Patents by Inventor Blaine R. Groves

Blaine R. Groves 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).

  • System and method for the automatic generation of movement authority solutions in a rail system
    Patent number: 8295999
    Abstract: A dual-process system for the automatic generation of railway route-solution candidates and their concomitant movement authorities includes a central authority server that accepts dispatcher-provided start and end point data and time information and executes two different independent routing processes to provide two independently determined route-solution candidates. The two solutions are compared for consistency and, when consistent, the route with the minimum authority grants is selected as the solution for use by the locomotive or train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corp.
    Inventors: Blaine R. Groves, Richard A. Allshouse
  • System and Method for the Automatic Generation of Movement Authority Solutions in a Rail System
    Publication number: 20110035083
    Abstract: A dual-process system for the automatic generation of railway route-solution candidates and their concomitant movement authorities includes a central authority server that accepts dispatcher-provided start and end point data and time information and executes two different independent routing processes to provide two independently determined route-solution candidates. The two solutions are compared for consistency and, when consistent, the route with the minimum authority grants is selected as the solution for use by the locomotive or train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Blaine R. Groves, Richard A. Allshouse