Patents by Inventor Lawrence B. Jordan

Lawrence B. Jordan 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: 20230281640
    Abstract: A operational threat detection system and method for mobile assets that includes a data acquisition and recording system onboard a mobile asset including an event detector, a gyroscope, a global positioning system, and a digital video recorder adapted to receive data obtained from at least one of onboard the at least one mobile assets and offboard the at least one mobile assets and a processing component adapted to obtain at least one media file from the at least one mobile asset and process the at least one media file to determine threat detection, key event detection, and/or non-compliance with applicable mobile asset regulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B Jordan, Ritu Chawla, Patricia Basuel, Randel L. Harris
  • Patent number: 11731672
    Abstract: An automated signal compliance monitoring and alerting system (ASCMAS) that automatically monitors and provides historical and real-time alerting for mobile assets in violation of a signal aspect, such as a stop light, traffic light, and/or speed limit signal, and/or operating the mobile asset unsafely in an attempt to maintain compliance to a signal. ASCMAS works in conjunction with a data acquisition and recording system (DARS) for mobile assets that includes a data center onboard the mobile asset and a data center remote from the mobile asset. A first artificial intelligence model of at least one of the data centers determines whether the mobile asset is a leading and/or controlling mobile asset. From video content obtained from one of the data centers, a second artificial intelligence model determines an episode involving the mobile asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Brandon Schabell, Bryan Weaver, Pradeep Ganesan, Roger Martinez, Jagadeeswaran Rathinavel, Sergio E. Murillo Amaya
  • Patent number: 11423706
    Abstract: The real-time data acquisition and recording data sharing system works in conjunction with a real-time data acquisition and recording system and a viewer which provides real-time, or near real-time, access to a wide range of data, such as event and operational data, video data, and audio data to remotely located users such as asset owners, operators and investigators. The data sharing system allows the user to share data obtained from the data acquisition and recording system to remotely located users. The user can share data with remote recipient end users that have internet access and a modern web browser in a secure, controlled, tracked, and audited way. The user, instead of sharing files, shares a URL to the data. URL based data sharing enables the user to control, track, and audit sensitive data. The user will be able to share data to improve the safety of the world's transportation systems without fear of unauthorized data dissemination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Divya Dinesh, Matthew D. Hamsmith, Dan Alwin
  • Publication number: 20220148348
    Abstract: A connected diagnostic system (CDS) for mobile assets that includes an onboard processing unit and a remote web-based platform that provides a remote view of an onboard display and/or Human Machine Interface (HMI) of the mobile asset. The onboard display and/or HMI can be the mobile asset's own onboard display or an onboard display can be included with the CDS. The onboard processing unit receives data from data sources onboard the mobile asset, such as onboard systems and onboard subsystems, and/or data sources remote from the mobile asset and displays the data on the onboard display, using wired communication channels, and on the remote web-based platform, using wireless communication channels. The onboard processing unit can also receive data from a data acquisition and recording system (DARS) for mobile assets that includes a data recorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Lisa A. Matta, Chaitanya Veeranna Gowda, Syed Oun Abbas, Matthew D. Hamsmith
  • Publication number: 20220044183
    Abstract: An engineer recertification assistant that utilizes a real-time data acquisition and recording system (DARS), a DARS viewer, and a video analytics system for mobile assets. DARS includes a data recorder, an onboard data manager, and at least one local memory module. The video analytics system processes video data from at least one camera and operational data from the data recorder for critical events and regulatory requirements based on a mobile asset operator's operational performance. The processed video data and operational data is display, along with episodes, exceptions, and user comments, on a display device featuring a web portal. The engineer recertification assistant can further determine an automated score-based recommendation for certification or decertification of the mobile asset operator or can directly certify or decertify the mobile asset operator for gross non-compliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Mihir Phadke, Frank Messina, Roger Martinez, Divya Dinesh
  • Patent number: 11055935
    Abstract: A data acquisition and recording system (DARS) and viewer for mobile assets that includes a data encoder, onboard data manager, and at least one local memory module. DARS processes video data from at least one 360 degree camera and stores a compressed record of the data at least once per second in the local memory module. DARS is designed to run in near real-time mode, storing a full record comprising five minutes of data to a remote memory module every five minutes, and in real-time mode, streaming video data to the remote memory module by uploading a record of data at least once per second and up to once every tenth of a second. Remotely located users can view video, audio, and data in various view modes through a web browser or virtual reality device, which provides for quicker emergency response, validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitor crew performance and safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Savankumar V. Patel, Bryan D. Weaver
  • Publication number: 20200307614
    Abstract: A data acquisition and recording system (DARS) for mobile assets that includes a data recorder and an automated signal monitoring and alerting system. The data recorder includes a data encoder, an onboard data manager, a vehicle event detector, at least one local memory component, and a queueing repository. DARS processes data from at least one input sensor and stores a compressed record of the data at least once per second in the local memory module. DARS is designed to run in near real-time mode, storing a full record comprising five minutes of data to a remote memory module every five minutes, and in real-time mode, streaming data to the remote memory module by uploading a record of data at least once per second and up to once every tenth of a second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Brandon Schabell, Bryan Weaver, Pradeep Ganesan, Roger Martinez, Jagadeeswaran Rathinavel, Sergio E. Murillo Amaya
