Traffic control system
First Claim
1. A traffic control system comprising:
- a traffic control strip extending along a traffic lane, said traffic control strip having a plurality of luminants extending at spaced intervals along said traffic control strip;
detector means positioned on said traffic control strip so as to detect a vehicle in said traffic lane, said detector means comprising a plurality of infrared transmitter/detectors positioned at regular intervals along said traffic control strip, said infrared transmitter/detectors for detecting infrared reflections from a vehicle; and
processor means connected to said detector means and said plurality of luminants in said traffic control strip, said processor means for creating a signal pattern in said plurality of luminants relative to vehicles as detected by said detector means.
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Abstract
A traffic control system comprising a traffic control strip extending along a traffic flow lane and having a plurality of luminants extending at spaced intervals in a linear fashion along the traffic control strip, a plurality of detectors positioned on the traffic control strip so as to detect vehicles passing in proximity thereto, a processor connected to the detectors and to the luminants in the traffic control strip. The traffic control strip is a clear strip of material rigidly affixed to the surface of the traffic lane. The traffic control strips include the electrical transmission lines extending from the detectors and the luminants to the processors. The luminants are a plurality of LEDs spaced in a linear array. The detector is an infrared transmitter/detector positioned at regular intervals along the traffic control strip. Vehicles passing along the traffic control strip may contain suitably positioned infrared transmitters and receivers for communication with the traffic control computers.
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13 Claims
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1. A traffic control system comprising:
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a traffic control strip extending along a traffic lane, said traffic control strip having a plurality of luminants extending at spaced intervals along said traffic control strip; detector means positioned on said traffic control strip so as to detect a vehicle in said traffic lane, said detector means comprising a plurality of infrared transmitter/detectors positioned at regular intervals along said traffic control strip, said infrared transmitter/detectors for detecting infrared reflections from a vehicle; and processor means connected to said detector means and said plurality of luminants in said traffic control strip, said processor means for creating a signal pattern in said plurality of luminants relative to vehicles as detected by said detector means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A traffic control system comprising:
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a traffic control strip extending along a traffic lane, said traffic control strip having a plurality of luminants extending at spaced intervals along said traffic control strip; detector means positioned on said traffic control strip so as to detect a vehicle in said traffic lane; transmitter means attached to said vehicle for transmitting a signal to said detector means, said detector means having a receiver suitable for receiving said signal as transmitted by said transmitter means; and processor means connected to said detector means and to said plurality of luminants in said traffic control strip, said processor means for creating a signal pattern in said plurality of luminants relative to the vehicle as detected by said detector means. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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