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Public transit vehicle arrival information system

  • US 20020069017A1
  • Filed: 01/18/2002
  • Published: 06/06/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1995
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for determining the location of vehicles operating over predetermined routes in a transit system, comprising:

  • (1) a global positioning system device located in selected transit vehicles for monitoring the position of said vehicles;

    (2) central processor means (a) storing an historical transit data table containing vehicle schedules and a history of the time necessary for said vehicles to move from one stop to another along their predetermined routes and (b) using the transit data table and the position of said vehicles at a given time to calculate the time at which said vehicles will arrive at upcoming stops;

    (3) means communicating between the global positioning system devices and the central processor means for transmitting the position of said vehicles to said central processor means;

    (4) means broadcasting within the area served by the transit system a system table of said calculated arrival times for the transit system; and

    (5) means in selected locations and vehicles within the transit system, adapted for receiving the broadcast and displaying at least subsets of the transit data table, including subsets containing predicted transit stop arrival times, advertisements and information for the operator of the vehicles.

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