  • Patent number: 10445951
    Abstract: A data acquisition and recording system (DARS) for mobile assets that includes a data recorder. The data recorder includes a data encoder, an onboard data manager, a vehicle event detector, at least one local memory component, and a queuing repository. DARS processes data from at least one input sensor and stores a compressed record of the data at least once per second in the local memory module. DARS is designed to run in near real-time mode, storing a full record comprising five minutes of data to a remote memory module every five minutes, and in real-time mode, streaming data to the remote memory module by uploading a record of data at least once per second and up to once every tenth of a second. Remotely located users can view video, audio, and data acquired by DARS through a web browser, which provides for quicker emergency response, validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitor crew performance and safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Matthew D. Hamsmith
  • Publication number: 20190304210
    Abstract: The real-time data acquisition and recording data sharing system works in conjunction with a real-time data acquisition and recording system and a viewer which provides real-time, or near real-time, access to a wide range of data, such as event and operational data, video data, and audio data to remotely located users such as asset owners, operators and investigators. The data sharing system allows the user to share data obtained from the data acquisition and recording system to remotely located users. The user can share data with remote recipient end users that have internet access and a modern web browser in a secure, controlled, tracked, and audited way. The user, instead of sharing files, shares a URL to the data. URL based data sharing enables the user to control, track, and audit sensitive data. The user will be able to share data to improve the safety of the world's transportation systems without fear of unauthorized data dissemination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Divya Dinesh, Matthew D. Hamsmith, Dan Alwin
  • Patent number: 10410441
    Abstract: A data acquisition and recording system (DARS) and viewer for mobile assets that includes a data encoder, onboard data manager, and at least one local memory module. DARS processes video data from at least one 360 degree camera and stores a compressed record of the data at least once per second in the local memory module. DARS is designed to run in near real-time mode, storing a full record comprising five minutes of data to a remote memory module every five minutes, and in real-time mode, streaming video data to the remote memory module by uploading a record of data at least once per second and up to once every tenth of a second. Remotely located users can view video, audio, and data in various view modes through a web browser or virtual reality device, which provides for quicker emergency response, validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitor crew performance and safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Savankumar V. Patel, Bryan D. Weaver
  • Patent number: 10392038
    Abstract: A video content analysis system for mobile assets that includes track detection and infrastructure monitoring component. The track detection and infrastructure monitoring includes a reinforcement learning component, an object detection and location component, and an obstruction detection component to analyze video data, audio data, vehicle data, weather data, and route/manifest data to determine internal and/or external conditions relating to an the asset. A data acquisition and recording system uploads the data, internal and/or external condition information, object detection information, object location information, and obstruction detection information to a remote memory module and provides streaming video data in real-time to a remotely located user. Remotely located users can view the data in various view modes through a web browser or virtual reality device, which provides for quicker emergency response, validates the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitors crew performance and safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Savankumar V. Patel, Jeffrey A. Mueller, Jagadeeswaran Rathinavel, Roger Martinez
  • Publication number: 20190244447
    Abstract: A data acquisition and recording system (DARS) and viewer for mobile assets that includes a data encoder, onboard data manager, and at least one local memory module. DARS processes video data from at least one 360 degree camera and stores a compressed record of the data at least once per second in the local memory module. DARS is designed to run in near real-time mode, storing a full record comprising five minutes of data to a remote memory module every five minutes, and in real-time mode, streaming video data to the remote memory module by uploading a record of data at least once per second and up to once every tenth of a second. Remotely located users can view video, audio, and data in various view modes through a web browser or virtual reality device, which provides for quicker emergency response, validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitor crew performance and safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Savankumar V. Patel, Bryan D. Weaver
  • Publication number: 20180204395
    Abstract: A data acquisition and recording system (DARS) for mobile assets that includes a data recorder. The data recorder includes a data encoder, an onboard data manager, a vehicle event detector, at least one local memory component, and a queuing repository. DARS processes data from at least one input sensor and stores a compressed record of the data at least once per second in the local memory module. DARS is designed to run in near real-time mode, storing a full record comprising five minutes of data to a remote memory module every five minutes, and in real-time mode, streaming data to the remote memory module by uploading a record of data at least once per second and up to once every tenth of a second. Remotely located users can view video, audio, and data acquired by DARS through a web browser, which provides for quicker emergency response, validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitor crew performance and safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Mathew Hamsmith
  • Patent number: 9934623
