Patents by Inventor Jeremy Jovenall
Jeremy Jovenall 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).
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Patent number: 12187331Abstract: An exemplary method includes electronically determining that movement of a rolling stock should be prevented based on a failure condition of the rolling stock. And if it is electronically determined that movement of the rolling stock should be prevented based on the failure condition of the rolling stock, the method further includes preventing movement of the rolling stock including preventing the rolling stock from initiating a movement from a stationary position along a track within a work area defined around the rolling stock by: preventing brakes of the rolling stock from being released via one or more pneumatic components; and/or preventing the rolling stock from receiving or accepting a movement command.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Jovenall
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Patent number: 12065179Abstract: An automated speed control system for a locomotive having a tractive effort mechanism for moving the locomotive along a track and a braking mechanism for reducing the locomotive's speed along the track. The system including a locomotive controller that includes a memory to store computer-executable instructions, and a processor in communication with the memory to execute the instructions to retrieve one or more track grade maps each indicative of a grade of at least a portion of the track along which the locomotive is travelling, retrieve train makeup, obtain a maximum distance to a specified stopping point of the locomotive along the track, and dynamically calculate a speed limit for movement of the locomotive along the track, according to the retrieved track grade map, retrieved train makeup data, and obtained maximum distance to the specified stopping point.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Jovenall
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Devices, systems, and methods related to tracking location of operator control units for locomotives
Patent number: 12030539Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices, systems, and methods related to tracking location of operator control units for locomotives. In exemplary embodiments, a system includes an operator control unit configured to receive one or more commands from an operator for controlling a locomotive. The operator control unit includes a receiver configured to receive geographical location information of the operator control unit. The system is configured to monitor a geographical location of the operator control unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, André Brousseau -
Patent number: 11993297Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods of increasing functional safety of locomotives. In exemplary embodiments, a locomotive functional safety system is configured to: receive one or more manual control commands from a locomotive control stand and/or a user interface onboard a locomotive; determine whether the one or more manual control commands pass or satisfy one or more predetermined criteria; if the one or more manual control commands pass or satisfy the one or more predetermined criteria, approve the one or more manual control commands and allow the one or more manual control commands to be relayed onward and/or acted upon; and if the one or more manual control commands do not pass or satisfy the one or more predetermined criteria, disapprove the one or more manual control commands and disallow the one or more manual control commands to be relayed onward and/or acted upon.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, Jeremy R. Pearson
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Devices, systems, and methods related to tracking location of operator control units for locomotives
Patent number: 11926353Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices, systems, and methods related to tracking location of operator control units for locomotives. In an exemplary embodiment, an operator control unit includes a user interface configured to receive one or more commands from an operator for controlling a locomotive. The operator control unit also includes receiver configured to receive location information of the operator control unit, and a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is configured to transmit command data corresponding to the one or more commands and location data corresponding to the location information to a machine control unit on the locomotive.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, André Brousseau -
Patent number: 11854309Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of systems and methods for remotely controlling locomotives with gestures. In an exemplary embodiment, a system is configured for allowing an operator(s) to remotely control operation of a locomotive with gesture(s) made by an operator(s). The system includes at least one processor configured to be operable for visually recognizing gesture(s) made by an operator(s) in one or more images captured by at least one camera. A locomotive control unit is configured to be operable for controlling the operation of the locomotive according to the visually recognized gesture(s) made by the operator(s).Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, Brian Fette, Ryan Wooten, Ronald Timothy Bailey, Jr.
