Patents by Inventor Gerald Douglas Rose

Gerald Douglas Rose 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 optimizing vehicle performance in presence of changing optimization parameters
    Patent number: 8645047
    Abstract: A method for controlling operations of a power system having at least one internal combustion power unit includes: (a) identifying a plurality of discrete potential dynamic events; (b) for each potential dynamic event, computing an optimization profile which describes power settings for the power system to follow in order to optimize at least one operating parameter of the at least one power unit; (c) selecting one of the optimization profiles based on the potential dynamic event with the highest current probability; and (d) operating the system in accordance with the selected optimization profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang Daum, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Gerald Douglas Rose, Scott Sexauer
  • System and method to provide communication-based train control system capabilities
    Patent number: 8224510
    Abstract: A portable computer system and method of operating a vehicle using the portable computer system in a communication-based train control (CBTC) system territory is provided. The portable computer system includes a sensor and a transceiver that is communicatively coupled to the sensor and to the CBTC system, wherein the portable computer system configured to be removably coupled to the vehicle. The method includes verifying that the vehicle is operating with one of a non-operational CBTC computer system and a non-CBTC computer system, and removably coupling a portable computer system including at least one sensor and a transceiver that is communicatively coupled to the sensor to the vehicle such that the transceiver is coupled in communication with the CBTC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang Daum, Jeffrey Baker, Tom Otsubo, Gerald Douglas Rose, Craig Stull, Gregory Hann, Phillip Danner
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION-BASED TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20100131129
    Abstract: A portable computer system and method of operating a vehicle using the portable computer system in a communication-based train control (CBTC) system territory is provided. The portable computer system includes a sensor and a transceiver that is communicatively coupled to the sensor and to the CBTC system, wherein the portable computer system configured to be removably coupled to the vehicle. The method includes verifying that the vehicle is operating with one of a non-operational CBTC computer system and a non-CBTC computer system, and removably coupling a portable computer system including at least one sensor and a transceiver that is communicatively coupled to the sensor to the vehicle such that the transceiver is coupled in communication with the CBTC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Daum, Jeffrey Baker, Tom Otsubo, Gerald Douglas Rose, Craig Stull, Gregory Hann, Phillip Danner
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING VEHICLE PERFORMANCE IN PRESENCE OF CHANGING OPTIMIZATION PARAMETERS
    Publication number: 20090118970
    Abstract: A method for controlling operations of a power system having at least one internal combustion power unit includes: (a) identifying a plurality of discrete potential dynamic events; (b) for each potential dynamic event, computing an optimization profile which describes power settings for the power system to follow in order to optimize at least one operating parameter of the at least one power unit; (c) selecting one of the optimization profiles based on the potential dynamic event with the highest current probability; and (d) operating the system in accordance with the selected optimization profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Wolfgang Daum, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Joseph Forrest Noffsinger, Gerald Douglas Rose, Scott Joseph Sexauer
  • SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CODE FOR INSURING CONTINUOUS FLOW OF INFORMATION TO AN OPERATOR OF A POWERED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080208401
    Abstract: A system for providing architecture for controlling a powered system having at least one power generating unit so that information provided to a user is not halted when a change in information to at least one of a subsystem and a system occurs, the system including a first control device configured for controlling the powered system, a second control device configured for controlling the power generating unit, and a communication system configured to provide information to the first control device independent of the second control device and the second control device independent of the first control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: AJITH KUTTANNAIR KUMAR, Wolfgang Daum, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Gerald Douglas Rose, Patricia Sue Lacy