Vehicle control system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11208129-B2
Application number	US-201916275569-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2019
Priority date	Jun 4, 2002
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

System includes a controller configured to obtain one or more of a route parameter or a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of one or more of a route or a vehicle system. The route parameter is indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels. The vehicle parameter is indicative of a health of the vehicle system. The discrete examinations of the one or more of the route or the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time. The controller is configured to examine the one or more of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter to determine whether the one or more of the route or the vehicle system is damaged. The system also includes examination equipment configured to continually monitor the one or more of the route or the vehicle system responsive to determining that the one or more of the route or the vehicle is damaged.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a controller configured to obtain a route parameter and a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of a route and a vehicle system, respectively, the route parameter indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels, the vehicle parameter indicative of a health of the vehicle system, the discrete examinations of the route and the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time, the controller configured to:
examine the route parameter and the vehicle parameter to determine whether the route and the vehicle system are physically damaged;
receive interface information associated with one or more interfaces used to communicate with one or more components of the vehicle;
receive application information associated with one or more applications configured to receive information from the one or more components of the vehicle via the one or more interfaces;
store, based on the interface information and the application information, registration information that indicates whether the one or more applications are permitted to communicate via the one or more interfaces;
receive, from an application of the one or more applications, a request for vehicle information from an interface of the one or more interfaces;
verify whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface; and
selectively route the request for the vehicle information to the interface based on verifying whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface; and

examination equipment configured to continually monitor the route and the vehicle system responsive to determining that the route or the vehicle system is physically damaged.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is operable to receive at least a portion of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter from a stationary wayside unit disposed alongside the route being traveled by the vehicle system.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the controller is operable to receive the at least the portion of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter from the wayside unit that includes information relating to whether there is a problem or potential problem with a wheel of the vehicle system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is operable to switch operating modes of the vehicle system based on at least one of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter from the discrete examinations or information communicated from the examination equipment from continually monitoring the route or the vehicle system, wherein at least one of the operating modes comprises the controller slowing or stopping movement of the vehicle system, and wherein at least one of the operating modes comprises the controller monitoring the vehicle system for one or more indications that a wheel is exhibiting a problem with the vehicle system.

5. The system of claim 1 , where the interface is included in an interface group that includes a plurality of interfaces; and where the controller, when verifying whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface, is configured to: verify whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface group.

6. The system of claim 1 , where the controller, when verifying whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface, is configured to:
determine one or more application types permitted to communicate via the interface;
determine an application type of the application; and
verify whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface based on the application type of the application and the one or more application types permitted to communicate via the interface.

7. The system of claim 1 , where the controller, when verifying whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface, is configured to:
determine one or more entities whose applications are permitted to communicate via the interface;
determine an entity associated with the application; and
verify whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface based on the entity associated with the application and the one or more entities whose applications are permitted to communicate via the interface.

8. A system comprising:
a controller configured to obtain a route parameter and a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of a route and a vehicle system, respectively, the route parameter indicative of a health of the route over which the vehicle system travels, the vehicle parameter indicative of a health of the vehicle system, the discrete examinations of the route and the vehicle system separated from each other by one or more of location or time, the controller configured to:
examine the route parameter and the vehicle parameter to determine whether the route and the vehicle system are physically damaged;
receive interface information associated with one or more interfaces used to communicate with one or more components of the vehicle;
receive application information associated with one or more applications configured to receive information from the one or more components of the vehicle via the one or more interfaces;
store, based on the interface information and the application information, registration information that indicates whether the one or more applications are permitted to communicate via the one or more interfaces;
receive, from an application of the one or more applications, a request for vehicle information from an interface of the one or more interfaces;
verify whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface; and
selectively route the request for the vehicle information to the interface based on verifying whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface; and

examination equipment configured to continually monitor the route and the vehicle system responsive to determining that the route or the vehicle system is physically damaged,
wherein the controller is operable to receive at least a portion of the route parameter and the vehicle parameter from a stationary wayside unit disposed alongside the route being traveled by the vehicle system, and
wherein the controller is operable to receive the at least the portion of the route parameter and the vehicle parameter from the wayside unit that includes information relating to whether there is a problem or potential problem with a wheel of the vehicle system.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the controller is operable to switch operating modes of the vehicle system based on at least one of the route parameter or the vehicle parameter from the discrete examinations or information communicated from the examination equipment from continually monitoring the route or the vehicle system, wherein at least one of the operating modes comprises the controller slowing or stopping movement of the vehicle system, and wherein at least one of the operating modes comprises the controller monitoring the vehicle system for one or more indications that a wheel is exhibiting a problem with the vehicle system.

10. The system of claim 8 , where the interface is included in an interface group that includes a plurality of interfaces; and where the controller, when verifying whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface, is configured to: verify whether the application is permitted to communicate via the interface group.

11. A system comprising:
a controller configured to obtain a vehicle parameter from discrete examinations of a vehicle system, the vehicle parameter indicative of a health of the vehicle system, the discrete examinations of the vehicle system s

Assignees

• Ge Global Sourcing Llc
• Transp Ip Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Kumar Ajith Kuttannair
• Daum Wolfgang
• Paget Martin
• Rush Daniel
• Costa Brad Thomas
• Snyder Seneca
• Duncan Jerry
• Kraeling Mark Bradshaw
• Miner Michael Scott
• Clouse Shannon Joseph
• Azam Anwarul
• Blair Matthew Lawrence
• Naithani Nidhi
• Rao Dattaraj Jagdish
• Bind Anju
• Chaki Sreyashi Dey
• Nelson Scott Daniel
• Naphade Nikhil Uday
• Chung Wing Yeung
• Bellesty Daniel Malachi
• Shaffer Glenn Robert
• Kisak Jeffrey James
• Didomenico Dale Martin
• Govindappa Suresh
• Pippalla Manibabu
• Madhavan Sethu
• Sridharan Arunachala Karthik
• Marimuthu Prabhu
• Cooper Jared Klineman
• Noffsinger Joseph Forrest
• Houpt Paul Kenneth
• Mckay David Lowell

Classifications

• B64U2101/30

  for imaging, photography or videography · CPC title

• H04N23/661

  Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet · CPC title

• H04N23/11

  for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths · CPC title

• B64U80/86

  Land vehicles · CPC title

• H04N23/66

  Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices · CPC title