Mobile FLOW readout and mobile FLOW sequencer features

• US 8,618,954 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James J. Free
• Original Assignee: James J. Free
• Inventors: Free, James J
• Primary Examiner(s): Previl, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US12/589,792
• Publication Number:
  US 20100164753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,526 Days
• Field of Search: 340/932, 340/910, 340/929, 340/907, 340/540, 340/603, 340/606
• US Class Current: 340/932
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/07 Controlling traffic signals
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element

Abstract

An invention regarding traffic management is disclosed. A system that tells motorist how fast to go in order to make it through a traffic signal while it is green serves one or more lanes in one or more directions. A Fast Lane On Warning (FLOW) sequencer is in synchronization with traffic phases sequencer (sequencing Red, Green, Yellow, Left Turn and the like) with both sequencers having service cycle period Pi but with start times of both sequencers offset from one another. The FLOW sequencer outputs data, particularly status of signal or “Signal Phase And Timing: SPAT” through wireless means to a mobile receiver/calculator/readout aboard the approaching vehicle. The receiver/calculator/readout also receives data of its location or whereabouts, particularly its distance to the intersection. The receiver calculator readout processes the two incoming data types considering “distance” and “time left” and gives an output of digital, graphic, audio or the like as to how fast the motorist should go to make it through during green.

Claims

1. A traffic managing system comprising of:

a traffic signal governing an intersection,

a signal sequencer that controls said traffic signal at said intersection, wherein control includes at least the phases of Red, Green, Yellow, or “

RGY”

, and wherein service cycle period of phases of said signal is Pi, or “

Period of the Intersection”

,

a further sequencer means that is operatively connected to said signal sequencer that operates under the paradigm of FLOW or “

Fast Lane On Warning”

wherein the objective of said further sequencer means is telling approaching vehicles what speed to go in order that said vehicles travel through said intersection while signal is in green phase,

a transmitter means that sends out appropriate messages to incoming vehicles of the “

status”

of the signal, or where said signal is in the phases of said signal, or data including “

SPAT”

;

“

Signal Phases And Timing”

,

a system of vehicle onboard processor means that are receiver and/or calculator and/or readouts;

“

RCR”

,

a system of location seeking means whereby said vehicle-onboard units are able to procure or ascertain location of their associated vehicle with respect to said traffic signal and intersection, whereby distance from intersection to actual vehicle is attained or solved for,

wherein said “

status”

or “

SPAT”

data is sent and received through wireless means, and intended for one or more lanes of road in one or more directions,

wherein sequences generated from said “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer through said transmitter means includes the intention for traffic patterns to be compressed or consolidated beginning at a place up the road where said traffic patterns substantially start out as end to end touching pattern lengths of Pi in time as well as distance, and wherein said end to end touching patterns represent random pre compressed, pre consolidated incoming traffic, and wherein said patterns continue from a point of the passing of said patterns through said beginning place to be consolidated and/or compressed until said traffic patterns substantially reach the region of said intersection,

and wherein said pre-traffic-managed full patterns of Pi get compressed or consolidated substantially into a “

net”

green pattern “

Tng”

substantially by the time the pattern reaches said intersection,

wherein said end to end touching time periods of Pi represent a pre compressed, pre consolidated, pre traffic-managed infeed of traffic, and correspond to end to

end touching Pi time periods of repeating cycles of RGY, regardless of the amount of time of offset from the start times of the Pi of said signal and start times of Pi of said random incoming traffic,

wherein receiver/calculator/readout, “

RCR”

means calculates using the two types of data;

“

distance to intersection” and

“

time left in SPAT”

,

and wherein said “

RCR”

outputs a readout,

and wherein said outputted readout is perceived by motorist/vehicle,

wherein because of perception by motorist/vehicle, said motorist/vehicle knows what speed to go in order to pass through the green phase,

wherein collective vehicles having come in a previously random string of traffic before receiving any consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

outputs/readouts are given converging speed assignments or readouts,

wherein said readouts are compressed or consolidated per unit length and time (“

space time”

) in a net green length and time that is full of traffic,

wherein said pattern becomes a consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern that is substantially the length and time period of Tng, that goes through said signal during green phase;

wherein said readouts optimize functions of safety and mobility;

