US 12,147,228 B2
Distributed vehicle system control system and method
James D Brooks, Schenectady, NY (US); Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US); and Paul Houpt, Niskayuna, NY (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on May 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/885,318.
Application 16/885,318 is a continuation of application No. 15/460,431, filed on Mar. 16, 2017, granted, now 10,705,519.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/327,101, filed on Apr. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0363797 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); B61L 27/14 (2022.01); B61L 27/40 (2022.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); B61L 3/12 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08G 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01)
CPC G05D 1/0027 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/18 (2013.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); B61L 27/14 (2022.01); B61L 27/40 (2022.01); G05D 1/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); B61L 3/127 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G08G 9/00 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distributed control system comprising:
a remote control system configured to be communicatively coupled with plural separate vehicle systems, the remote control system configured to remotely control different operations of each of the vehicle systems,
the remote control system configured to determine that a remote operator ratio needs to change based at least in part on one or more characteristics of a common vehicle system of the vehicle systems, the remote operator ratio representative of a number of remote operators of the remote control system configured to concurrently control one or more different operations of the common vehicle system,
the remote control system configured to change the remote operator ratio responsive to determining that the remote operator ratio needs to change, wherein changing the remote operator ratio changes one or more of how many of the remote operators concurrently control the one or more of the different operations of the common vehicle system or which of the remote operators are assigned to concurrently control the one or more of the different operations of the common vehicle system.