Patent ID: 8989917
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B61L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: one or more processors configured to be disposed onboard a remotely controlled vehicle, the one or more processors configured to receive an operator command for the vehicle from an operator control unit disposed off-board of the vehicle, the one or more processors also configured to predict movements of the vehicle over an upcoming segment of a route being traveled by the vehicle based on the operator command and terrain information of the upcoming segment of the route, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine an actual movement of the vehicle, wherein the one or more processors are configured to communicate the predicted movements of the vehicle to the operator control unit and the one or more processors are configured to communicate the actual movement of the vehicle to the operator control unit such that an operator can examine the predicted movements and the actual movement in order to remotely control the vehicle, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to predict one or more of a throttle profile or a speed profile as the predicted movements of the vehicle, the throttle profile based on the terrain information and the operator command, the throttle profile representing throttle settings of the vehicle expressed as a function of at least one of distance along the route or time in order to cause the vehicle to maintain a designated speed provided by the operator command, the speed profile based on the terrain information and the operator command, the speed profile representing predicted speeds of the vehicle expressed as a function of at least one of distance along the route or time that the vehicle is predicted to travel if a throttle setting represented by the operator command is implemented by the vehicle and maintained as the vehicle travels over the upcoming segment of the route.