A. wherein no assigning causes motorist to exceed the safe speed limit,

B. wherein cross assigning of speed assignments is discouraged to the highest possible extent (i.e. within the limitations of resolution) during compression, consolidation, i.e. wherein said speed assignments do not cause other assigned vehicles to cross-converge or over-converge, overtake or pass one another based on assignments,

C. wherein a hierarchical position of a vehicle in the hierarchical order and therefore substantially percentage based position of vehicles within said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern at arrival to intersection of said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern is substantially proportional to where said vehicles were in the hierarchy of a previously Pi-proportioned-fragment or segment of random traffic string before said vehicles started receiving readouts/speed assignments and therefore before compression,

wherein receiver/calculator/readout means receives data of status of consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer of “

Signal Phase And Timing”

;

“

SPAT”

, and including the option of said data leading to a time-remaining-consideration,

wherein said readouts include the option of leading to a time-remaining-consideration to a particular slot or place or position in the consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern hierarchy for said vehicle(s).

2. The traffic management system of claim 1 wherein a portion of said random string whose length starts as essentially a length of the product of Pi*(safe speed limit)

is substantially reduced to a length of Tng whose length (as well as time period of passing a relative static reference point) is substantially less as it moves through the traffic signal while in net green while full of the traffic,

wherein that said traffic was previously the said random Pi proportioned fragment or segment of the incoming feeding stream of a random string of traffic,

wherein said shorter net green lengths as compared to service cycles Pi associate multiple consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lanes that can include possibility of traffic running in the opposing (perpendicular) direction such as North-South versus East-West, wherein if there is in the event of Fast Lane On Warning activity governing said opposing directions, said opposing directional traffic consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

patterns can take turns going through same intersection at reasonably high velocities without having to come to a stop.

3. The traffic management system of claim 1 which includes a start or an arrival function, Pa, wherein said start or arrival function is between zero and said service cycle Pi of traffic signal,

wherein said arrival function counts down from the service cycle period Pi to zero, than starts at the service cycle again, wherein said arrival function repeats through a cycle just like RGY and with the same period Pi,

wherein there is enough offset from the start of said arrival function to account for appropriate functions including distances, speeds, and time periods to particularly serve the intersection that said system is installed at.

4. The traffic management system of claim 3 wherein there is a less clearly defined threshold or node wherein a general application of enhancements or a more independent set of speed assignments bring traffic through during the green phase,

wherein distance form intersection X is taken each time a scan of the calculation is done by the receiver calculator

wherein there is a possibility for said offset of Pi for traffic signal and Pi for consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

mobile readouts to be reevaluated each time a new X is scanned as if there were a “

moving”

threshold of where compression begins,

wherein there is not necessarily a node, or wherein there is a looser interpretation of a node wherein instead of a substantially distinct set distance from the intersection where a first distance X is taken, that there is a set distance X that is taken anywhere within reasonable trap range wherein;

the speed limit is not exceeded,

there is maximum possible discouragement of cross assigning of speed assignments in outputs (i.e. to within the limitations of resolution),

wherein there is a general proportional resemblance of the preexisting hierarchy, wherein said preexisting substantially represents pattern before compression and speed assignments,

wherein said resemblance substantially happens as the consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern nears the intersection, and where there is a generally emerging proportion of arrivals at the end of the consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

compression as there was when the traffic was first encountered as a random traffic string before compression occurred,

wherein there is a following, and especially forward (said forward including possibility of receiving stray traffic from preceding consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern) safety buffer time periods,

wherein said safety buffer time periods can absorb any anomalous activity not relating to that activity of a consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern as reinterpreted by each new location of X,

wherein there is a possibility for looser interpretation of safety buffers that collect vehicles from voids and empty spaces as interpreted by more distinct boundaries and more distinct nodes (as mentioned in claim 9 but still with concept of “

range”

instead of “

point”

), and while retaining possibility for safety buffers surrounding Tng and being the difference between Tng and total green phase G,

and wherein there is a possibility for more evenly distributed traffic in the event of much wayward traffic joining in consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern and wherein there is less likelihood of overloading overstuffing buffers with oversize numbers of mathematically enhanced traffic from voids.

