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Smart road system for vehicles

  • US 10,554,757 B2
  • Filed: 08/09/2018
  • Issued: 02/04/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A road system, said road system comprising:

  • a road surface along which vehicles travel, wherein the vehicles traveling along the road surface include electric vehicles;

    a plurality of electrical charging elements disposed along the road surface;

    wherein batteries of electric vehicles traveling along the road surface are electrically charged as the electric vehicles travel along the electrical charging elements disposed along the road surface;

    a plurality of communication devices along the road surface;

    wherein said communication devices are operable to wirelessly communicate with vehicles traveling along the road surface;

    wherein at least some of said communication devices along the road wirelessly communicate lane information to a vehicle traveling along a lane of the road surface; and

    wherein, responsive to the lane information wirelessly communicated by the at least some of the said communication devices to the vehicle traveling along the road surface, the vehicle maintains its path of travel in the lane traveled along by the vehicle as the vehicle travels along the road surface.

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