US Patent Issued to METROM RAIL on Nov. 18 for "Methods and systems for ultra-wideband (UWB) based navigation of arbitrary paths based on reference markers" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,002, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to METROM RAIL LLC (Lakemoor, Ill.).

"Methods and systems for ultra-wideband (UWB) based navigation of arbitrary paths based on reference markers" was invented by John K. DeVos (Round Lake, Ill.) and Kurt Gunther (Woodstock, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for ultra-wideband (UWB) based navigation of arbitrary paths based on reference markers. A train-mounted unit may be configured to, when deployed on a train, communicate with any wayside unit, from a plurality of wayside units configured for placement on or near tracks in a railway network, that comes within ...