5. The traffic management system of claim 1 wherein any of safety buffer time periods or zones can either precede, follow, or do both around a “

net”

green fragment, Tng, of green phase (part of RGY), said net green fragment being the part of green which is intended for consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern traffic to go through on, which would be a fragment of the whole green phase,

wherein said net greens and before and after buffers can apply to other appropriate sub phases including left turn, green arrow, four-way-plus systems,

wherein there is a possibility for a buffer time period ahead of consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern that accounts for conditions, instances and events causing wayward traffic that may precede said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern including early arrivals, especially vehicles that came from the preceding Pi, and the clearing out of static standing traffic at the intersection,

wherein there is possibility for a time buffer after consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern that accounts for conditions, instances, and events after consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern including stragglers, traffic that turns onto the consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

trap while the pattern is going through, and other wayward types of traffic that happens after consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern goes by,

wherein the size of said buffer time periods can range between zero and whatever reasonable time that is needed to effectively allow for said types of wayward traffic.

6. The traffic management system of claim 5, wherein the following relationship of:

7. The traffic management system if claim 6 wherein said Tng can be made smaller and smaller until it is very small, or until Tng turns to zero, then the wherein the term

8. The traffic management system of claim 1 wherein there is essentially a node, or threshold starting substantially where compression begins,

A. which could be like a reference point given by where speed limit and substantially half speed limit (although allowing for variation of yellow, pedestrian, green arrow, left turn or the like thus making said “

substantial half speed”

not exactly half) would coincide,

B. or given by a place, distance where Pi and (2*Pi)/2 coincide (where Pi is service cycle of intersection,

C. or X=(Pi/(1/slow speed−

1/fast speed))

D. or X=Pi*speed limit (where X is distance of the node to the intersection)

E. or any combinations of A through D or any of their like.

9. The traffic management system, node, and threshold of claim 8 wherein countdown function Pa is to be taken,

wherein as vehicle(s) progress towards, intersection, said threshold is the last place where a complete set of readouts or speed assignments can be given with the tail end of one Pi linking up with the beginning end of the next Pi without any blind spots or voids,

and including the possibility for multiple nodes further up at substantial locations of multiples of Pi*Speed Limit, wherein those multiple nodes also are points where a complete set of speed readouts can be taken for any time, and where there would be no blind spots or voids,

wherein at said node, the usual parameters for consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

converging readouts and getting through during net green phase are essentially set,

wherein after vehicles cross said node, there can be instances where traffic can miss a consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern and be in a void, blind spot or empty spaces, “

vacated area”

, with regards to speed assignments given at a node wherein vehicles would be outside the realm of typical compression and converging speed assignments, that properly-compression-informed vehicles would not be in, however that may be filled with improperly informed vehicles moving ahead or falling behind said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern,

wherein if a vehicle were in a place or time where there would be an absence of typical readouts or speed assignments, that said vehicle would still be able to receive some kind of outputs throughout the repeating Pi and therefore still make it into a consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern and still go through said traffic signal during the green phase,

wherein examples of why vehicles would be in a blind spot or empty space could include;

A. Vehicles that turn onto said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lanes before or after consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern passes by,

B. Vehicles that turn onto the trap area during a consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

compression but have to wait till the pattern passes,

C. Improperly functioning vehicles such as those whose speedometer may be off, wherein said improperly functioning vehicles that will be informed or compressed by mathematical enhancements, manually programmed enhancements or the like to safely and effectively bring them into a consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

zone, and in those instances, wherein mathematical enhancements, manually programmed input, or the like especially reassigns said extra traffic into pre-consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern, and following consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern buffers or like places wherein said enhancements would not cause speed assignments to exceed the speed limit,

and wherein said enhancements would discourage to the highest possible degree (as restricted by limitations of resolution) any cross-assigning,

and wherein said enhancements would continue the same proportions as much as possible the positions relative to whole of said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern similar in Tng transit as said pattern was when first encountered,

wherein said pre and following consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern buffers can include possibility for secondary buffers specifically intended for and set aside for vehicles receiving mathematical enhancements and while also leaving possibility open for standard safety buffers (as mentioned in claim 3) before and after Tng and consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern,

wherein said mathematical enhancements manual programming or the like sends turn-ons, stragglers, latecomers form the previous consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern into some space allotted in said pre green safety buffer time period,

wherein said traffic that might have been arriving in a void can still make the nearest or following, or otherwise appropriate consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern.

