US 11,897,525 B2
System and method for railroad personnel safety assurance
Eric Peter Olsen, Willow Park, TX (US); Shanmugasundaram Rajasubramanian, Tamil Nadu (IN); Nithin Paul Mathew, Karnataka (IN); Marutha Pandian Jagadesan, Tamil Nad (IN); Michael Howard, Wichita, KS (US); David Himmelstein, Flower Mound, TX (US); Aamir Ahmad Halim, Northlake, TX (US); Wayne Morgan, Azle, TX (US); Amit Kumar Dash, Bedford, TX (US); Jacob Bunkley, Arlington, TX (US); Dickson Waudo, Fort Worth, TX (US); William Stewart, Aurora, TX (US); and Raven Wylie, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed by BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,811.
Application 17/813,811 is a continuation of application No. 17/403,014, filed on Aug. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,414,111.
Prior Publication US 2023/0053030 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B61L 23/34 (2006.01); B61L 25/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 23/34 (2013.01) [B61L 15/0072 (2013.01); B61L 25/021 (2013.01); B61L 25/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An establishment system configured to generate a safety plan having one or more indications and identify locations of one or more clients or geofences around one or more clients, comprising:
a memory having a first database with data, thresholds, and specifications related to work, devices, vehicles, or train tracks; and
a computer processor operably coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is capable of executing machine-readable instructions to instantiate one or more program modules, the program modules including:
a safety plan generation module configured to receive work data, including a location proximate a railroad track where work is to be performed, and generate a safety plan having one or more indications;
a positioning module configured to determine positions of one or more railroad constituents; and
a geofencing module configured to generate a geofence using the positions of the one or more railroad constituents, wherein the geofence is generated by the geofencing module to have a size based on a type of the railroad constituents.