	US 12,109,993 B2
	Vehicle control system and method
Derek K. Woo, Melbourne, FL (US); Travis Jarboe, West Melbourne, FL (US); Brian Lee Staton, Palm Bay, FL (US); Sanketh Bhat, Bengaluru (IN); Prem Kumar Patchaikani, Bengaluru (IN); Jayeshkumar Jayanarayan Barve, Bengaluru (IN); and Saurabh Shamkant Dhamne, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/183,128.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/332,432, filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331199 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01)

CPC B60T 8/1705 (2013.01) [B61L 15/0094 (2024.01); B61L 25/021 (2013.01); B61L 2201/00 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining one or more of a required tractive effort or a required braking effort to propel a vehicle system at a determined speed;

determining one or more of a throttle setting of a propulsion system or a brake setting of a brake system of the vehicle system that will provide one or more of the required tractive effort or the required braking effort;

communicating a control signal from a remote controller device to an onboard controller device of the vehicle system; and

operating one or more of the propulsion systems at the throttle setting or the brake system at the brake setting with the control signal to move the vehicle system at the determined speed.