Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Railway vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-14
2007-08-14
Tran, Dalena (Department: 3661)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Railway vehicle
C246S18200B
Reexamination Certificate
active
11036708
ABSTRACT:
A communications device is provided for routing a locomotive over a track layout in a train yard. The locomotive is operable over a plurality of alternative track routes to reach a respective destination from a plurality of possible destinations in said track layout. The track layout includes a plurality of switches configured to alter a route for a locomotive running along the track layout. The communications device may include a first user display for use in commanding a desired destination for the locomotive within the track layout by setting the state of the switches along the route to the destination.
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Foy Robert James
Freeman George
Kornick David
Luevano Chris
McElroy John Welsh
Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.
Hanze, Esq Carlos
Mora, Esq Enrique J.
Tran Dalena
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