DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a first sensor to be directed in a first direction to detect oncoming traffic;
a first display to face the first direction;
a second sensor to be directed in a second direction to detect oncoming traffic;
a second display to face the second direction; and
a processor, the processor to define a relationship between the first senor and the second display, the relationship to cause the second display to display a first signal in response to the first sensor identifying traffic and a second signal in response to the first sensor and the second sensor identifying traffic, the first signal indicative of a first warning level, the second signal indicative of a second warning level greater than the first warning level, in response to traffic being identified by the first sensor and no traffic being identified by the second sensor, the processor to cause the first signal to be displayed by the second display and for no signal to be displayed by the first display.
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Abstract
Dynamically configurable traffic controllers and methods of using the same are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first display facing a first direction; a second display facing a second direction; a third display facing a third direction; and a processor, in response to a first input being received indicative of traffic approaching the first display and no traffic approaching the second display and the third display, the processor to cause the second display and the third display to display a first signal and for the first display not to display the first signal or a second signal, the first signal providing a first warning level, the second signal providing a second warning level greater than the first warning level, the first signal illuminatable on the second display, the second signal illuminatable on the second display, the first signal, when illuminated, disposed within a perimeter of the second signal, when illuminated.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first sensor to be directed in a first direction to detect oncoming traffic; a first display to face the first direction; a second sensor to be directed in a second direction to detect oncoming traffic; a second display to face the second direction; and a processor, the processor to define a relationship between the first senor and the second display, the relationship to cause the second display to display a first signal in response to the first sensor identifying traffic and a second signal in response to the first sensor and the second sensor identifying traffic, the first signal indicative of a first warning level, the second signal indicative of a second warning level greater than the first warning level, in response to traffic being identified by the first sensor and no traffic being identified by the second sensor, the processor to cause the first signal to be displayed by the second display and for no signal to be displayed by the first display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first display facing a first direction; a second display facing a second direction; a third display facing a third direction; and a processor, in response to a first input being received indicative of traffic approaching the first display and no traffic approaching the second display and the third display, the processor to cause the second display and the third display to display a first signal and for the first display not to display the first signal or a second signal, the first signal indicative of a first warning level, the second signal indicative of a second warning level greater than the first warning level, the first signal being illuminatable on the second display, the second signal being illuminatable on the second display, the first signal, when illuminated, being disposed within a perimeter of the second signal, when illuminated. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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defining a relationship between a first senor and a second display, the first sensor to be directed in a first direction and the second display to be directed in a second direction, the relationship to enable the second display to; display a first signal in response to a first input indicative of traffic approaching a first display and traffic not approaching the second display; and display a second signal in response to a second input indicative of traffic approaching the first display and traffic approaching the second display, the first signal indicative of a first warning level, the second signal indicative of a second warning level greater than the first warning level; receiving the first input; displaying the first signal from the second display; and not displaying the first signal or the second signal from the first display. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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