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).
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Patent number: 12172684Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Sammy Akif, Sidarta Fornari Beltramin, Evan P Sevel, John William Brand
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Publication number: 20240420016Abstract: Systems and methods of generating synthetic training data for training an AI model usable to operate a train are disclosed. A method of generating the synthetic training data includes obtaining run data corresponding to a real-world run of the train. The method includes generating a physics-based simulation of the real-world run of the train. The method includes receiving a user input modifying at least one operation command of the train in the physics-based simulation. The method includes updating the physics-based simulation based on the received user input. The method includes generating the synthetic training data for training the AI model, based on the updated physics-based simulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: Progress Rail Locomotive Inc.Inventors: Marcos Blanco FERNANDES, Sammy AKIF, Alex Karyagdy WILLIAMS, Michel Edward LACLE, Frederick Gary SILCOX
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Publication number: 20240227884Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Colby Smith Bradley, Sammy Akif, Konan Thomason, Marcos Blanco Fernandes
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Publication number: 20240174276Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Sammy Akif, Sidarta Fornari Beltramin, Marcos Blanco Fernandes, Joseph M White
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Publication number: 20240166249Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Sammy Akif, Sidarta Fornari Beltramin, Evan P Sevel, John William Brand
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Patent number: 11919552Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Sammy Akif, Marcos Blanco Fernandes, Joseph Maverick White, John William Brand
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Patent number: 11858543Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Progress Rail Services CorporationInventors: Sammy Akif, John William Brand, Evan Paul Sevel, Frederick Gary Silcox, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220194440Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Sammy AKIF, John William BRAND, Evan Paul SEVEL, Frederick Gary SILCOX, JR.
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Publication number: 20220194446Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES CORPORATIONInventors: Sammy AKIF, Marcos Blanco FERNANDES, Joseph Maverick WHITE, John William BRAND