10. The traffic management system of claim 1 including wireless transmission of the necessary methodology represented by the group that includes packet sentence, string, code, frequency,

wherein transmission of status information includes A. type of cycles and phases involved in the traffic signal, B. where the signal presently is in the phases of said signal in real time, Pa, C. how long the net green Tng is, D. how long the cycle Pi is,

and including other information either which comes as wireless data or wherein said information be solved for onboard given wireless data including E. time left to the beginning of net green Tng, F. Time left till specific vehicle'"'"'s particular slot or place in the hierarchy in the consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern when said pattern actually substantially reaches the intersection.

11. The traffic management system of claim 10 wherein said data comes in the form of a more non traditional packet including possibilities of a single or multiple frequency, said single or multiple frequency that is encoded, non traditional analog or digital code or message, repeating frequency pattern, repeating digital code or message,

wherein said non traditional packet might govern different characteristics (location and status for example) that could serve as incoming signals that determine data that is translatable for outputs that can be used as consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

readouts

wherein changes in non traditional packet could be translated into condition that could represent location or status and could net into distance X and time to net green or time to slot or hierarchical position in consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern going through net green,

wherein said repeating pattern could repeat through the time period of Service cycle Pi.

12. The traffic management system of claim 10 wherein sentences come into said receiver in streaming fashion, coming in from sources of vehicle position (leading to result of distance to intersection X), and traffic light status, leading to result of arrival time Pa, and time left till position, “

slot”

in consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern as it goes through green, ultimately leading to result of Vsa,

wherein said receiver includes the possibility to take in both data from location, and data from status at same time by using multiple simultaneous streaming input means including funneling data, switches, sentence gatherers, multiple and single memory buffers, for multiple input at the same time.

13. The traffic management system of claim 1 wherein said receiver functions as an event driven, and includes possibility of being an action specific Integrated Circuit;

“

ASIC”

, wherein said event includes possibility of being the reception of input into said receiver RCR,

wherein there is a possibility for said driving of scan event to be reception of data packet,

wherein said scan is generated triggered or set off by either of said “

location”

data incoming packet or frequency or said “

status”

data packet or frequency from consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer,

wherein said event can happen as often as a few times per second, and just as easily, many hundreds of times per second, or thousands of times per second, and wherein the data that does not function as the trigger of the scan, i.e. the “

background”

, can be played until an event occurs,

wherein said event could include possibility of incoming triggering data, interrupt into background, time out, time delay, timer accumulated, timer device switching listener from one port to another

wherein minimal memory needs to be aboard said RCR,

wherein said ASIC (“

action-specific integrated circuit”

) can be simple, durable and inexpensive

wherein simplicity may contribute to durability and reliability.

14. The traffic management system and receiver of claim 13 including adaptation possibilities for event driven or streaming inputs, wherein instead of a simple basic ASIC, there can possibility of a more sophisticated processor,

wherein said processor includes a range of some to a large amount of onboard memory,

wherein said processor can include possibilities of timers, counters, countdowns, timer delays, time accumulators,

wherein said receiver RCR can include stowable memory,

wherein the RCR processor possesses necessary on board ability such that readouts, human machine interface, HMI, remains continuous in spite of blacked out, corrupted or lost data

wherein said ASIC with stowable memory lends to the possibility of said ASIC with stawable memory performing memory based computing,

wherein with said advanced components including timers and stowable onboard memory, there is also the possibility for simpler and more straightforward programming,

wherein time stamp programming and processing can be taken advantage of, including possibility for realtime Clock “

RTC”

usage,

wherein said memory can be utilized for a multitude of failsafe characteristics for the receiver RCR including possibilities for correctable sentence, prepared pre-downloading, make-up ability, time tolerance correctability, backup output (including inertial navigation) methodologies,

wherein reliability in data packet reception both as real and as virtual data packets is improved,

wherein latencies can be made up for or otherwise absorbed,

wherein readout and human machine interface, HMI, is more continuous,

wherein due to said improved data packet reception and continuity, resulting speed readouts Vsa are more reliable and more perceivable.

