Patents by Inventor Joseph Blanco

Joseph Blanco 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: 20240174276
    Abstract: A system includes one or more processors and memory storing processor-executable instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include generating a driving strategy for a traveling route of a train based on saved data in the system, the train comprising at least one diesel-electric locomotive (DEL) and at least one battery-electric locomotive (BEL); operating the train according to the driving strategy; receiving update data; revising the driving strategy based on the saved data and the update data including: determining an amount of energy for the train to traverse a segment of the traveling route based on the driving strategy and the update data, and determining a distribution of the amount of energy between the at least one DEL and the at least one BEL based on the driving strategy and the update data; and operating the train according to the revised driving strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: Sammy Akif, Sidarta Fornari Beltramin, Marcos Blanco Fernandes, Joseph M White
  • Patent number: 11919552
    Abstract: A train control system uses sensory inputs related to operational parameters of a train for automatically scoring or classifying particular train driving strategies implemented by a machine learning model for a particular train operating on a predefined route or route segment. The train control system includes one or more predefined rules related to one or more of a first set of the operational parameters, wherein each of the rules defines a Boolean, true or false classification based on whether a particular train driving strategy results in one or more of the first set of operational parameters complying with the rule. One or more comparative key performance indicators are related to one or more of a second set of operational parameters, and are used to rank the particular train driving strategy for the predefined route or route segment relative to a different train driving strategy for the same or comparable route or route segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: Sammy Akif, Marcos Blanco Fernandes, Joseph Maverick White, John William Brand
  • Publication number: 20230195071
    Abstract: A method includes initiating a connection with a semiconductor manufacturing system. The method further includes generating a set of tool data items associated with the semiconductor manufacturing system. The method further includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) presenting the set of tool data items associated with the semiconductor manufacturing system and receiving and via the GUI, user input selecting one or more of the tool data items. The method further includes adding configuration data associated with one or more of the tool data items to a data collection plan. The method further includes validating the configuration data by locating, in the manufacturing system, a configuration data file associated with the configuration data. The method further includes executing one or more data collection operations based on the data collection plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: William Kazmierski, Joseph Blanco, Balaji Pasupathy