Railway crossing and signaling system and method
AssigneeEvolutionary Markings, Inc.
InventorsTHOMAS R. LINVILLE, DOUGLAS L. BAKER
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Abstract
What is disclosed is a system and method of providing notice to traffic on a roadway that a railway vehicle traveling on a railway is approaching an intersection between the railway and the roadway. The system uses road modules and/or light strips embedded in or on the surface of the railway. A processor is configured to cause the road modules and/or light strips to illuminate and/or flash. The processor is configured to send the signal to the road module(s) and/or light strip(s) in response to a signal from a transmitter and/or sensor that a railway vehicle is approaching the intersection.
Claims19
A system for alerting a roadway traveler to a railway vehicle approaching the intersection of a railway and a roadway, said system comprising:
- at least one road module and/or one or more light strips embedded in or on a roadway, said road module comprising a light;
- at least one processor, wherein said processor is configured to communicate via wireless and/or wired communication to said road module and/or one or more light strips to illuminate, flash and/or change color in response to a railway vehicle approaching said intersection of a railway and a roadway.
A method of alerting a roadway traveler to a railway vehicle approaching the intersection of a railway and a roadway, said method comprising the following steps:
- the step of providing at least one road module and/or one or more light strips embedded in or on the surface of a roadway, said road module and/or one or more light strips comprising a light;
- the step of providing a processor in communication with a transmitter and/or sensor, wherein said processor is configured to communicate to said road module and/or one or more light strips to illuminate, flash and/or change color in response to a railway vehicle approaching said intersection of a railway and a roadway;
- the step of said transmitter or sensor transmitting a signal to said processor that a railway vehicle is approaching said intersection and said processor causing said road module and/or one or more light strips to illuminate, flash, and/or change color in response to said signal from said transmitter and/or said sensor that a railway vehicle is approaching said intersection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.