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Patent number: 11814092Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods of increasing functional safety of locomotives. In exemplary embodiments, a locomotive functional safety system is configured to: receive one or more manual control commands from a locomotive control stand and/or a user interface onboard a locomotive; determine whether the one or more manual control commands pass or satisfy one or more predetermined criteria; if the one or more manual control commands pass or satisfy the one or more predetermined criteria, approve the one or more manual control commands and allow the one or more manual control commands to be relayed onward and/or acted upon; and if the one or more manual control commands do not pass or satisfy the one or more predetermined criteria, disapprove the one or more manual control commands and disallow the one or more manual control commands to be relayed onward and/or acted upon.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, Jeremy R. Pearson
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Patent number: 11479280Abstract: An example remote control locomotive (RCL) system includes a consist having at least one locomotive and at least one pneumatic brake pipe, and an RCL controller. The RCL controller includes a memory configured to store at least one pressurization reference including correspondence relationships between pneumatic brake pipe pressurization time periods and pneumatic brake pipe air volumes, and a processor configured to monitor a time period to pressurize the at least one pneumatic brake pipe of the consist. The processor is also configured to compare the monitored time period to pressurize the at least one pneumatic brake pipe to the pressurization reference, and determine a fault or a number of locomotives in the consist according to the comparison of the monitored time period to pressurize the at least one pneumatic brake pipe to the pressurization reference.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: CATTRON NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Jeremy Jovenall
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Patent number: 11318968Abstract: An automated speed control system for a locomotive having a tractive effort mechanism for moving the locomotive along a track and a braking mechanism for reducing the locomotive's speed along the track. The system including a locomotive controller that includes a memory to store computer-executable instructions, and a processor in communication with the memory to execute the instructions to retrieve one or more track grade maps each indicative of a grade of at least a portion of the track along which the locomotive is travelling, retrieve train makeup, obtain a maximum distance to a specified stopping point of the locomotive along the track, and dynamically calculate a speed limit for movement of the locomotive along the track, according to the retrieved track grade map, retrieved train makeup data, and obtained maximum distance to the specified stopping point.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Jovenall
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Patent number: 11318972Abstract: An example locomotive consist control system includes a locomotive controller located on a locomotive consist to control movement of the locomotive consist along one or more tracks, and a field operator control unit in communication with the locomotive controller. The field operator control unit is configured to control movement of the locomotive consist via the locomotive controller. The system also includes a yard supervisory controller configured to monitor a location of the locomotive consist along the one or more tracks, and a remote operator controller in communication with the yard supervisory controller and the locomotive controller. The remote operator controller is configured to transmit speed and direction orders from the yard supervisory controller to the locomotive controller to control movement of the locomotive consist.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: CATTRON NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Jeremy Jovenall
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Patent number: 11312402Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of systems and methods for safety locking of operator control units for remote control locomotives. In an exemplary embodiment, a system includes a machine control unit located on a locomotive to control operation of the locomotive, a primary operator control unit including a primary network interface configured to transmit received input commands to the machine control unit to control motion of the locomotive, and a secondary operation control unit including a secondary network interface and a secondary input interface. The secondary operator control unit is configured to operate in a secondary role that does not include motion control of the locomotive, and the secondary operator control unit is configured to transmit a lock command to the machine control unit to inhibit movement of the locomotive in response to receiving a lock command input at the secondary input interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: CATTRON NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, André Brousseau
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Publication number: 20220073117Abstract: An exemplary method includes electronically determining that movement of a rolling stock should be prevented based on a failure condition of the rolling stock. And if it is electronically determined that movement of the rolling stock should be prevented based on the failure condition of the rolling stock, the method further includes preventing movement of the rolling stock including preventing the rolling stock from initiating a movement from a stationary position along a track within a work area defined around the rolling stock by: preventing brakes of the rolling stock from being released via one or more pneumatic components; and/or preventing the rolling stock from receiving or accepting a movement command.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventor: Jeremy Jovenall
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Patent number: 11208127Abstract: An example automated locomotive spotting system includes a locomotive having a tractive effort mechanism for moving the locomotive along a track, and a locomotive controller configured to control the tractive effort mechanism to move the locomotive along the track. The locomotive controller includes an odometer configured to monitor a distance traversed by the locomotive along the track. The locomotive controller is configured to receive a requested spotting distance value, and initiate movement of the locomotive along the track via the tractive effort mechanism. The locomotive controller is also configured to monitor, by the odometer, the distance traversed by the locomotive along the track, and inhibit movement of the locomotive in response to the monitored odometer distance indicating the locomotive has traversed the requested spotting distance.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Jovenall
