Alert and Warning System and Method
First Claim
1. A warning system comprising:
- at least one wireless alert trigger node attached to a vehicle, configured to generate a wireless alert signal based on the position of the vehicle with respect to a predetermined location;
at least one stationary warning alert response node configured to receive the wireless alert signal and generate a warning activation signal;
at least one warning device configured to receive said warning activation signal and generate a warning in response to said warning activation signal;
the warning device positioned at the predetermined location such that the warning will be most likely to reach the intended audience.
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Abstract
The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device.
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1. A warning system comprising:
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at least one wireless alert trigger node attached to a vehicle, configured to generate a wireless alert signal based on the position of the vehicle with respect to a predetermined location; at least one stationary warning alert response node configured to receive the wireless alert signal and generate a warning activation signal; at least one warning device configured to receive said warning activation signal and generate a warning in response to said warning activation signal;
the warning device positioned at the predetermined location such that the warning will be most likely to reach the intended audience.
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