    Abstract: A data acquisition and recording system (DARS) for mobile assets that includes a data recorder. The data recorder includes a data encoder, an onboard data manager, a vehicle event detector, at least one local memory component, and a queueing repository. DARS processes data from at least one input sensor and stores a compressed record of the data at least once per second in the local memory module. DARS is designed to run in near real-time mode, storing a full record comprising five minutes of data to a remote memory module every five minutes, and in real-time mode, streaming data to the remote memory module by uploading a record of data at least once per second and up to once every tenth of a second. Remotely located users can view video, audio, and data acquired by DARS through a web browser, which provides for quicker emergency response, validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitor crew performance and safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Mathew Hamsmith
  • Patent number: 9915535
    Abstract: An acceleration-based mobile asset data recorder and transmitter equipped with a wireless processing unit, an event recorder, a digital video recorder, a fuel level sensor, and an inertial navigation sensor board. The inertial navigation sensor board includes a 3-axis gyroscope, a 3-axis accelerometer, a 3-axis magnetometer, and a microcontroller. The data recorder and transmitter allows for automatic orientation, automatic compass calibration, fuel compensation with pitch and roll, emergency brake application with impact detection, rough operating condition detection, engine running detection, and inertial navigation of a mobile asset. Users can use the normal operation of their mobile assets to locate and alert, in real-time, areas where their assets are encountering rough operating environments, to provide for quicker emergency response, and to validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B Jordan, Lisa A Matta
  • Patent number: 9913087
    Abstract: A mobile asset cellular device transmission detector system and method comprises a mobile asset cellular device transmission detector, a wireless processing unit, an event recorder, and a digital video recorder. The wireless processing unit includes event recorder interface software, digital video recorder interface software that obtains data from the digital video recorder, wireless navigation (Wi-Nav) software that obtains data from the Wi-Nav, global positioning system (GPS) software that obtains data from a GPS and geo-fence software. The cellular device transmission detector continually checks for cellular device transmissions within a mobile asset and whether those transmissions were associated with an impact, rollover, operator action or geo-fence defined location and/or boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Michael Heilmann, Lisa A. Matta, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20170327138
    Abstract: A video content analysis system for mobile assets that includes track detection and infrastructure monitoring component. The track detection and infrastructure monitoring includes a reinforcement learning component, an object detection and location component, and an obstruction detection component to analyze video data, audio data, vehicle data, weather data, and route/manifest data to determine internal and/or external conditions relating to an the asset. A data acquisition and recording system uploads the data, internal and/or external condition information, object detection information, object location information, and obstruction detection information to a remote memory module and provides streaming video data in real-time to a remotely located user. Remotely located users can view the data in various view modes through a web browser or virtual reality device, which provides for quicker emergency response, validates the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitors crew performance and safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Savankumar V. Patel, Jeffrey A. Mueller, Jagadeeswaran Rathinavel, Roger Martinez
  • Publication number: 20170330398
    Abstract: A data acquisition and recording system (DARS) and viewer for mobile assets that includes a data encoder, onboard data manager, and at least one local memory module. DARS processes video data from at least one 360 degree camera and stores a compressed record of the data at least once per second in the local memory module. DARS is designed to run in near real-time mode, storing a full record comprising five minutes of data to a remote memory module every five minutes, and in real-time mode, streaming video data to the remote memory module by uploading a record of data at least once per second and up to once every tenth of a second. Remotely located users can view video, audio, and data in various view modes through a web browser or virtual reality device, which provides for quicker emergency response, validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitor crew performance and safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Savankumar V. Patel, Bryan D. Weaver
  • Publication number: 20170330392
    Abstract: A data acquisition and recording system (DARS) for mobile assets that includes a data recorder. The data recorder includes a data encoder, an onboard data manager, a vehicle event detector, at least one local memory component, and a queueing repository. DARS processes data from at least one input sensor and stores a compressed record of the data at least once per second in the local memory module. DARS is designed to run in near real-time mode, storing a full record comprising five minutes of data to a remote memory module every five minutes, and in real-time mode, streaming data to the remote memory module by uploading a record of data at least once per second and up to once every tenth of a second. Remotely located users can view video, audio, and data acquired by DARS through a web browser, which provides for quicker emergency response, validate the effectiveness of repairs and rerouting, and monitor crew performance and safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Mathew Hamsmith
  • Publication number: 20170208435
    Abstract: A mobile asset cellular device transmission detector system and method comprises a mobile asset cellular device transmission detector, a wireless processing unit, an event recorder, and a digital video recorder. The wireless processing unit includes event recorder interface software, digital video recorder interface software that obtains data from the digital video recorder, wireless navigation (Wi-Nav) software that obtains data from the Wi-Nav, global positioning system (GPS) software that obtains data from a GPS and geo-fence software. The cellular device transmission detector continually checks for cellular device transmissions within a mobile asset and whether those transmissions were associated with an impact, rollover, operator action or geo-fence defined location and/or boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Wi-Tronix, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Jordan, Michael Heilmann, Lisa A. Matta, Michael Schmidt