System and method of maintaining traffic apparatus location information
OwnerSerge Beaudry, Alexandre Langloisinventors
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Abstract
A system and method of acquiring and maintaining location information associated with traffic apparatus deployed in connection with a traffic flow monitoring or regulation system are disclosed. In some implementations, an apparatus identifier may distinguish a particular traffic apparatus from others that are deployed in proximity, and a functional identifier may define a functionality of the particular traffic apparatus; positioning, orientation, and movement or acceleration data may also be provided for real-time or near real-time system applications. These apparatus data may be used to derive and to maintain a record of location data associated with each traffic apparatus deployed in a particular application.
Claims41
A method of acquiring and maintaining location information associated with a traffic apparatus;
- said method comprising:
- affixing a beacon system to the traffic apparatus, the beacon system operative to broadcast apparatus data associated with the traffic apparatus to a remote device operated by a traffic control agency;
- capturing the apparatus data responsive to a measure of a signal strength of the beacon system;
- deriving location data associated with the traffic apparatus responsive to said capturing;
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- responsive to said deriving, recording a location in space at which the traffic apparatus is deployed.
A traffic apparatus location system comprising:
- a traffic apparatus;
- a beacon system affixed to said traffic apparatus, said beacon system to broadcast apparatus data associated with said traffic apparatus;
- a remote device to receive the apparatus data broadcast by said beacon system, said remote device operated by a traffic control agency;
- and
- a computer processing system to receive information associated with the apparatus data from said remote device;
- wherein the apparatus data are used to derive location data associated with a location in space at which said traffic apparatus is deployed.
A traffic apparatus comprising:
- a structure to convey information to a motorist;
- and
- a beacon system affixed to said structure, said beacon system to broadcast apparatus data associated with said structure to a remote device, the remote device operated by a traffic control agency and configured and operative receive the apparatus data broadcast by said beacon system;
- wherein the remote device transmits information associated with the apparatus data to a computer processing system and the apparatus data are used to derive location data associated with a location in space at which said structure is deployed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.