US 12,205,462 B2Granted

Method for warning drivers about presence of a pedestrian on a pedestrian crossing

AssigneeAleksandr V. Kirillov

InventorViktor N. Kirillov

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method of warning drivers about the presence of pedestrians on a pedestrian crossing. The technical result consists in increasing road safety. The appearance of each pedestrian on the pedestrian crossing is detected by a detector. The information, thus obtained, is analyzed by a control unit, and the location of the pedestrian on the pedestrian crossing is determined. Also provided is a viewscreen mounted above the pedestrian crossing over the entire width of the road, such that traffic is able to pass freely under it, and above sections adjacent to the crossing on both sides of the road. The information about the location of the pedestrian is transmitted from the control unit to the viewscreen in real time and is displayed on the viewscreen as a moving rectangle or a moving silhouette of the pedestrian.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A method of warning drivers about a presence of a pedestrian on a pedestrian crossing (PC) comprising the steps of:

detecting the presence of the pedestrian on the PC using a detector,
analyzing in a control unit information obtained from the detector to locate a position of the pedestrian on the PC, and
sending the information about the position of the pedestrian on the PC to an information unit to inform the drivers of upcoming vehicles about the presence of the pedestrian and the position thereof,
wherein the information unit includes a viewscreen installed above the PC and adapted to let the upcoming vehicles pass freely thereunder, the viewscreen displaying the position of the pedestrian, shown as a rectangle or a deemed figure, on the PC in real time, the viewscreen being installed above the entire width of a road comprising the PC and areas adjoining the road on both sides thereof, the information being displayed on both sides of the viewscreen thus informing the drivers of the upcoming vehicles of a two-way traffic of the road.

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Facts

Application: 18/022,161Filed 10 Aug 2021
Priority: RU RU202012779820 Aug 2020
Published: US 2023/0316906 A15 Oct 2023
Granted: 21 Jan 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

G08G 1/09
Traffic control systems for road vehicles: arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions
G08G 1/095
Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions: traffic lights
E01F 9/696
Upright bodies, e.g. marker posts or bollards; Supports for road signs: overhead structures, e.g. gantries; Foundation means specially adapted…
G01S 13/91
Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications: for traffic control