ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,612, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cattron North America Inc. (Warren, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for remotely controlling locomotives with gestures" was invented by Jeremy Jovenall (Mercer, Pa.), Brian Fette (Canfield, Ohio), Ryan Wooten (Strongsville, Ohio) and Ronald Timothy Bailey Jr. (Newton Falls, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of systems and methods for remotely controlling locomotives with gestures. In an exemplary embodiment, a system is configured for allowing an operator(s) to remotely control operation of a locomotive with gesture(s) made by an operator(s). The system includes ...