System and Method of Maintaining Traffic Apparatus Location Information
AssigneeVer-Mac
InventorsSerge Beaudry, Alexandre Langlois
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Abstract
A system and method of acquiring and maintaining location information associated with traffic apparatus deployed in connection with a traffic flow monitoring or regulation system are disclosed. In some implementations, an apparatus identifier may distinguish a particular traffic apparatus from others that are deployed in proximity, and a functional identifier may define a functionality of the particular traffic apparatus; positioning, orientation, and movement or acceleration data may also be provided for real-time or near real-time system applications. These apparatus data may be used to derive and to maintain a record of location data associated with each traffic apparatus deployed in a particular application.
Claims23
A method of acquiring and maintaining location information associated with a traffic apparatus;
- said method comprising:
- affixing a beacon system to the traffic apparatus, the beacon system operative to broadcast apparatus data associated with a function of the traffic apparatus to a remote device integrated into equipment borne by a road crew member;
- capturing the apparatus data responsive to a measure of a signal strength of the beacon system identified by the remote device;
- computing location data associated with the traffic apparatus responsive to said capturing;
- and
- responsive to said computing, recording both the function of the traffic apparatus and a location in space at which the traffic apparatus is deployed.
A traffic apparatus location system comprising:
- a traffic apparatus;
- a beacon system affixed to said traffic apparatus, said beacon system to broadcast apparatus data associated with a function of said traffic apparatus and comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) device;
- a remote device to receive the apparatus data broadcast by said beacon system;
- and
- a computer processing system to receive information associated with the apparatus data from said remote device, the information including the function of said traffic apparatus;
- wherein the information is used to derive location data associated with a location in space at which said traffic apparatus is deployed, and wherein said computer processing system is to record both the function of said traffic apparatus and the location in space at which said traffic apparatus is deployed.
A traffic apparatus location system comprising:
- a traffic apparatus;
- a beacon system affixed to said traffic apparatus, said beacon system to broadcast apparatus data associated with said traffic apparatus;
- a remote device to receive the apparatus data broadcast by said beacon system, the remote device operated by a road crew member;
- and
- a computer processing system to receive information associated with the apparatus data from said remote device;
- wherein the apparatus data are used to derive location data associated with a location in space at which said traffic apparatus is deployed, based on a location of said remote device, and wherein said remote device autonomously transmits, to the computer processing system, data indicating that said remote device is in proximity to said traffic apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.