Patents by Inventor Harry Mathews, JR.

Harry Mathews, JR. 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).

  • ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220063686
    Abstract: A vehicle system having processors configured to determine regions of a trip where the vehicle system is permitted for a first mode of control. The permissible regions of the trip are determined based on one or more of parameters of a route, a trend of operating parameters of the vehicle system, or a trip plan that designates one or more operational settings of the vehicle system at different locations, different times, or different distances along a route. The processors also are configured to control transition of the vehicle system between a second mode of control and the second mode of control in the regions by alerting an operator of the vehicle system, automatically switching between the modes of control, or modifying conditions on which the transition occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: James D. Brooks, Harry Mathews, JR.
  • Adaptive vehicle control system
    Patent number: 11203365
    Abstract: A vehicle system having processors configured to determine permissible regions of a trip where the vehicle system is permitted for automatic control. The permissible regions of the trip are determined based on one or more of parameters of a route, a trend of operating parameters of the vehicle system, or a trip plan that designates one or more operational settings of the vehicle system at different locations, different times, or different distances along a route. The processors also are configured to control transition of the vehicle system between manual control and the automatic control in the permissible regions by alerting an operator of the vehicle system, automatically switching between the manual control and the automatic control, or modifying conditions on which the transition occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: James D. Brooks, Harry Mathews, Jr.
  • ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190382039
    Abstract: A vehicle system having processors configured to determine permissible regions of a trip where the vehicle system is permitted for automatic control. The permissible regions of the trip are determined based on one or more of parameters of a route, a trend of operating parameters of the vehicle system, or a trip plan that designates one or more operational settings of the vehicle system at different locations, different times, or different distances along a route. The processors also are configured to control transition of the vehicle system between manual control and the automatic control in the permissible regions by alerting an operator of the vehicle system, automatically switching between the manual control and the automatic control, or modifying conditions on which the transition occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: James D. Brooks, Harry Mathews, JR.
  • Adaptive vehicle control system
    Patent number: 10370012
    Abstract: A vehicle system having processors configured to determine permissible regions of a trip where the vehicle system is permitted for automatic control. The permissible regions of the trip are determined based on one or more of parameters of a route, a trend of operating parameters of the vehicle system, or a trip plan that designates one or more operational settings of the vehicle system at different locations, different times, or different distances along a route. The processors also are configured to control transition of the vehicle system between manual control and the automatic control in the permissible regions by alerting an operator of the vehicle system, automatically switching between the manual control and the automatic control, or modifying conditions on which the transition occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLC
    Inventors: James D. Brooks, Harry Mathews, Jr.
  • ADAPTIVE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180257682
    Abstract: A vehicle system having processors configured to determine permissible regions of a trip where the vehicle system is permitted for automatic control. The permissible regions of the trip are determined based on one or more of parameters of a route, a trend of operating parameters of the vehicle system, or a trip plan that designates one or more operational settings of the vehicle system at different locations, different times, or different distances along a route. The processors also are configured to control transition of the vehicle system between manual control and the automatic control in the permissible regions by alerting an operator of the vehicle system, automatically switching between the manual control and the automatic control, or modifying conditions on which the transition occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: James D. Brooks, Harry Mathews, JR.