15. The traffic management system of claim 14 wherein wireless data including sentences, packets, digital, analog frequencies can be made up with divisions in the packet such that if parts of data packets are readable while fragments of them may be corrupted, that reliable substitute data can be extracted from following or preceding data packets'"'"' fragments thus reestablishing a fully functioning condition.

16. The traffic management system of claim 14 involving prepare-in-advance characteristics including pre-sensing, pre-downloading, wherein there is a possibility for pre loading data in anticipating fashion before the necessity for outputs wherein the data for output would be prepared for,

wherein corrupted data can be dealt with including possibilities of absorbed bad sentences or skipped bad sentences,

wherein latencies can be absorbed, or countered, or accounted for,

wherein there is possibility for a delay in readout in concert with a data verification, data confirmation, data check for a full sentence, pre sense, pre download, download,

while there can be ample and reliable data for output and backed up if necessary, wherein there can be possibility that outputs can be withheld until further confirmation, withheld within a triggered time out period, or within a scan-triggered allotted time period,

wherein there can be the increased likelihood of a successful data transfer.

wherein there can be successful anticipation-based node crossing event log in spite of a data blackout, or a missed data time entry (especially in a case where there might be an input frequency slower than a few inputs per second), such time entry having taken place at the precise instant the node crossing took place, and wherein at that instant, the location data was not being downloaded,

wherein there can be possibility that data can preload wherein output is in an anticipating condition

wherein odds are greater for corrupted data to be skipped over, non counted resulting in increasing odds for non corrupted readouts, and wherein system is more reliable,

wherein time tolerances of said receiver RCR can be included wherein if a sentence or data packet is corrupted, that there still can be a following one or ones read within enough time to still allow for an effective readout output,

wherein there is still a chance that the system can adequately function in spite of more recently corrupted data packets as long as there is a calculator scan using older but adequately tolerant data within an adequately tolerant time period to complete a viable scan within a certain time limit, or time tolerance,

wherein said RCR means allows for possibility of time-offset or latent data package fragments to still make a valid scan,

wherein the system can still be reliable in case of partially or occasionally corrupted incoming data.

17. The traffic management system including onboard timer and memory of claim of 14 wherein once the RCR gets viable “

location” and

“

status”

, data;

once time and distance can be derived, there can be an internal process that uses that data to output consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

readouts necessary to guide vehicle through said traffic light while it is green, in spite of data that might be missing, incoming data that might be blacked out, or otherwise be corrupted,

wherein said onboard receiver/calculator/readout RCR can function as a one dimensional inertial navigation system,

whereby where outputting can be backed up by onboard means once initial location and status has been established, in spite of continued missing incoming data,

wherein said inertial navigation can be compatible with use of a substantially distinctly placed node or threshold, or just as easily be applicable to a looser interpretation of a node wherein said looser interpretation can include zones and tolerances instead of a distinct point or threshold,

wherein said inertial navigation means can be driven by event based activity as well as streaming activity including importing of frequencies, digital, and analog as data,

wherein there is a possibility for said inertial navigation serving as advanced anticipation backup, wherein events such as crossing said node or threshold can be anticipated and wherein if there is a data transfer blackout at the crossing of the node, processing and data (including real or virtual) can be adequate for entering the node crossing event for use in real or virtual speed readouts thereafter,

wherein there can be successful anticipation-based node crossing event log in spite of a data blackout, or a missed data time entry (especially in a case where there might be an input frequency slower than a few inputs per second), such time entry having taken place at the precise instant the node crossing took place, and wherein at that instant, the location data was not being downloaded,

wherein there is a possibility for said inertial navigation serving to switch to on-board processing using said timer and velocity data from on-board speedometer, including possibility of GPS as speedometer, to still know location, including derivation leading to distance to signal, in spite of location information blackout,

wherein there is a possibility for said inertial navigation serving to switch to onboard processing to use timing means to continue to count down status,

wherein said switched timing data could lead to or derive to time left to beginning net green, or time left to hierarchical position, slot;

arrival at/through green, in event of a status input blackout,

wherein there is a possibility for said inertial navigation serving to retain probability of speed assignment hierarchical placement slot continuity,

wherein there is somewhat preservation of speed assignments from the crossing of the node event, threshold to finishing of assignments at or near crossing of intersection event,

wherein there is a possibility for said inertial navigation serving to switch in and out as necessary to keep readouts/outputs, HMI continuous, perceivable, readable,

wherein once the first data packet gets through, there is enough data so that said location and status data can be ascertained, there is enough data for said inertial navigation system to guide vehicle with appropriate consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

speed assignments,

wherein there is included the possibility for using velocity algorithms, wherein if speed is too high, back up system implies “

go slower”

