SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ROAD INFORMATION IN ADVANCE

• US 20090027176A1
• Filed: 07/24/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yonaton Yulevich
• Original Assignee: Yonaton Yulevich
• Inventors: YULEVICH, YONATON
• Granted Patent: US 8,427,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/425.500
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element

Abstract

A system for providing a vehicle and/or the driver in advance with road information, the system including at least one message disposed at any point along the road, the message including information of at least one characteristic of an upcoming section of the road, at least one sensor mounted on the vehicle for reading the message, and a device coupled to the sensor for processing the message and providing the information to the vehicle and/or the driver in advance of the vehicle reaching that section of the road.

Claims

1. A system for providing a vehicle in advance with road information, the system comprising:

at least one message, disposed along a road, said message including information of at least one characteristic of an upcoming section of said road;

at least one sensor mounted on said vehicle for reading said at least one message; and

a device, coupled to said sensor, for processing said at least one message and outputting said information in advance of said vehicle reaching said section of said road.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said device is arranged to output said information to said vehicle.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said device is arranged to output said information to a driver of the vehicle.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one message is coded.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said sensor comprises a CCD.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said device comprises a processor.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said system further comprises indications in the vehicle of said information for alerting a driver of the vehicle of road characteristics at any point along the road.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said indications include signals transferred from said processor to the vehicle.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein said indications comprise a display, coupled to said processing device, for displaying said information to said driver of said vehicle.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein said indications comprise audible indications.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein said code comprises:

a reference symbol defining a top and a bottom of a code line, a maximum height of a code symbol, and the direction of encoding of said code line; and

at least one code symbol whose height relative to said reference symbol and whose position relative to said top or bottom of said code line represent information.

12. A method for providing in advance an output with road information, the method comprising:

disposing at least one message along a road, said at least one message including information of at least one characteristic of an upcoming section of said road;

mounting on a vehicle at least one sensor for reading said at least one message;

coupling to said sensor a device for processing said at least one message; and

outputting said information by said processor in advance of said vehicle reaching said section of said road.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein said step of outputting comprises outputting said information to a driver of the vehicle in advance of reaching said section of said road.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein said step of outputting comprises outputting said information to the vehicle.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of encoding said at least one message.

16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising providing indications in the vehicle of said information for alerting a driver of the vehicle of road characteristics at any point along the road.

17. The method according to claim 14, further comprising providing signals of said information of road characteristics at any point along the road to the vehicle for controlling the vehicle.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein said step of providing indications includes providing a display, coupled to said processing device, for displaying said information to said driver of said vehicle.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein said step of providing indications includes providing audible indications.