ROAD PROFILER AND METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20090076722A1
• Filed: 09/15/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Darlington
• Original Assignee: John Darlington
• Inventors: Darlington, John
• Application Number:
  US12/210,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20090076722A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/207
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 1/68 Marker, boundary, call-sign, or like beacons transmitting signals not carrying directional information
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/767 Responders; Transponders teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using reflecting targets or active targets F41G3/26

Abstract

A profiling system to precisely locate and define a position along a traveled path includes a vehicle module, the vehicle module further comprising a light source and a receiver, and a marker, the marker further comprising a light sensing device and a transmitter, wherein the marker is adapted to respond to the light source by transmitting a signal to the receiver.

Claims

1. A profiling system to precisely locate and define a position along a traveled path, the system comprising:

a vehicle module, the vehicle module further comprising a light source and a receiver;

a marker, the marker further comprising a light sensing device and a transmitter;

wherein the marker is adapted to respond to the light source by transmitting a signal to the receiver.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the light source comprises one or more light emitting diodes.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the receiver is adapted to receive radio frequencies.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the light sensing device is a photocell.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein:

the transmitter is adapted to transmit radio frequencies.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the vehicle module further comprises a lens for focusing an emitted light from the light source.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein:

the lens is a cylindrical lens.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the marker further comprises a light filter which is adapted to restrict the light received by the light sensing device.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the marker further comprises a second lens for focusing received light.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein:

the second lens is a cylindrical lens.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein:

the cylindrical lens is a Fresnel lens.

12. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the marker further comprises an aperture which is adapted to limit the light received by the light sensing device.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein:

the aperture is rectangular.

14. A profiling system to precisely locate and define a position along a traveled path, the system comprising:

a vehicle module, the vehicle module further comprising a light source, a lens for focusing an emitted light from the light source, and a receiver;

a marker, the marker further comprising a light sensing device, a light filter which is adapted to restrict the light received by the light sensing device, a second lens for focusing the light received by the light sensing device, an aperture which is adapted to limit the light received by the light sensing device, and a transmitter;

wherein the marker is adapted to generate a signal in response to the light sensing device receiving emitted light from the light source, the signal adapted to convey user-defined information, thereby allowing one or more points of interest along a traveled path to be isolated.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein:

the light source comprises one or more light emitting diodes.

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein:

the light source comprises one or more infrared light emitting diodes.

17. The system according to claim 14, wherein:

The receiver is adapted to receive radio frequencies.

18. The system according to claim 14 wherein:

the light sensing device is a photocell.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein:

the transmitter is adapted to transmit radio frequencies.

20. The system according to claim 14, wherein:

the lens is a cylindrical lens.

21. The system according to claim 14, wherein:

the second lens is a cylindrical lens.

22. The system according to claim 21, wherein:

the cylindrical lens is a Fresnel lens.

23. The system according to claim 14, wherein:

the aperture is rectangular.

24. A profiling system to precisely locate and define a position along a traveled path, the system comprising:

a vehicle module, the vehicle module further comprising at least one infrared light emitting diode light source, a cylindrical lens for focusing an emitted light from the light source, and a radio frequency receiver;

a marker, the marker further comprising a photocell, a light filter which is adapted to restrict the light received by the photocell, a cylindrical Fresnel lens for focusing the light received by the photocell, a slit aperture which is adapted to limit the light received by the photocell, and a radio frequency transmitter;

wherein the radio frequency transmitter is adapted to generate a radio frequency signal in response to the photocell receiving emitted light from the at least one infrared light emitting diode, the radio frequency signal adapted to convey user-defined information, thereby allowing for the indication of one or more points of interest along a traveled path.

25. A method of precisely marking a position along a traveled path, the method comprising:

providing a vehicle module, the vehicle module further comprising a light source and a receiver;

providing one or more markers, the markers further comprising a light sensing device and a transmitter, wherein the marker further includes predefined data;

positioning the one or more markers at desired locations along a traveled path;

activating the light source;

moving the vehicle module along the traveled path and by the one or more markers;

activating the transmitter by moving the vehicle module by the marker, thereby passing the light source over the light sensing device, the transmitter activated to generate a signal in response to the light sensing device receiving light from the light source;

generating a signal by the transmitter which comprises the predefined data;

receiving the signal including the predefined data in the generated signal by the receiver, thereby defining one or more desired locations along a traveled path.