US 12,275,327 B2
Vehicle control system and method
Andrew Ryan Staats, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); Karen Ann Shaw, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); James Allen Oswald, Coggon, IA (US); Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US); and Glenn Robert Shaffer, Lawrence Park, PA (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,435.
Application 17/890,435 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/676,861, filed on Nov. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,447,034.
Application 16/676,861 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/287,330, filed on Feb. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,142,088, issued on Oct. 12, 2021.
Application 16/287,330 is a continuation of application No. 15/907,823, filed on Feb. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,259,444, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Application 15/907,823 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/496,655, filed on Sep. 25, 2014, granted, now 10,137,908, issued on Nov. 27, 2018.
Application 14/496,655 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/487,057, filed on Jun. 1, 2012, granted, now 9,545,854, issued on Jan. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/496,556, filed on Jun. 13, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402399 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 58/10 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01); B60W 30/188 (2012.01); B60L 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 58/12 (2019.02) [B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 30/188 (2013.01); B60L 7/10 (2013.01); B60L 2200/26 (2013.01); B60W 2510/084 (2013.01); B60W 2510/086 (2013.01); Y02T 10/64 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control system comprising:
one or more processors configured to determine that an energy storage device of a vehicle has or will have insufficient energy to power a propulsion system of the vehicle under a first set of operational settings to move the vehicle from a first location within a powered segment to a designated second location that is outside of an unpowered segment of a route along which the vehicle is configured to move, wherein the energy storage device is configured to receive electric energy from an external source while the vehicle moves within the powered segment, and the energy storage device does not receive electric energy from the external power source while the vehicle moves within the unpowered segment,
wherein, responsive to the one or more processors determining that the energy storage device has or will have insufficient energy to move the vehicle from the first location to the designated second location, the one or more processors configured to change one or more of a throttle setting or a brake setting of the vehicle to operate the vehicle under a second set of operational settings while the vehicle moves within the powered segment of the route to charge the energy storage device to a greater extent relative to operating the vehicle according to the first set of operational settings.