Patents by Inventor Stuart John Barr

Stuart John Barr 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: 20230251389
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the location of a vehicle when GNSS signals are not available use triangulation between one or two radio transmitters and, respectively, two or one radio receivers mounted on the vehicle. The distance between each radio transmitter and/or each radio receiver can be determined according a phase difference between received radio signals. The radio signals can have the geographical location of the radio transmitter included therein. Utilizing the demodulated geographical location of each radio transmitter and the distance between the radio transmitter and each radio receiver, triangulation can be used to determine the geographical location of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Ryan Staats, Stuart John Barr
  • Patent number: 11662477
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the location of a vehicle when GNSS signals are not available use triangulation between one or two radio transmitters and, respectively, two or one radio receivers mounted on the vehicle. The distance between each radio transmitter and/or each radio receiver can be determined according a phase difference between received radio signals. The radio signals can have the geographical location of the radio transmitter included therein. Utilizing the demodulated geographical location of each radio transmitter and the distance between the radio transmitter and each radio receiver, triangulation can be used to determine the geographical location of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Ryan Staats, Stuart John Barr
  • Publication number: 20210270976
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the location of a vehicle when GNSS signals are not available use triangulation between one or two radio transmitters and, respectively, two or one radio receivers mounted on the vehicle. The distance between each radio transmitter and/or each radio receiver can be determined according a phase difference between received radio signals. The radio signals can have the geographical location of the radio transmitter included therein. Utilizing the demodulated geographical location of each radio transmitter and the distance between the radio transmitter and each radio receiver, triangulation can be used to determine the geographical location of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew Ryan Staats, Stuart John Barr
  • Patent number: 10889276
    Abstract: In a method of train deceleration, a train computer: (a) causes brakes of the train to be set according to a target deceleration curve, profile, or braking model estimated to decelerate the train from a present speed at a present location to a target speed at a target location; (b) during deceleration of the train according to the target deceleration curve, profile, or braking model of step (a), determines an actual deceleration curve of the train; (c) in response to determining from the actual deceleration curve that the train will overshoot the target speed at the target location, determines another target deceleration curve, profile, or braking model estimated to decelerate the train to the target speed at the target location; and (d) causes the brakes of the train to be set according to the other target deceleration curve, profile or braking model of step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Ryan Staats, Keith Edward Smith, Brian James Langstraat, Stuart John Barr, James A. Oswald, Jeffrey D. Kernwein
  • Publication number: 20200158815
    Abstract: In a method of determining the location of a locomotive when GPS signals are not available, triangulation between one or two radio transmitters and, respectively, two or one radio receivers mounted on the train can be used. In the method, the distance between each radio transmitter and each radio receiver can be determined according a number of cycles of the radio signal generated by the radio transmitter that are received/counted by the radio receiver. The radio signal can also have modulated thereon the geographical location of the radio transmitter, which location can be demodulated by the radio receiver. Utilizing the demodulated geographical location of each radio transmitter and the distance between the radio transmitter and each radio receiver, triangulation can be used to determine the geographical location of the train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Ryan Staats, Stuart John Barr
  • Publication number: 20200070790
    Abstract: In a method of train deceleration, a train computer: (a) causes brakes of the train to be set according to a target deceleration curve, profile, or braking model estimated to decelerate the train from a present speed at a present location to a target speed at a target location; (b) during deceleration of the train according to the target deceleration curve, profile, or braking model of step (a), determines an actual deceleration curve of the train; (c) in response to determining from the actual deceleration curve that the train will overshoot the target speed at the target location, determines another target deceleration curve, profile, or braking model estimated to decelerate the train to the target speed at the target location; and (d) causes the brakes of the train to be set according to the other target deceleration curve, profile or braking model of step (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Ryan Staats, Keith Edward Smith, Brian James Langstraat, Stuart John Barr, James A. Oswald, Jeffrey D. Kernwein