Tactile warning panel apparatus with smart technology
AssigneeBrandbumps, LLC
InventorsChristopher Gary Henshue, Gary LaVerne Henshue, James Cyrus Rice
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Abstract
Multipurpose tactile warning panels for use in pedestrian walkways, and in particular tactile warning panels that are designed and built with multifunction/multipurpose capabilities that serve the visually impaired and enable the deployment of smart city technology by integrating tactile warning systems and subsurface enclosures that can withstand pressures of five (5) tons up to and exceeding sixty (60) tons and incorporate small cells, beacons, sensors, Fog Computing, electric energy generation, rechargeable power supplies, wireless M2M communication and a plethora of other smart city technologies.
Claims20
A multipurpose tactile warning panel apparatus and system for placement into or on a pedestrian walkway comprising:
- a surface tactile panel system with a planar surface having thereon a plurality of distinct spatially raised, three dimensional features arranged in a pattern to be detected by tactile sensation;
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- one or more subsurface enclosures;
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- one or more transmitters, sensors, receivers, electronic equipment, antenna or batteries associated therewith wherein said subsurface enclosure or enclosures have a removable lid and both the enclosure and the removable lid are watertight.
A multipurpose tactile warning panel apparatus and system for placement into or on a pedestrian walkway comprising:
- a surface tactile panel with a planar surface having thereon a plurality of distinct spatially raised, three dimensional features arranged in a pattern to be detected by tactile sensation;
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- a lower surface securement plate system having one or more preformed void cavities therein configured to house electronic components selected from the group consisting of transmitters, receivers, rechargeable power supplies, beacons, computer processors, antennae or combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.