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US 12,300,102 B2Granted
Traffic pathway alerting system
OwnerEinav Gur Arieinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a pathway alerting system, comprising: at least two alerting devices (30), disposed distantly from each other, in line, along a pathway (100), each alerting device (30) comprising: an alarm; a sensor (35) for detecting a transient vehicle; a communication module with at least one adjacent alerting device (30); and a mechanism for: upon detecting a transient vehicle by the sensor (35), instructing via the communication module at least one adjacent alerting device (30) to turn on its alarm.
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A traffic pathway alerting system, comprising:
- at least two alerting devices (30), disposed distantly from each other, in line, along a pathway (100) having a pedestrian lane (10) along a bike lane (11), each alerting device (30) comprising:
- an alarm;
- a sensor (35) for detecting a transient vehicle;
- and
- a mechanism for:
- upon detecting a transient vehicle by said sensor (35), instructing at least one adjacent alerting device (30) to play its alarm,
- wherein a number of adjacent alerting devices instructed to play their alarm is a function of a velocity of said transient vehicle, so that a time until said vehicle reaches a pedestrian walking on said bike lane is sufficient to allow said pedestrian to move to another lane of said pathway.
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