US 11,938,937 B2
Vehicle control system
Edward Gaughan, Wilmerding, PA (US)
Assigned to WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/602,902
Filed by Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/020728
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/178576, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/045,634, filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,199, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/985,147, filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0169249 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 30/16 (2013.01) [B60T 17/22 (2013.01); B60W 2400/00 (2013.01); B60W 2510/182 (2013.01); B60W 2556/65 (2020.02); B60W 2754/30 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a controller comprising at least one processor configured to receive signals from plural sensors respectively on board a first vehicle and plural other, second vehicles; and
the controller is configured, based at least in part on the signals received from the plural sensors, to determine a brake assessment of a brake system, the brake assessment comprising one or more of states of health of components of the brake system or a location of interest of a leak in the brake system, and the controller is configured to control movement of the first vehicle and the second vehicles relative to at least one remote vehicle system based at least in part on the brake assessment that is determined.