System, method, and computer software code for providing real time optimization of a mission plan for a powered system
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01C-022/00
G05D-001/00
B61L-003/00
출원번호
US-0365359
(2009-02-04)
등록번호
US-8788135
(2014-07-22)
발명자
/ 주소
Daum, Wolfgang
Kumar, Ajith Kuttannair
Shaffer, Glenn Robert
Noffsinger, Joseph Forrest
Foy, Robert James
McKay, David Lowell
출원인 / 주소
General Electric Company
대리인 / 주소
GE Global Patent Operation
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A method for operating a powered system, the method including determining whether a mission plan of the powered system is correct to satisfy at least one mission objective of the powered system, if not, updating information used to establish the mission plan, revising the mission plan based on the u
A method for operating a powered system, the method including determining whether a mission plan of the powered system is correct to satisfy at least one mission objective of the powered system, if not, updating information used to establish the mission plan, revising the mission plan based on the updated information to satisfy the at least one mission objective, and operating the powered system based on the revised mission plan. A system and a computer software code for operating a powered system are also disclosed.
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1. A method comprising: obtaining a current mission plan that includes designated operational settings of a powered system for travel of the powered system along a route for a mission;determining when one or more exception events to the current mission plan occur while the powered system travels alo
1. A method comprising: obtaining a current mission plan that includes designated operational settings of a powered system for travel of the powered system along a route for a mission;determining when one or more exception events to the current mission plan occur while the powered system travels along the route according to the current mission plan, the one or more exception events being triggered by a larger than expected change between a first amount of fuel and a second amount of fuel, the first amount of fuel is an amount that is calculated as being consumed by the powered system based on planned travel according to the current mission plan and the second amount of fuel is an amount that actually is consumed by the powered system during travel along the route;responsive to the one or more exception events occurring, autonomously revising the current mission plan to a revised mission plan based on the one or more exception events, the revised mission plan including revised designated operational settings of the powered system for travel of the powered system along the route for the mission; andoperating the powered system according to the revised mission plan. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more exception events include a difference between a first speed of the powered system that is calculated based on the mission plan and an actual speed of the powered system. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more exception events include a change in priority of the powered system relative to one or more other powered systems. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more exception events include an operator manually taking over control of the powered system from autonomous control of the powered system according to the current mission plan. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more exception events include at least one of a braking output or tractive output of the powered system being degraded. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining when the one or more exception events occur is performed onboard the powered system at least one of prior to beginning the mission of the powered system or during the mission. 7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, when the one or more exception events occur, receiving updated mission information from at least one of a remote facility, a second, remote powered system, or a wayside device that differs from previous information upon which the current mission plan is generated, wherein the current mission plan is autonomously revised to the revised mission plan using the updated mission information. 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining when the one or more exception events occur comprises scheduling at least one recurrent period to repeatedly determine if the one or more exception events occur during travel of the powered system for the mission. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more exception events comprise a difference between a first calculated arrival time of the powered system at a location that is based on travel of the powered system according to the current mission plan and a second calculated arrival time of the powered system at the location that is based on actual travel of the powered system. 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the powered system comprises a rail vehicle, an off-highway vehicle, an agricultural vehicle, a transportation vehicle, or a marine vessel. 11. A method comprising: controlling a powered system according to a current mission plan that designates operations of the powered system as the powered system travels along a route to perform a mission;evaluating actual operations of the powered system against the operations designated by the current mission plan as the powered system travels along the route in order to identify one or more exception events, the one or more exception events being triggered by a larger than expected change between a first amount of fuel and a second amount of fuel, the first amount of fuel is an amount that is calculated as being consumed by the powered system based on planned travel according to the current mission plan and the second amount of fuel is an amount that actually is consumed by the powered system during travel along the route;responsive to the one or more exception events being identified, autonomously updating the current mission plan to an updated current mission plan based on the one or more exception events, the updated current mission plan designating updated operations of the powered system as the powered system travels along the route to perform the mission; andoperating the powered system according to the updated current mission plan. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more exception events comprise a difference between a first calculated arrival time of the powered system at a location that is based on travel of the powered system according to the current mission plan and a second calculated arrival time of the powered system at the location that is based on actual travel of the powered system. 13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more exception events include a difference between a first speed of the powered system that is calculated based on the current mission plan and an actual speed of the powered system. 14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more exception events include a change in priority of the powered system relative to one or more other powered systems. 15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more exception events include an operator manually taking over control of the powered system from autonomous control of the powered system according to the current mission plan. 16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more exception events include at least one of a braking output or tractive output of the powered system being degraded. 17. The method according to claim 11, wherein evaluating the actual operations is executed at least one of prior to beginning the mission that is the powered system is to perform or during performance of the mission by the powered system. 18. The method according to claim 11, further comprising, when the one or more exception events are identified, receiving updated mission information from at least one of a remote facility, a remote powered system, or a wayside device, wherein the current mission plan is autonomously updated using the updated mission information. 19. The method according to claim 11, wherein evaluating the actual operations comprises scheduling evaluation of the actual operations according to a recurring time period. 20. The method according to claim 11, wherein the powered system comprises a rail vehicle, an off-highway vehicle, an agricultural vehicle, a transportation vehicle, or a marine vessel. 