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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.6252/DELNP/2008 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :17/07/2008 (43) Publication Date : 24/10/2008
(54) Title of the invention : "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATING RAILWAY LINE OF ROAD AND YARD
PLANNERS"
(51) International classification :G01C 21/00 (71)Name of Applicant :
(31) Priority Document No :11/342, 853
1)GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
(32) Priority Date :31/01/2006
Address of Applicant :1 RIVER ROAD, SCHENECTADY,
(33) Name of priority country :U.S.A.
NY 12345, USA. U.S.A.
(86) International Application No :PCT/US2007/001341 (72)Name of Inventor :
Filing Date
:20/01/2007
1)PHILP JOSEPH WESLEY
(87) International Publication No :WO 2007/089440 2)MACEO JOANNE
(61) Patent of Addition to Application
Number
Filing Date
:NA
:NA
3)WILLS MITCHELL SCOTT
(62) Divisional to Application Number :NA
Filing Date
:NA
(57) Abstract :
A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling
system. The scheduling system utilizes a resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the
global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can be used to assist in the control of, or to automatically
control, the movement of trains through the system. Similar movement planners exist for moving trains in yards or terminals.
Coordination is achieved and system efficiency improved by interfacing the line of road and yard planners.
No. of Pages : 13 No. of Claims : 5
The Patent Office Journal 24/10/2008 25757