Interactive Traffic System, Method and Control Devices
OwnerMatthew David Weirichinventor
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Abstract
A traffic control device system and method for communicating with autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. The traffic control device includes a base adapted to be placed on a surface, a body portion joined to the base portion and extending therefrom, and a communication module joined to or integral with the base or body portion. The communication module includes a transmitter adapted to transmit a signal from the traffic control device to one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles, wherein the signal includes information that can be used by the one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles to affect or control at least one system of the vehicle.
Claims20
A traffic control device, comprising:
- a base, the base adapted to be placed on a surface;
- a body portion joined to the base portion and extending therefrom;
- and
- a communication module joined to or integral with the base or body portion, the communication module including a transmitter, the transmitter adapted to transmit a signal from the traffic control device to one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles, wherein the signal includes information that can be used by the one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles to affect or control at least one system of the vehicle.
A traffic control system, the traffic control system comprising:
- at least one traffic control device including a signal transmitter adapted to produce a signal including information;
- at least one vehicle including a signal receiver adapted to receive the signals of the traffic control device;
- the vehicle also including a processor adapted to process the signals of the traffic control device, the processor programmed to provide an output based on the information included in the signal of the traffic control device.
A method for controlling traffic, the method including the steps of:
- 1) providing a traffic control device, the traffic control device having a base, a body joined to the base and a communication module joined to the base and/or body, wherein the communication module is adapted to receive transmit a signal including information;
- 2) providing a vehicle with a signal receiver that is adapted to receive the signals of the traffic control device, wherein the vehicle also includes a signal processor for processing the signal of the traffic control device to obtain the information therefrom and wherein the signal processor or a separate processor is adapted to provide executable instructions or a control signal to at least one system of the vehicle;
- 3) processing the information obtained from the signal;
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- 4) providing executable instructions to one or more systems of the vehicle to affect the output of the at least one system of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.