Patent ID: 11897525
Assignee: BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 12:
13. A coordination system configured to forecast a client or vehicle position, detect a proximity of one railroad constituent to another, and detect an interference between railroad constituents, comprising:
a memory having a first database with data, thresholds, and specifications related to work, devices, vehicles, and train tracks; and
a computer processor operably coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is capable of executing machine-readable instructions to instantiate one or more program modules, the program modules including:
a forecasting module configured to use position data to forecast a position of a vehicle on a railroad track;
a proximity detection module configured to determine when one or more railroad constituents are within a particular proximity of one another; and
an interference detection module configured to detect when a first geofence intersects with a second geofence, wherein sizes of the first and second geofences are generated based on a type of the railroad constituents.