US 11,673,561 B2
Vehicle control system
Christopher Claussen, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); Jeffrey D. Kernwein, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); and Joseph Gorman, Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/674,158.
Prior Publication US 2021/0134081 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. B60W 50/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B61L 27/40 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 50/00 (2013.01) [B60W 30/18163 (2013.01); B61L 27/40 (2022.01); G07C 5/006 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0075 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a proximity signal at an off-board sensor assembly from an onboard communication device of a vehicle system, the proximity signal indicating that the vehicle system is approaching a location of the sensor assembly;
activating a sensor of the sensor assembly responsive to receiving the proximity signal;
sensing one or more characteristics of the vehicle system as the vehicle system moves by the sensor assembly; and
directing, using an off-board controller, an off-board communication device to communicate a sensor signal that represents the one or more characteristics of the vehicle system that are sensed, the sensor signal communicated to one or more of an onboard controller of the vehicle system or an off-board system to control operation of the vehicle system based on the one or more characteristics of the vehicle system.