Vehicle yard planner system and method

A vehicle and field technology, applied in general control systems, railway traffic management, control/regulation systems, etc., can solve problems such as increased dwell time, decreased on-time departure performance, and reduced connection performance

Active Publication Date: 2016-07-13
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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As a result, the dwell time of idle vehicles in rail yards can increase, leading to delays in entering and exiting, reduced connection performance, and decreased on-time departure performance

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[0036] Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for automated scheduling of the handling of vehicles from an inbound vehicle consist, through a vehicle yard, and into an outbound vehicle consist. Automatically generated schedules may be referred to as site plans or optimized plans that efficiently move vehicles into, through, and out of the vehicle site. The term "optimization" (and its derivatives) is intended to refer to a schedule that is more efficient as a result of each decision than a schedule that can be achieved by human intelligence alone. Thus, an optimized schedule may or may not include the most efficient schedule. As an example, an optimized schedule may be the most efficient schedule, or a schedule that is more efficient than one or more other schedules, but not necessarily all other schedules. The site plan can be used to receive vehicles from multiple vehicle consists approaching or planning to approach vehicle sites, separate...

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A system and method includes receiving yard data at a yard planner system from a plurality of workstations and a plurality of sensors within a vehicle yard, wherein the yard data includes information regarding movement of vehicles and resources in relation to the vehicle yard. The system and method may also include using the yard planner system to form an initial yard plan based on the yard data, monitoring the yard data over time with the yard planner system, and updating the initial yard plan to form an updated yard plan based on changing yard data over time.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 871704, entitled "Vehicle Site Planner System and Method," filed August 29, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety is clearly incorporated. [0003] This application also claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 871,681, entitled "System and Method for Visually Presenting Vehicle Sites," filed August 29, 2013, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. is hereby expressly incorporated. technical field [0004] Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to vehicle site planner systems and methods. Background technique [0005] Various different vehicles may be located within a vehicle yard, such as a railroad yard. A vehicle, such as a train vehicle consist, may move between different locations within the vehicle yard. Various processing operations on the vehicle may be ca...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B61L27/00G05B13/00
CPCG06Q10/06313G06Q10/06314G06Q10/06393
Inventor M·S·威尔斯S·博拉普拉加达李健P·斯科雷尔B·F·祖斯托维奇K·W·勒万多夫斯基D·D·伦农B·L·肖菲尔德T·弗勒彻尔X·程X·张Y-T·林R·卡尔拉
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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