Patents by Inventor Sammy AKIF

Sammy AKIF 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: 20240227884
    Abstract: Methods and systems implement an output interface of a display computing system to display a visualization of predictive output of an onboard computing system of a train. A display computing system obtains, from an onboard predictive control system of a train traveling along a rail from a departure to a destination, predicted speeds which the predictive control system uses to preemptively adjust control signals sent by an onboard train control system of the train. The display computing system provides a visualization of the predicted speeds obtained by the predictive control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: Colby Smith Bradley, Sammy Akif, Konan Thomason, Marcos Blanco Fernandes
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20240166249
    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 comprising at least one battery-electric locomotive (BEL) based on saved data in the system for optimizing one or more aspects for the train over the traveling route; operating the train according to the driving strategy; receiving update data associated with a current location of the train; revising the driving strategy based on the saved data and the update data for optimizing energy consumption efficiency for a segment of the traveling route by identifying active powered components of the train that are non-essential for traversing the segment and turning off power to one or more of the identified active powered components for a duration of traversing the segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: Sammy Akif, Sidarta Fornari Beltramin, Evan P Sevel, John William Brand
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11858543
    Abstract: A train control system uses artificial intelligence for maintaining synchronization between centralized and distributed train control models. A machine learning engine receives training data from a data acquisition hub, a first set of output control commands from a centralized virtual system modeling engine, and a second set of output control commands from a distributed virtual system modeling engine. The machine learning engine compares the first set of output control commands and the second set of output control commands, and trains a learning system using the training data to enable the machine learning engine to safely mitigate any difference between the first and second sets of output control commands using a learning function including at least one learning parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Progress Rail Services Corporation
    Inventors: Sammy Akif, John William Brand, Evan Paul Sevel, Frederick Gary Silcox, Jr.
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220194440
    Abstract: A train control system uses artificial intelligence for maintaining synchronization between centralized and distributed train control models. A machine learning engine receives training data from a data acquisition hub, a first set of output control commands from a centralized virtual system modeling engine, and a second set of output control commands from a distributed virtual system modeling engine. The machine learning engine compares the first set of output control commands and the second set of output control commands, and trains a learning system using the training data to enable the machine learning engine to safely mitigate any difference between the first and second sets of output control commands using a learning function including at least one learning parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sammy AKIF, John William BRAND, Evan Paul SEVEL, Frederick Gary SILCOX, JR.