US 11,999,391 B2
End-of-train device with audio support
Harsh Piparsaniya, Pune (IN)
Assigned to SIEMENS MOBILITY, INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Siemens Mobility, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,584.
Prior Publication US 2023/0088607 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B61L 15/00 (2006.01); B61L 1/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 15/0054 (2013.01) [B61L 1/14 (2013.01); B61L 15/0081 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An End-of-Train device suitable for mounting at on a train, comprising:
an audio input unit configured to:
detect an audio input associated with at least one event; and
generate an audio signal corresponding to the audio input;
a memory; and
a processing unit communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processing unit is configured to execute one or more instructions in the memory to:
analyze the audio signal to identify one or more actions to be performed by the End-of-Train device, wherein analyzing the audio signal comprises:
extracting one or more features from the audio signal; and
identifying the at least one event associated with the audio signal based on the one or more features using a classification model; and
initiate execution of the one or more actions identified.