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Photocell pedestrian button

  • US 6,980,126 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2003
  • Issued: 12/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A unit for pedestrian control of traffic lights operated by a traffic light controller, comprising a casing adapted to be mounted to a traffic light post, said casing having a bottom face carrying a window, and a photocell mounted in said casing for directing a beam through said window in a downward direction generally parallel to the post to which the casing is mounted, said photocell being responsive to the presence of a pedestrian'"'"'s hand placed beneath said window in said beam, and wherein said photocell is adapted to be operatively connected to the traffic light controller to send a signal thereto when the presence of a pedestrian has been detected.

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