Patent ID: 11926353
Assignee: CATTRON NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. The operator control unit of claim 1, wherein:
the operator control unit includes a tilt sensor configured to detect a change in orientation of the operator control unit indicative of a possibility of a fall of the operator carrying the operator control unit; and
the transmitted command data and location data facilitates the machine control unit positioned on the locomotive to determine the geographical location of the operator control unit and to use the received geographical location information of the operator control unit for: determining a geographical location of an operator when the operator control unit enters a tilt timeout state indicating the possibility of the operator carrying the operator control unit has fallen, troubleshooting RF communication with the operator control unit, assisting with movement optimization of the locomotive, training of the operator, and recording a location of the operator control unit for an incident investigation.