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Matthew Lawrence Blair, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Nidhi Naithani, Bangalore, IN;
Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Banglaore, IN;
Anju Bind, Banglaore, IN;
Sreyashi Dey Chaki, Banglaore, IN;
Scott Daniel Nelson, Melbourne, FL (US);
Nikhil Uday Naphade, Maharashtra, IN;
Wing Yeung Chung, Erie, PA (US);
Daniel Malachi Ballesty, Wattsburg, PA (US);
Glenn Robert Shaffer, Erie, PA (US);
Jeffrey James Kisak, Erie, PA (US);
Dale Martin DiDomenico, Melbourne, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An aerial system and method use a distance sensor to measure spatial distances between the distance sensor and plural vehicles in a vehicle system formed from the vehicles operably coupled with each other during relative movement between the distance sensor and the vehicle system. The spatial distances measured by the distance sensor are used to determine a size parameter of the vehicle system based on the spatial distances that are measured.