Wireless vehicle management system
AssigneeArup Ventures Limited
InventorKenneth Garmson
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Abstract
A transportation system is provided. The system includes: a highway vehicle, a first set of highway points located along a path of the vehicle, a second set of highway points located along a traffic signal section, at least one RFID tag located at each of the first set and the second set of highway points, and at least one RFID tag reader located on the highway vehicle connected to a network. The at least one RFID tag located at the first set of highway points is configured to store dynamic and static characteristics of the highway vehicle as it passes the first set of highway points and the at least one RFID tag located at the second set of highway points is configured to store dynamic and static characteristics of the vehicle as it passes the second set of highway points.
Claims18
A vehicle control system comprising:
- a network;
- at least one highway vehicle;
- at least one first set of two highway points located along a path of the vehicle;
- at least one first RFID tag located at each of the at least one first set of two highway points and configured to store dynamic and static characteristics of the at least one highway vehicle as it passes the at least one first set of two highway points;
- at least one second set of two highway points located along a traffic signal section;
- at least one second RFID tag located at each of the at least one second set of two highway points and configured to store dynamic and static characteristics of the at least one highway vehicle as it passes the at least one second set of two highway points;
- and
- at least one RFID tag reader located on the at least one highway vehicle connected to the network.
A method of controlling a vehicle system, the method comprising:
- communicating from a first vehicle to a second vehicle via a centralized data network traffic management center, wherein the centralized data network traffic management center comprises a highway database, a schedule database, and a route database;
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- communicating from the first vehicle to the second vehicle via a communication system, wherein the communication system comprises:
- at least a first set of two highway points located along a path of the first vehicle;
- at least a second set of two highway points located along a traffic signal;
- at least one first RFID tag located at each of the at least the first set of two highway points, wherein the at least one first RFID tag is configured to store dynamic and static characteristics of the first vehicle as it passes the at least the first set of two highway points;
- at least one second RFID tag located at each of the at least the second set of two highway points, wherein the at least one second RFID tag is configured to store dynamic and static characteristics of the vehicle as it passes the at least the second set of two highway points;
- at least one first RFID tag reader located on the first vehicle;
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- at least one second RFID tag reader located on the second vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.