US 12,437,664 B2
Systems, methods and devices for remote control locomotive training
Jeremy Jovenall, Mercer, PA (US); and André Brousseau, Quebec (CA)
Assigned to Cattron North America, Inc., Warren, OH (US)
Filed by Cattron North America, Inc., Warren, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/507,953.
Application 17/507,953 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/791,096, filed on Feb. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,158,205.
Application 16/791,096 is a continuation of application No. 15/872,624, filed on Jan. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,593,226, issued on Mar. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/611,374, filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0044584 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09B 9/04 (2006.01); B60T 7/16 (2006.01); B60T 7/18 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 13/66 (2006.01); B60T 17/22 (2006.01); B61C 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 9/04 (2013.01) [B60T 7/16 (2013.01); B60T 7/18 (2013.01); B60T 8/1705 (2013.01); B60T 13/665 (2013.01); B60T 17/228 (2013.01); B61C 17/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a trainee operator control unit configured for wireless communication with a locomotive control unit for transmitting one or more commands to the locomotive control unit; and
a trainer device configured for wireless communication with the trainee operator control unit, wherein:
the trainer device is configured to provide a streaming video of a trainee using the trainee operator control unit in real-time, which said streaming video is manually viewable by a human trainer operator using the trainer device to manually monitor changing scenario(s) dynamically and/or in real-time and to manually override command(s) of the trainee using the trainee operator control unit when the manual monitoring reveals a dangerous scenario(s) and/or reveals that the trainee is performing an unsafe action(s);
the trainer device is configured to allow the human trainer operator to transmit brake application override command, via the trainer device, to the trainee operator control unit in response to the human trainer operator manually determining that the streaming video reveals a dangerous scenario(s) and/or reveals that the trainee is performing an unsafe action(s);
in response to receiving the brake application override command from the trainer device, the trainee operator control unit is configured to relay the brake application override command and/or a stop command to the locomotive control unit; and
the trainer device is configured to display information as a heads-up display overlaid on the streaming video, which said information displayed by the trainer device is the same as information displayed on a display screen of the trainee operator control unit including the trainee's operator command(s), thereby permitting the human trainer operator watching the streaming video provided by the trainer device to manually view the same information including the trainee's operator command(s) that is also being displayed on the display screen of the trainer operator control unit.