Patents by Inventor Charles Terra

Charles Terra 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).

  • Methods and system for detecting railway vacancy
    Patent number: 8452466
    Abstract: A method for detecting railway vacancy is provided. The method includes sensing, at a remote sensing unit positioned proximate to a railway, a presence of a railcar traversing the railway. The method also includes storing, in real-time, at the remote sensing unit, a sensing event indicative of the sensed presence of the railcar traversing the railway and transmitting, asynchronously from the time at which the presence of the railcar was sensed at the remote sensing unit, the stored sensing event to a master accumulation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Kiss, John McElroy, Charles Terra
  • METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RAILWAY VACANCY
    Publication number: 20090277998
    Abstract: A method for detecting railway vacancy is provided. The method includes sensing, at a remote sensing unit positioned proximate to a railway, a presence of a railcar traversing the railway. The method also includes storing, in real-time, at the remote sensing unit, a sensing event indicative of the sensed presence of the railcar traversing the railway and transmitting, asynchronously from the time at which the presence of the railcar was sensed at the remote sensing unit, the stored sensing event to a master accumulation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: James Kiss, John McElroy, Charles Terra