;

if speed is too low, back up system implies “

go faster”

than the “

actual”

or “

interactive”

readut, thus heading vehicle back to the originally assigned speed of said vehicle

wherein the option is included that the relationship of;

18. The traffic management system of claim 1 that includes a range of degree of integration of said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer in with said RGY type sequencer,

wherein one extreme of said range includes a substantially separate autonomous consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer which might be connected to said traffic signal sequencer in a “

piggyback or parasite”

condition, and whereby said autonomous unit may merely take cues from said traffic sequencer in order to stay reasonably calibrated with said traffic sequencer whereby said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequences could stay coordinated with said RGY type sequences,

and wherein other extreme of said range includes a substantially integrated consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer that puts out status messages while being integrated with RGY traffic sequencer, whereby said integration allows for RGY type sequences and consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequences to come from the same device,

wherein there is a also a possibility for said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer to be a substantially autonomous unit,

wherein there is a possibility for said autonomous unit to contain onboard and/or integrated timing means,

wherein said autonomous extreme of consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer can have a master slave relationship of RGY sequencer and consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer respectively and wherein said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer takes updates, corrections calibrations from said RGY traffic sequencer ranging from occasional to often, depending on the frequency requirement for said updates, corrections, calibrations,

wherein there is a possibility for said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer to be installed with an existing RGY traffic sequencer in a piggyback or parasite condition,

wherein said parasite condition can provide for better integration with existing infrastructure,

wherein there can be precedence, priority, master to slave relationships;

or wherein consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer can be attached to a traffic sequencer in a master slave relationship wherein consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer may have autonomous time outputs, but would still be corrected, updated, calibrated by the traffic signal,

wherein said corrections, updates, calibrations discourage “

drift”

between said RGY and consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencers.

19. The traffic management system of claim 1 as it applies to allied mobility applications including vehicles on tracks, busses, trams, trolleys, trains, marine, bicycle, walking/pedestrian.

20. The traffic management system of claim 1 wherein there is the possibility of said mobile consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer and receiver/calculator/readout RCR system or parts being integrated in with larger systems or devices,

wherein there is the possibility of receiver being integrated in with instruments (i.e. instrument cluster, panel, console, in a vehicle), as “

Original Equipment”

(OEM),

wherein there is a possibility of said receiver being added to vehicle interior as a separate mount, “

Special Equipment”

, and wherein said special equipment could be externally mounted onto vehicle,

wherein there is a possibility that said receiver is part of, or a function of, or a feature of a bigger hardware device, and wherein said bigger device includes possibility that it is part of a GPS, Map/directional locater, communication or directional device, hand held computer,

wherein there is a possibility of said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer being part of a bigger system of traffic signal networks including block to block networks, coordinated networks, centrally controlled networks, green wave networks,

wherein said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer integration serves to enhance said networks, and wherein traffic traveling through said networks can increase time that moving traffic travels through green phase due to consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

systems.

21. The traffic management system of claim 1 wherein output includes the possibility of a double digit readout that includes the speed to go in order to get through to the green,

wherein Vsa (of claim 6) is shown as a readout that is displayed in double digits

wherein there is the possibility for comparison of what speed motorist/vehicle approaching signal/intersection should go, against what speed said motorist/vehicle approaching signal/intersection is actually going, and wherein there is opportunity of interactive display means,

wherein there is a possibility for an analog readout as well as for an analog-like digital graphic output and including the possibilities for combinations of analog-analog;

analog-digital;

digital-analog, digital-digital, wherein said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

readout, speed assignment can be compared to actual speed vehicle is going,

wherein there is possibility for output as graphics,

wherein said graphics can include possibility for alphanumeric, light emitting diodes LED, art files in a color liquid crystal display LCD, sprites inside the art files,

wherein said graphics include possibility for upward green arrow or triangle to indicate “

faster”

, neutral equal sign for being in the proper tolerance of getting to green, downward red arrow or triangles to indicate “

go slower”

, double downward arrows or triangles for “

really go slower”

,

wherein there is a chance for said graphics to be more easily understood, and wherein said graphics could be referenced faster,

wherein said graphics include the possibility for position in hierarchy/consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

pattern, wherein algorithm for said position could include ratio of Tng/slot.

