Passive pavement-mounted acoustical linguistic drive alert system and method
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1. A vehicle occupant acoustical linguistic notification system, comprising:
- a driving medium having a textured portion which interacts with the vehicle to acoustically produce audible signals, the textured portion having a pattern which causes a linguistic message to be acoustically encoded into the audible signals, wherein the linguistic message encoded into the audible signals can be understood as speech by a driver of the vehicle.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for passive pavement-mounted acoustical alert of the occupants of a vehicle. A method of notifying a vehicle occupant includes providing a driving medium upon which a vehicle is to be driven; and texturing a portion of the driving medium such that the textured portion interacts with the vehicle to produce audible signals, the textured portion pattern such that a linguistic message is encoded into the audible signals. The systems and methods provide advantages because information can be conveyed to the occupants of the vehicle based on the location of the vehicle relative to the textured surface.
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1. A vehicle occupant acoustical linguistic notification system, comprising:
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a driving medium having a textured portion which interacts with the vehicle to acoustically produce audible signals, the textured portion having a pattern which causes a linguistic message to be acoustically encoded into the audible signals, wherein the linguistic message encoded into the audible signals can be understood as speech by a driver of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
an on board vehicle subsystem including logic for translating the audible signals to the linguistic message.
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9. The vehicle occupant notification system of claim 8, wherein the on board vehicle subsystem includes a display for displaying the linguistic message to a driver of the vehicle.
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10. The vehicle occupant notification system of claim 8, wherein the on board vehicle subsystem includes a speaker for pronouncing the linguistic message to a driver of the vehicle.
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11. The vehicle occupant notification system of claim 1, wherein the textured portion is sufficiently rough to provide audible signals which can be heard within a cab of the vehicle.
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12. The vehicle occupant notification system of claim 1, wherein the driving medium includes at least one resin and at least one filler selected from the group of metals and ceramics.
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13. The vehicle occupant notification system of claim 1, wherein the driving medium includes a polymer-based mat that is applied to a surface of a roadway.
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14. A method of acoustically linguistically notifying a vehicle occupant, comprising:
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providing a driving medium upon which a vehicle is to be driven; and
texturing a portion of the driving medium such that the textured portion interacts with the vehicle to acoustically produce audible signals, the textured portion patterned such that a linguistic message is acoustically encoded into the audible signals, wherein the linguistic message encoded into the audible signals can be understood as speech by a driver of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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