Patents by Inventor Andy PRESTAIL

Andy PRESTAIL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic train control system and corresponding method
    Patent number: 10864931
    Abstract: This system includes a ground ATC and an on board ATC, which is switched from an “active” mode toward a “standby” mode and vice versa by a wake-up unit. In the “standby” mode, only the following components remain powered: odometry device; a main computer; a radio communication device between the on board ATC and the ground ATC; the wake-up unit. The main computer is programmed so as, in the “standby” mode, to verify that the movement of the train measured by the odometry device from the switching from the “active” mode to the “standby” mode is zero and, in the affirmative, to send the ground ATC an instantaneous position of the train using the radio communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Andy Prestail, Javier Ballesteros
  • AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180312182
    Abstract: This system includes a ground ATC and an on board ATC, which is switched from an “active” mode toward a “standby” mode and vice versa by a wake-up unit. In the “standby” mode, only the following components remain powered: odometry device; a main computer; a radio communication device between the on board ATC and the ground ATC; the wake-up unit. The main computer is programmed so as, in the “standby” mode, to verify that the movement of the train measured by the odometry device from the switching from the “active” mode to the “standby” mode is zero and, in the affirmative, to send the ground ATC an instantaneous position of the train using the radio communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Andy PRESTAIL, Javier BALLESTEROS