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On-road facility fault information communication apparatus

  • US 6,774,815 B2
  • Filed: 01/28/2002
  • Issued: 08/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A travel supporting road system, comprising:

  • a plurality of on-road facilities spaced along a road for monitoring driving conditions of the road, generating information regarding the driving condition of the road, and delivering the generated information to a driver of one or more vehicles traveling on the road; and

    a center facility for communicating with and managing said plurality of on-road facilities, said center facility including a fault communication device for detecting a fault in one or more of said plurality of on-road facilities and, upon detection of a fault in a specific on-road facility, communicating information concerning the detected fault to one or more on-road facilities located upstream from said on-road facility experiencing the fault.

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