System and method for electronic road signs with in-car display capabilities
First Claim
1. In a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of wireless road sign transmitters in communication with a mobile computing device located, a method of delivering road sign content to the mobile computing devices within vehicles, the method comprising the steps of:
- continuously broadcasting onto the wireless communication network a message containing specific road sign content information;
capturing the message from the wireless communication network;
delivering the message to the mobile computing device within the vehicle;
interpreting the message to determine the road sign content information; and
for a predetermined time period, displaying onto a display device operationally coupled to the mobile computing device a road sign based the message.
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Abstract
The present invention is method and system for delivering road sign content information to a mobile computing device for display to the driver of a vehicle. The system consists of a wireless communication network in communication with a mobile computing device operationally coupled to a dashboard display device or a vehicle head'"'"'s up display device. The wireless communication network further comprises a plurality of meshed network sign transmitting devices placed along predetermined intervals along the highway. Each sign-transmitting device is capable of transmitting road sign content information to the mobile computing device for display to the driver.
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19 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of wireless road sign transmitters in communication with a mobile computing device located, a method of delivering road sign content to the mobile computing devices within vehicles, the method comprising the steps of:
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continuously broadcasting onto the wireless communication network a message containing specific road sign content information;
capturing the message from the wireless communication network;
delivering the message to the mobile computing device within the vehicle;
interpreting the message to determine the road sign content information; and
for a predetermined time period, displaying onto a display device operationally coupled to the mobile computing device a road sign based the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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10. In a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of wireless road sign transmitters in communication with a mobile computing device located, a system of delivering road sign content to the mobile computing devices within vehicles, the system comprising:
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a means for continuously broadcasting onto the wireless communication network a message containing specific road sign content information;
a means for capturing the message from the wireless communication network;
a means for delivering the message to the mobile computing device within the vehicle;
a means for interpreting the message to determine the road sign content information; and
for a predetermined time period, a means for displaying onto a display device operationally coupled to the mobile computing device a road sign based the message.
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19. In a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of wireless road sign transmitters in communication with a mobile computing device located, a system of delivering road sign content to the mobile computing devices within vehicles, the system comprising:
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a transmission component operative to continuously broadcast onto the wireless communication network a message containing specific road sign content information;
a reception component operative to capture the message from the wireless communication network and deliver the message to the mobile computing device within the vehicle;
an interpretive component operative to interpret the message to determine the road sign content information; and
a display component operative for a predetermined time period, to display onto a display device operationally coupled to the mobile computing device a road sign based the message.
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