Method and apparatus for vehicle management

A method and system for pacing a vehicle along a path of travel is described. The method includes determining a geographical location of the vehicle, displaying a vehicle position icon representative of the geographical location, determining an optimal position for the vehicle, displaying a pace ico...

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Main Authors BARNETT JANET ARLIE, FORMAN DOUGLAS ROY, HOUPT PAUL KENNETH, ARTHUR RICHARD BROWNELL, LABLANC MICHAEL ROBERT, LORENSEN WILLIAM EDWARD, KORNFEIN MARK MITCHELL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 07.10.2003
Edition7
Subjects
ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
RAILWAYS
SIGNALLING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A method and system for pacing a vehicle along a path of travel is described. The method includes determining a geographical location of the vehicle, displaying a vehicle position icon representative of the geographical location, determining an optimal position for the vehicle, displaying a pace icon representative of the optimal position for the vehicle, and operating the vehicle to maintain a vehicle position icon displayed on the operator pace display substantially coincident with the pace icon displayed on the operator pace display. The system includes at least one on-board tracking system configured to determine a geographical location of the vehicle, at least one on-board computer configured to determine a display position of a pace icon, and at least one on-board operator pace display configured to display the pace icon at a position determined by the on-board computer, the operator pace display further configured to display the vehicle position, as determined by the on-board computer, relative to the pace icon.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20020065989