22. The traffic management system of claim 1 wherein the receiver includes the option of the use of audio being involved in the output,

wherein sounds could output yet allow for motorist to still keep eyes on road, better concentrate, and keep eyes on intersection when approaching same, thereby driving more safely,

wherein audio could be easygoing as when for example motorist is near the proper speed output to go when approaching intersection, and wherein audio could more emphatic if speed were too fast or to erratic,

wherein said double red facing down graphic that accompanies a “

really go slower”

output could be accompanied with sounds including beeps, buzzers, whistle.

23. The traffic management system of claim 1 including receiver type that “

wakes up” and

“

shuts down”

,

wherein there is possibility that wake-up is induced by said RCR being near enough in proximity to a consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

transmitter that the power of the consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

status transmission is strong enough to receive consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

readouts and begin scanning and to receive wireless packages,

wherein there is a possibility that wake-up is by means of Global Positioning System GPS that pinpoints “

actual”

location and compares it to known “

virtual”

location of a consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer in an already-stored database,

wherein there is a possibility for a shut-down means that includes progressive direction analysis along with location means that insures that vehicle is approaching intersection, and wherein at a moment that it is detected to not approach said intersection, as may be the case of direction/intent changes form consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lane including stopping, turning, U-turn (where said direction analysis would show said vehicle driving away from said intersection, i.e. “

opposite”

direction), and wherein after such changes, as well as approaching close enough to said intersection, said RCR shuts down,

wherein along with said direction/intent changes shutting down consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

readouts, there is possibility for intent changes including dangerous driving behavior, wherein for example after a double red downward arrow “

go much slower”

readout, and a double beep or buzzer, the system could shut down.

24. The traffic management system of claim 1 wherein the wireless means for status data coming from consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

sequencer includes long range transmitters,

wherein there is a possibility that beam can be particularly focused on consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lane, and wherein said focus can provide for more directional security, and wherein said focusing will require less power and reduce odds of consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

system causing outside interference,

wherein coded packet can provide for directional security and overall security, resistance to vandalism or “

hacking”

,

wherein said long range wireless transmitters combined with the optimum use of components including lower frequencies, effective antennas and lower baudrates can provide for lower numbers of transmitters in use, wherein wireless system is simpler more reliable, has minimal data loss and is less expensive, as well as possessing of long range signal clarity.

25. The traffic management system of claim 1 including the use of high frequency transmitters,

wherein due to the shorter range of high frequency transmitters, the range of multiple transmitters can be concentrated on consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lanes,

wherein if vehicles leave said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lanes, there is possibility for vehicle to be out of range as soon as the consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lane is vacated thus allowing for easy shutdown in event of motorist turning out of consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lane, wherein said transmitters can be overlapped in each individual range, but closely associated with associated consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lane of said transmitters, and including condition wherein if the vehicle left the lane, the signal would disappear for lack of power due to RCR being “

out of range”

, wherein said low range of said higher frequency had only the range to function substantially within each consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lane,

and also wherein there can be better directional security due to locality of transmission to within confines of said consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lane,

wherein higher bandwidth, baudrates of said higher frequency transmitters provides for better directional security, better overall security, resistance to vandalism or “

hacking” and

wherein higher bandwidth provides for capability of higher levels of encryption, wherein the directional security codes as well as vandalism security codes can be faster and more sophisticated with said higher frequency, wider bandwidth, faster baudrate,

and wherein there can be better overall security by encrypting of packets with higher-bit security,

wherein there is the possibility for fail safe transmitting due to many transmitters covering the same consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lane and many others still functioning in the event of a failed transmitter,

wherein with the possibility for all transmitters of a consolidating and/or compressing traffic managed “

fast lane on warning”

lane to be networked into the same router simultaneously, there is the possibility that latency issues can be dealt with as a single offset, recalibration, wherein all said transmitters or modems being connected to said router provides for single latency and no individual latencies associated with multiple transmits which could adversely effect function including readouts, data, continuity.