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

Claim 4:
5. A system comprising:
a first subsystem configured via executable instructions to:
monitor a status associated with at least one equipment onboard a 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
generate a status message based on the status associated with the at least one equipment, wherein the status message comprises a type identifier, an equipment identifier, and a status identifier; and

a second subsystem communicatively coupled to the first subsystem, wherein the second subsystem is configured via executable instructions to:
receive the status message corresponding to the status associated with the at least one equipment from the first subsystem;
configure a text based on a type of the status message received by selecting a template from a plurality of templates based on the equipment identifier of the status message, the status identifier of the status message, and one or more predefined settings;
synthesize an audio message by converting the configured text to audio using a text-to-speech engine; and
output the audio message via an audio output device.