Patents by Inventor Marcos Blanco FERNANDES

Marcos Blanco FERNANDES 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).

  • System and method for scoring train runs
    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
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCORING TRAIN RUNS
    Publication number: 20220194446
    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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sammy AKIF, Marcos Blanco FERNANDES, Joseph Maverick WHITE, John William BRAND