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Patent number: 11173934Abstract: A control unit for controlling a rolling stock includes a user interface. The control unit is configured to receive, via the user interface, a plurality of user inputs corresponding to a plurality of users servicing the rolling stock, determine whether at least one user of the plurality of users remains servicing the rolling stock, and if at least one user of the one or more users remains servicing the rolling stock, prevent unauthorized movement of the rolling stock. Other example control units, computer systems including one or more control units, and computer-implemented methods for preventing unauthorized movement of a rolling stock are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Jovenall
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Patent number: 11158205Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of systems, methods and devices related to remote control locomotive training. In an exemplary embodiment, a remote control locomotive training system includes a locomotive control unit coupled to a locomotive and configured to control operation of the locomotive, and a trainee operator control unit in wireless communication with the locomotive control unit. The trainee operator control unit includes a first wireless interface to transmit one or more commands to the locomotive control unit. The system also includes a trainer operator control unit in wireless communication with the trainee operator control unit via a second wireless interface. The trainer operator control unit is configured to monitor the trainee operator control unit by receiving messages from the trainee operator control unit indicative of the one or more commands transmitted from the trainee operator control unit to the locomotive control unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, André Brousseau
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Devices, systems, and methods related to tracking location of operator control units for locomotives
Patent number: 11046335Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices, systems, and methods related to tracking location of operator control units for locomotives. In an exemplary embodiment, an operator control unit includes a user interface configured to receive one or more commands from an operator for controlling a locomotive. The operator control unit also includes receiver configured to receive location information of the operator control unit, and a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is configured to transmit command data corresponding to the one or more commands and location data corresponding to the location information to a machine control unit on the locomotive.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, Andre Brousseau -
Patent number: 10643500Abstract: A system includes at least one train having one or more sensors and a device remote from the at least one train. The device is configured to communicate with the at least one train via one or more networks, collect data from the one or more sensors of the at least one train at a plurality of different locations in a defined area, and generate a map of the one or more tracks based on the data collected from the one or more sensors of the at least one train at the plurality of different locations in the defined area. Other example systems and computer-implemented methods of mapping one or more railroad tracks in a defined area are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Jovenall
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Patent number: 10593226Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of systems, methods and devices related to remote control locomotive training. In an exemplary embodiment, a remote control locomotive training system includes a locomotive control unit coupled to a locomotive and configured to control operation of the locomotive, and a trainee operator control unit in wireless communication with the locomotive control unit. The trainee operator control unit includes a first wireless interface to transmit one or more commands to the locomotive control unit. The system also includes a trainer operator control unit in wireless communication with the trainee operator control unit via a second wireless interface. The trainer operator control unit is configured to monitor the trainee operator control unit by receiving messages from the trainee operator control unit indicative of the one or more commands transmitted from the trainee operator control unit to the locomotive control unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Cattron North America, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, André Brousseau
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Patent number: 10449973Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices, systems, and methods related relaying voice messages to operator control units of a locomotive. In an exemplary embodiment, an operator control unit generally includes a user interface configured to receive one or more commands from an operator for controlling a locomotive, a wireless communication interface configured to transmit data to and receive data from a locomotive control unit of the locomotive, and memory configured to store multiple voice messages corresponding to the locomotive. The operator control unit also includes a processor configured to receive a voice message number from the locomotive control unit of the locomotive via the wireless communication interface, retrieve one of the multiple stored voice messages from memory corresponding to the received voice message number, and transmit the retrieved voice message to an earpiece of the operator via a wired transmission and/or near-field wireless transmission.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, Oleh Szklar
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Publication number: 20190206274Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of systems, methods and devices related to remote control locomotive training. In an exemplary embodiment, a remote control locomotive training system includes a locomotive control unit coupled to a locomotive and configured to control operation of the locomotive, and a trainee operator control unit in wireless communication with the locomotive control unit. The trainee operator control unit includes a first wireless interface to transmit one or more commands to the locomotive control unit. The system also includes a trainer operator control unit in wireless communication with the trainee operator control unit via a second wireless interface. The trainer operator control unit is configured to monitor the trainee operator control unit by receiving messages from the trainee operator control unit indicative of the one or more commands transmitted from the trainee operator control unit to the locomotive control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Jeremy Jovenall, André Brousseau