ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,378, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Remote engine speed control" was invented by Nathaniel W. Merry (Kansas City, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for selection of a control speed for a remote-controlled vehicle based on rulesets applied to control nodes within a viewing window. In embodiments, a viewing window including control nodes, each having a having ruleset defining operating conditions associated therewith, may be determined. The ruleset for a control node may define operating limitations (e.g., speed limitations, orientation limitations, etc.) at the control no...