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Title: Trip optimization system and method for a train

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OSTI ID:1375215
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A system for operating a train having one or more locomotive consists with each locomotive consist comprising one or more locomotives, the system including a locator element to determine a location of the train, a track characterization element to provide information about a track, a sensor for measuring an operating condition of the locomotive consist, a processor operable to receive information from the locator element, the track characterizing element, and the sensor, and an algorithm embodied within the processor having access to the information to create a trip plan that optimizes performance of the locomotive consist in accordance with one or more operational criteria for the train.

Research Organization:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC04-02AL68284
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Patent Number(s):
9,733,625
Application Number:
11/385,354
OSTI ID:
1375215
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2006 Mar 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Video inspection system for inspection of rail components and method thereof patent July 2010
Signaling and remote control train operation patent August 2010
Adhesion control system for off-highway vehicle patent August 2010
Method and system for providing redundancy in railroad communication equipment patent August 2010
Vehicle steering sensing apparatus patent October 2010
System for improving timekeeping and saving energy on long-haul trains patent October 2010
Stress monitoring system for railways patent January 2011
Detecting a disturbance in the propagation of light in an optical waveguide patent January 2011
Apparatus for detecting, identifying and recording the location of defects in a railway rail patent February 2011
Human perception model for speed control performance patent February 2011
Measurement of vertical track modulus using space curves patent April 2011
Vertical track modulus trending patent May 2011
Method for measuring the speed of a rail vehicle and installation therefor patent May 2011
Method and apparatus for detecting pressure distribution in fluids patent May 2011
System and method for providing power control of an energy storage system patent June 2011
Method and apparatus for detecting flaws in a railhead patent September 2011
Model train control system having realistic speed control patent October 2011
Rail section weld inspection scanner patent October 2011
Determining an estimate of the weight and balance of an aircraft automatically in advance and up to the point of take-off patent November 2011
Tilt correction system and method for rail seat abrasion patent December 2011
Method for determining and evaluating eddy-current displays, in particular cracks, in a test object made from an electrically conductive material patent February 2012
System and method for predicting a vehicle route using a route network database patent February 2012
Rail synthetic vision system patent April 2012
Model train control system patent April 2012
System and method for optimizing a path for a marine vessel through a waterway patent April 2012
Railway vehicle detection patent April 2012
Vehicle detection system patent April 2012
Apparatus and method for identifying a defect and/or operating characteristic of a system patent April 2012
Perception model for trajectory following autonomous and human augmented steering control patent June 2012
Systems and method for communicating data in a railroad system patent September 2012
Methods and systems for target value path identification patent September 2012
Rail sensing apparatus and method patent November 2012
Short headway communications based train control system patent April 2013
System and method for rail vehicle time synchronization patent August 2013
System and method for remotely controlling rail vehicles patent September 2013
System and method for controlling a marine vessel through a waterway patent January 2014
System and method for optimizing vehicle performance in presence of changing optimization parameters patent February 2014
Transportation network scheduling system and method patent February 2014
Rail vehicle consist speed control system and method patent February 2014
Control network for a rail vehicle patent March 2014
Systems and methods for monitoring and reporting road quality patent August 2015

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