Vehicle-Traffic Control Device Communication Techniques
First Claim
1. A vehicular control arrangement, comprising:
- at least one traffic control device; and
a communication system arranged in a vehicle and communicating with said at least one traffic control device to provide information about travel of the vehicle to said at least one traffic control device and/or receive information about a status of said at least one traffic control device.
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Abstract
Method and arrangement for controlling vehicular traffic via traffic control devices includes establishing communications between the traffic control devices and vehicles approaching the traffic control devices, and providing information about travel of the vehicle to the traffic control devices to enable the traffic control devices to operate based on the provided information and/or providing information about a status of the traffic control devices to the vehicles to enable the vehicles to operate based on the provided information. The traffic control devices can be constructed to determine whether an approaching vehicle is speeding and if so, direct a communication to the vehicle indicating that the vehicle is speeding. A warning may be provided to an occupant of the vehicle when the vehicle is provided with a communication from a traffic control device indicating that the vehicle is speeding.
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17 Claims
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1. A vehicular control arrangement, comprising:
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at least one traffic control device; and a communication system arranged in a vehicle and communicating with said at least one traffic control device to provide information about travel of the vehicle to said at least one traffic control device and/or receive information about a status of said at least one traffic control device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling vehicular traffic via traffic control devices, comprising:
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establishing communications between the traffic control devices and vehicles approaching the traffic control devices; and providing information about travel of the vehicle to the traffic control devices to enable the traffic control devices to operate based on the provided information or providing information about a status of the traffic control devices to the vehicles to enable the vehicles to operate based on the provided information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A traffic control arrangement for managing vehicular traffic, comprising:
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at least one traffic control device; a positioning system arranged in each vehicle; a communication system arranged in each vehicle and coupled to said positioning system; and a receiver arranged on said at least one traffic control device, said communication system of each vehicle being arranged to communicate the position of the vehicle as provided by said positioning system to said receiver, said at least one traffic control device being arranged to operate based on the presence and position of vehicles communicated with said receiver. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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