Patents by Inventor Islam Alyafawi

Islam Alyafawi 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).

  • Publication number: 20220242467
    Abstract: Methods and systems for real-time detection and reporting of trains is described. A system includes two train detection units (TDUs) for each railroad track intersecting a municipality boundary. Each TDU including a proximity sensor to sense a presence of an object on the railroad track, a camera to capture an image of a detected object when the object is within a detection zone, a radar to measure speed when the detected object is classified as a train, and a processor to classify the detected object, generate a timestamp corresponding to when the train entered and exited the detection zone, and determine a train length from the speed and time delta between entrance timestamp and exit timestamp. A train detection controller to receive at least the train length and a TDU identification from one of the two TDUs, and determine estimated time of arrivals for the train at different municipality locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Wael Guibene, Islam Alyafawi, Hossam Hmimy, Mohamed Daoud, Hany Heikal, Allan D. Sjoestroem