Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for notifying an operator
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Application No.: US16670380Application Date: 2019-10-31
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Publication No.: US10994651B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: James A. Oswald , Igor Abrosimov , Brian Kurz
- Applicant: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US PA Wilmerding
- Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Wilmerding
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC
- Agent Josef L. Hoffmann
- Main IPC: B60Q1/50
- IPC: B60Q1/50 ; B60Q5/00 ; B60Q1/54

Abstract:
A system that includes a notification light configured to be coupled with a first vehicle and to emit light to notify an approaching, second vehicle of the location of the first vehicle. A controller is provided that includes one or more processors configured to determine one or more of a direction of movement of the first vehicle, a speed of the movement of the first vehicle, or a distance between the first vehicle and the approaching, second vehicle. The controller is configured to notify the approaching, second vehicle of the one or more of the direction of the movement of the first vehicle, the speed of the movement of the first vehicle, or the distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle by directing the notification light to change a characteristic of the light emitted by the notification light.
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