Patents
US 12431016 B2: Systems and methods for pacing a mass transit vehicle
- Granted
- 2025-09-30
- Filed
- 2023-12-11 application 18536075
- Type
- Utility · 11 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Systems and methods that allow use of simple priority VCUs (those that can only request an increased priority) to operate in a manner that simulates much more sophisticated schedule-adherence or ETA-type traffic control systems without the need to upgrade vehicle hardware. Instead, tracking of the vehicle, whether provided by other systems or by the VCU operating in conjunction with certain prepared points or zones is used to determine if the VCU equipped vehicle is ahead or behind schedule and operation of the VCU itself is altered to modify the expected arrival time of the vehicle.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250930.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STC, Inc. 34 patents | US company or organization | McLeansboro, IL | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Cross | McLeansboro, IL | 32 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Nick Freed | Thompsonville, IL | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G08G | Traffic control systems | G08G1/087 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04W | Wireless communication networks | H04W4/42 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-13 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CROSS, BRAD signed 2019-05-22 FREED, NICK signed 2019-05-22 | STC, INC. MCLEANSBORO, IL | 65855/826 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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