Patent ID: 11904913
Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. A train comprising:
a Head-of-Train device having:
a memory;
a processing unit communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
receive a status message based on a status associated with at least one equipment onboard the train, wherein the status comprises at least one of an operational parameter measured by the at least one equipment and an operational state of the at least one equipment, and wherein the status message comprises a type identifier of the status message, an equipment identifier of the status message, and a status identifier;
configure a text by selecting a template from a plurality of templates based on the equipment identifier, the status identifier, and one or more predefined settings; and
execute one or more instructions in the memory to synthesize an audio message by converting the configured text to audio using a text-to-speech engine; and

an audio output device configured to output the audio message.