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Title: Method and apparatus for optimizing a train trip using signal information

Abstract

One embodiment of the invention includes a system for operating a railway network comprising a first railway vehicle (400) during a trip along track segments (401/412/420). The system comprises a first element (65) for determining travel parameters of the first railway vehicle (400), a second element (65) for determining travel parameters of a second railway vehicle (418) relative to the track segments to be traversed by the first vehicle during the trip, a processor (62) for receiving information from the first (65) and the second (65) elements and for determining a relationship between occupation of a track segment (401/412/420) by the second vehicle (418) and later occupation of the same track segment by the first vehicle (400) and an algorithm embodied within the processor (62) having access to the information to create a trip plan that determines a speed trajectory for the first vehicle (400), wherein the speed trajectory is responsive to the relationship and further in accordance with one or more operational criteria for the first vehicle (400).

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
DOEEE (USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE) (United States))
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1083212
Patent Number(s):
8370006
Application Number:
11/608,066
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B61 - RAILWAYS B61C - LOCOMOTIVES
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B61 - RAILWAYS B61L - GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC
DOE Contract Number:  
FC04-2002AL68284
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

Citation Formats

Kumar, Ajith Kuttannair, Daum, Wolfgang, Otsubo, Tom, Hershey, John Erik, and Hess, Gerald James. Method and apparatus for optimizing a train trip using signal information. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Kumar, Ajith Kuttannair, Daum, Wolfgang, Otsubo, Tom, Hershey, John Erik, & Hess, Gerald James. Method and apparatus for optimizing a train trip using signal information. United States.
Kumar, Ajith Kuttannair, Daum, Wolfgang, Otsubo, Tom, Hershey, John Erik, and Hess, Gerald James. Tue . "Method and apparatus for optimizing a train trip using signal information". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1083212.
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