Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle control system
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Application No.: US17375427Application Date: 2021-07-14
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Publication No.: US11891049B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Irwin C. Morris
- Applicant: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group LLC
- Agent Philip S. Hof
- Main IPC: B60W30/06
- IPC: B60W30/06 ; G07C5/04 ; B60W10/04 ; B60W40/08 ; B60W50/14 ; B60W10/18 ; G07C5/08

Abstract:
A system includes one or more processors configured to track working hours of one or more crew members of a vehicle system as the vehicle system travels. The one or more processors are configured to control the vehicle system to one or more of stop movement of the vehicle system, slow movement of the vehicle system, prevent movement of the vehicle system from a stationary position, or control movement of the vehicle system to an alternative location, responsive to one or more of (i) determining that the working hours of the one or more crew members exceed a prescribed service limit, (ii) determining that the working hours are projected to exceed the prescribed service limit before the vehicle system reaches a designated location, or (iii) determining that the working hours are within a designated time window before the prescribed service limit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210339737A1 VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-11-04
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