Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle are provided. The system includes a controller configured to generate output signals using input signals received from a plurality of different types of input devices wherein the controller is configured to operate at a predetermined logic level and a universal input module corresponding to each type of the plurality of different types of input devices. The universal input module is configured to receive an input signal from an associated input device of one of the different types, determine an operating range of the input device corresponding to one of the different types of input devices, and transmit an output to the controller at the predetermined logic level wherein the output corresponds to the received input scaled to the determined operating range.

Abstract: A method and system for a display system is provided. The system includes a screen surface that includes a plurality of luminous units, a controller communicatively coupled to the screen surface wherein the controller is configured to address at least one of the plurality of luminous units, and a luminous unit sensor having a field of view including at least a portion of the screen surface wherein the luminous unit sensor configured to receive an image of the luminous units in the field of view.

Abstract: A method and system for a display system is provided. The system includes a screen surface that includes a plurality of luminous units, a controller communicatively coupled to the screen surface wherein the controller is configured to address at least one of the plurality of luminous units, and a luminous unit sensor having a field of view including at least a portion of the screen surface wherein the luminous unit sensor configured to receive an image of the luminous units in the field of view.

Abstract: A method for testing a status of a light unit is provided, wherein the method includes electrically coupling the light unit to a controller and transmitting a negative voltage from the controller to the light unit. The method also includes detecting at least one of current and voltage passing through the light unit and determining a status of the light unit based on at least one of the detected current and detected voltage.

Abstract: A method is provided for distinguishing a valid locomotive control signal from an invalid control signal resulting from the presence of at least one interfering signal. The method includes detecting a signal, and transforming the signal into the frequency domain to create a transformed signal having a number of frequency domain peaks. The validity of the signal is determined based on at least of a number, a spacing, and a magnitude of the frequency domain peaks in the transformed signal.

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle are provided. The system includes a controller configured to generate output signals using input signals received from a plurality of different types of input devices wherein the controller is configured to operate at a predetermined logic level and a universal input module corresponding to each type of the plurality of different types of input devices. The universal input module is configured to receive an input signal from an associated input device of one of the different types, determine an operating range of the input device corresponding to one of the different types of input devices, and transmit an output to the controller at the predetermined logic level wherein the output corresponds to the received input scaled to the determined operating range.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a cab signal system are provided. The system includes at least one inductive pickup coil assembly, and a cab signal receiver electrically coupled to the at least one inductive pickup coil assembly. The receiver is configured to receive amplitude and phase information associated with an electromagnetic noise signal portion and receive amplitude and phase information associated with a cab signal portion received by the at least one inductive pickup coil assembly. The receiver is further configured to determine a phase difference between electromagnetic noise signal portion and the cab signal portion and combine the electromagnetic noise signal portion and the cab signal portion based on the phase difference such that an amplitude of the electromagnetic noise signal portion is facilitated being reduced.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a cab signal pickup coil assembly are provided. The system includes an assembly including at least one elongate magnetic core and a plurality of pickup coils concentrically spaced about the magnetic core wherein the pickup coils are configured to be responsive to a magnetic field in the magnetic core. The pickup coils are grouped in sets of pickup coils along an axial length of the magnetic core. At least two sets of pickup coils are at least partially tuned using respective tuning capacitors to be responsive to different respective cab signal carrier frequencies.

Abstract: A method for testing a status of a light unit is provided, wherein the method includes electrically coupling the light unit to a controller and transmitting a negative voltage from the controller to the light unit. The method also includes detecting at least one of current and voltage passing through the light unit and determining a status of the light unit based on at least one of the detected current and detected voltage.