US 12,291,251 B2
Rail authority system and/or method
Patrick Dunn, Los Angeles, CA (US); Benjamin Stuart Stabler, Los Angeles, CA (US); Marc Greenbaum, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Babatunde Ogunfemi, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Parallel Systems, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Parallel Systems, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/666,128.
Application 18/666,128 is a continuation of application No. 18/373,225, filed on Sep. 26, 2023, granted, now 12,017,692.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,355, filed on Nov. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/410,031, filed on Sep. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0300556 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B61L 27/16 (2022.01); B61L 27/00 (2022.01); B61L 27/12 (2022.01); B61L 27/18 (2022.01)
CPC B61L 27/16 (2022.01) [B61L 27/12 (2022.01); B61L 27/18 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A positive train control (PTC) method comprising:
at a first computing system, determining a motion plan for an autonomous rail agent based on a set of track rules for a track; and
based on the motion plan and a state of the autonomous rail agent, commanding the autonomous rail agent by broadcasting a first command to the autonomous rail agent; and
maintaining an exclusive track reservation for the autonomous rail agent based on the first command, wherein the exclusive track reservation is dynamically sized; and
at a second computing system:
autonomously controlling the autonomous rail agent, within the exclusive track reservation, based on the first command; and
providing the state of the autonomous rail agent to the first computing system.