Jared M Cooper

US Patent:

20200122758, Apr 23, 2020

Filed:

Dec 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/719243

Inventors:

- Norwalk CT, US
Brian Douglas Lawry - Murrysville PA, US
Wolfgang Daum - Erie PA, US
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling - Melbourne FL, US
Eugene Smith - Banner?s Elk NC, US
Glen Paul Peltonen - Melbourne FL, US
Steven Andrew Kellner - Melbourne FL, US
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger - Lee's Summit MO, US
Robert Thomas Oliveira - Melbourne FL, US
Jared Klineman Cooper - Palm Bay FL, US

International Classification:

B61L 15/00
B61L 25/02
G05D 1/02

Abstract:

A vehicle control system includes a controller that communicates between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller determines a communication loss and, responsive to determining the communication loss, switches to communicating via a different communication path. The controller also determines an operational restriction on movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss that is determined, obtains a transitional plan that designates operational settings of the vehicle system at one or more different locations along a route being traveled by the vehicle system, different distances along the route being traveled by the vehicle system, and/or different times. The controller automatically changes the movement of the vehicle system according to the operational settings designated by the transitional plan to reduce the movement of the vehicle system to or below the operational restriction.

US Patent:

20190308647, Oct 10, 2019

Filed:

May 20, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/417326

Inventors:

- Norwalk CT, US
Brian Douglas Lawry - Murrysville PA, US
Wolfgang Daum - Erie PA, US
Mark Bradshaw Kraeling - Melbourne FL, US
Eugene Smith - Banner's Elk NC, US
Glen Paul Peltonen - Melbourne FL, US
Steven Andrew Kellner - Melbourne FL, US
Joseph Forrest Noffsinger - Lee's Summit MO, US
Robert Thomas Oliveira - Melbourne FL, US
Jared Klineman Cooper - Palm Bay FL, US

International Classification:

B61L 15/00
B61L 25/02
G05D 1/02

Abstract:

A vehicle control system includes a controller that communicates between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and/or a monitoring device in a vehicle system. The controller determines a communication loss and, responsive to determining the communication loss, switches to communicating via a different communication path. The controller also determines an operational restriction on movement of the vehicle system based on the communication loss that is determined, obtains a transitional plan that designates operational settings of the vehicle system at one or more different locations along a route being traveled by the vehicle system, different distances along the route being traveled by the vehicle system, and/or different times. The controller automatically changes the movement of the vehicle system according to the operational settings designated by the transitional plan to reduce the movement of the vehicle system to or below the operational restriction.