21. A computer readable medium including one or more computer modules configured to direct a processor to: control a powered system according to a current mission plan that designates operations of the powered system as the powered system travels along a route to perform a mission;evaluate actual operations of the powered system against the operations designated by the current mission plan as the powered system travels along the route in order to identify one or more exception events, the one or more exception events being triggered by a larger than expected change between a first amount of fuel and a second amount of fuel, the first amount of fuel is an amount that is calculated as being consumed by the powered system based on planned travel according to the current mission plan and the second amount of fuel is an amount that actually is consumed by the powered system during travel along the route;responsive to the one or more exception events being identified, autonomously update the current mission plan to an updated current mission plan based on the one or more exception events, the updated current mission plan designating updated operations of the powered system as the powered system travels along the route to perform the mission; andoperate the powered system according to the updated current mission plan. 22. The computer readable medium according to claim 21, wherein the one or more exception events comprise a difference between a first calculated arrival time of the powered system at a location that is based on travel of the powered system according to the current mission plan and a second calculated arrival time of the powered system at the location that is based on actual travel of the powered system. 23. The computer readable medium according to claim 21, wherein the one or more exception events include a difference between a first speed of the powered system that is calculated based on the current mission plan and an actual speed of the powered system. 24. The computer readable medium according to claim 21, wherein the one or more exception events include a change in priority of the powered system relative to one or more other powered systems. 25. The computer readable medium according to claim 21, wherein the one or more exception events include an operator manually taking over control of the powered system from autonomous control of the powered system according to the current mission plan. 26. The computer readable medium according to claim 21, wherein the one or more exception events include at least one of a braking output or tractive output of the powered system being degraded. 27. The computer readable medium according to claim 21, wherein the one or more computer software modules are configured to direct the processor to change the current mission plan to the updated current mission plan at least one of prior to a mission of the powered system or during the mission. 28. The computer readable medium according to claim 21, wherein, when the one or more exception events are identified, the one or more computer software modules direct the processor to receive updated mission information from at least one of a remote facility, a second, remote powered system, or a wayside device, wherein the current mission plan is autonomously updated using the updated mission information. 29. A system comprising: a communication system configured to obtain a current mission plan that includes designated operational settings of a powered system for travel of the powered system along a route for a mission; anda processor configured to be disposed onboard the powered system to determine when one or more exception events to the current mission plan occur while the powered system travels along the route according to the current mission plan, the one or more exception events being triggered by a larger than expected change between a first amount of fuel and a second amount of fuel, the first amount of fuel is an amount that is calculated as being consumed by the powered system based on planned travel according to the current mission plan and the second amount of fuel is an amount that actually is consumed by the powered system during travel along the route;wherein the processor is further configured, responsive to the one or more exception events occurring, to autonomously revise the current mission plan to a revised mission plan based on the one or more exception events and to operate the powered system according to the revised mission plan, the revised mission plan including revised designated operational settings of the powered system for travel of the powered system along the route for the mission. 30. The system according to claim 29, wherein the one or more exception events comprise a difference between a first calculated arrival time of the powered system at a location that is based on travel of the powered system according to the current mission plan and a second calculated arrival time of the powered system at the location that is based on actual travel of the powered system. 31. The system according to claim 29, wherein the one or more exception events include a difference between a first speed of the powered system that is calculated based on the current mission plan and an actual speed of the powered system. 32. The system according to claim 29, wherein the one or more exception events include a change in priority of the powered system relative to one or more other powered systems. 33. The system according to claim 29, wherein the one or more exception events include an operator manually taking over control of the powered system from autonomous control of the powered system according to the current mission plan. 34. The system according to claim 29, wherein the one or more exception events include at least one of a braking output or tractive output of the powered system being degraded. 35. The system according to claim 29, wherein the powered system comprises a rail vehicle, an off-highway vehicle, an agricultural vehicle, a transportation vehicle, or a marine propulsion vessel. 36. The system according to claim 29, wherein, when the one or more exception events occur, the communication system is configured to receive updated mission information from at least one of a remote facility, a remote powered system, or a wayside device, wherein the processor is configured to autonomously revise the current mission plan to the revised mission plan using the updated mission information received by the communication system. 37. The system according to claim 29, wherein the processor is configured to autonomously update the current mission plan in a closed-loop process. 38. The system according to claim 29, further comprising an indicator configured to notify an operator when the current mission plan is updated. 39. The system according to claim 29, further comprising a memory device configured to store the one or more exception events. 40. the method according to claim 1, wherein operating the powered system according to the revised mission plan includes at least partially autonomously controlling movement the powered system according to the revised mission plan. 41. The method according to claim 1, wherein the designated operational settings and the revised designated operational settings comprise at least one of throttle or braking settings that the powered system is to use during travel along the route as a function of at least one of distance or time. 42. the method according to claim 11, wherein operating the powered system according to the updated current mission plan includes at least partially autonomously controlling movement of the powered system according to the updated current mission plan. 43. The method according to claim 11, wherein the designated operations and the designated updated operations comprise at least one of throttle or braking setings for the powered system to use during travel along the route as a function of at least one of distance or time. 44. The computer readable medium according to claim 21, wherein the processor is directed to operate the powered system according to the updated current mission plan by at least partially autonomously controlling movement of the powered system according to the updated current mission plan. 45. The computer readable medium according to claim 21, wherein the designated operations and the designated updated operations comprise at least one of throttle or braking settings for the powered system to use during travel along the route as a function of at least one of distance or time. 46. The system according to claim 29, wherein the processor operates the powered system according to the revised mission plan by at least partially autonomously controlling movement of the powered system according to the revised mission plan. 47. The system according to claim 29, wherein the designated operational settings and the revised designated operational settings comprise at least one of throttle or braking settings the powered system is to use during travel along the route as a function of at least one of distance or time.
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