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 stationary predetermined location and the distance from the vehicle to the stationary 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 stationary warning device configured to receive said warning activation signal and generate a warning in response to said warning activation signal;
the stationary warning device positioned at the stationary 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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42 Claims
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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 stationary predetermined location and the distance from the vehicle to the stationary 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 stationary warning device configured to receive said warning activation signal and generate a warning in response to said warning activation signal;
the stationary warning device positioned at the stationary predetermined location such that the warning will be most likely to reach the intended audience. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing a warning of an approaching vehicle at a stationary predetermined location comprising:
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generating a wireless alert signal based on the position of the vehicle and the distance from the vehicle to the stationary predetermined location, wherein the alert signal is generated by a wireless alert trigger node; receiving said wireless alert signal by a warning alert response node; generating a warning activation signal, wherein the warning activation signal is generated by the warning alert response node; receiving said warning activation signal, wherein the warning activation signal is received by a stationary warning device located at the stationary predetermined location; generating a warning in response to the warning activation signal, wherein the warning is generated by said stationary warning device, wherein the warning device is positioned at the stationary predetermined location such that the warning will be most likely to reach the intended audience. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A warning system comprising:
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a position transmitter attached to a vehicle, configured to transmit wireless vehicle position information; a host alert node comprising a vehicle position signal receiver configured to receive the wireless vehicle position information; an alert information generator and an alert information transmitter; at least one warning alert response node comprising an alert information receiver and an alert activation signal unit; at least one alert zone; at least one stationary warning device located at a stationary predetermined position in the at least one alert zone; wherein the alert information generator is configured to determine whether the vehicle is within the at least one alert zone based at least in part on the wireless vehicle position information and wherein the alert information transmitter is configured to transmit alert information to the warning alert response node when the vehicle is in the at least one alert zone; the alert information receiver is configured to receive the alert information and communicate the alert information to the alert activation signal unit;
the alert activation signal unit is configured to output an alert activation signal;
the stationary warning device is configured to receive as an input the alert activation signal and generate a warning in response to the alert activation signal;
the stationary warning device being positioned to alert interested parties. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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