US 12,441,362 B2
Vehicle control system
Kendrick Gawne, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); and Alex Young, Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/462,585.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/414,247, filed on Oct. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0116535 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/18072 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining route information for a network of first routes that a vehicle system is headed toward from an off-board component of a vehicle control system that sends directive signals to the vehicle system to notify the vehicle system where the vehicle system can move;
determining a set of potential routes from the first routes in the network using the route information;
presenting the set of the potential routes to an operator of the vehicle system;
determining whether a selection of a selected route of the potential routes is received from the operator; and
responsive to not receiving the selection of the selected route, automatically changing movement of the vehicle system.