# US 2024/0200281 A1 · Roadway subsurface sensor system with integrated sensor layers and related methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0200281 A1 - Document ID: US20240200281A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/593,058 - Filed: 2024-03-01 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-11 - Inventors: JAMES LOUNSBERY; JEROLD L. BOTTS - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240200281A1 ## CPC - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - E01C 11/265: {Embedded electrical heating elements (in floors F24D13/00); Mounting thereof} - B60L 53/12: Inductive energy transfer - B60L 53/57: Charging stations without connection to power networks - E01C 9/00: Special pavings (specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C13/00, for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C15/00); Pavings for special parts of roads or airfields (pavement lights E01C17/00; manholes or like covers or frames E02D29/14) - E01C 11/227: {Gutters; Channels (E01C11/223 takes precedence; permanently installed flushing means E01H3/04); Roof drainage discharge ducts set in sidewalks} - E01C 23/00: Auxiliary devices or arrangements for constructing, repairing, reconditioning, or taking-up road or like surfaces (apparatus for reconditioning of salvaged non-hydraulic compositions {for- in plant recycling of salvaged bituminous mixtures} E01C19/10) - E01F 9/50: Road surface markings; Kerbs or road edgings, specially adapted for alerting road users (for redirecting vehicles E01F15/00) - H01M 10/425: {Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00)} - H01M 50/251: specially adapted for stationary devices, e.g. power plant buffering or backup power supplies - H02N 2/186: {Vibration harvesters} - H02S 10/20: Systems characterised by their energy storage means (H02S40/38 takes precedence) - H02S 20/21: specially adapted for motorways, e.g. integrated with sound barriers - H02S 40/40: Thermal components (H02S10/30 takes precedence) - B60L 53/53: Batteries - H01M 2010/4271: {Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing} - H01M 2220/10: Batteries in stationary systems, e.g. emergency power source in plant - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - E01C: CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming roads or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H) - E01F: ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - H02N: ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A roadway subsurface sensor system includes roadway housings arranged to define a surface to carry vehicles. Each roadway housing has a sensor assembly having a housing, and sensor layers received by the housing. Each roadway housing also has a drainage layer under the sensor assembly. An uppermost sensor layer from the sensor layers is to provide the surface to carry vehicles. The roadway subsurface sensor system further includes a management controller coupled to the sensor layers. The management controller is configured to process sensed data from the sensor layers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A roadway subsurface sensor system comprising: a plurality of roadway housings arranged to define a surface to carry vehicles, each roadway housing comprising a sensor assembly comprising a housing, and a plurality of sensor layers received by the housing, an uppermost sensor layer from the plurality of sensor layers to provide the surface to carry vehicles, and a drainage layer under the sensor assembly; and a management controller coupled to the plurality of sensor layers and configured to process sensed data from the plurality of sensor layers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The roadway subsurface sensor system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of sensor layers comprises a plurality of flexible circuit layers defining a multi-layer flexible circuit board. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The roadway subsurface sensor system of claim 2 wherein the multi-layer flexible circuit board comprises a plurality of sensor devices carried by the plurality of flexible circuit layers. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The roadway subsurface sensor system of claim 3 wherein the plurality of sensor devices comprises a radio frequency (RF) reader configured to detect identification information from respective RF tags carried by the vehicles. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The roadway subsurface sensor system of claim 1 wherein the drainage layer comprises a longitudinal drainage channel under the sensor assembly. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The roadway subsurface sensor system of claim 5 wherein each roadway housing further comprises a support assembly under the drainage layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The roadway subsurface sensor system of claim 6 wherein the support assembly comprises a support layer abutting the drainage layer, and a plurality of vertical legs extending from the support layer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The roadway subsurface sensor system of claim 1 wherein the uppermost sensor layer comprises a flexible circuit layer, and at least one visual indicator carried by the flexible circuit layer and configured to generate a visual indication for the vehicles. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The roadway subsurface sensor system of claim 1 wherein the uppermost sensor layer comprises a flexible circuit layer, and a heating element layer carried by the flexible circuit layer and configured to deice the surface to carry vehicles. ### Claim 10 A roadway housing device for a roadway subsurface sensor system arranged to define a surface to carry vehicles, the roadway housing device comprising: a sensor assembly comprising a housing, and a plurality of sensor layers adjacent to the sensor assembly, an uppermost sensor layer from the plurality of sensor layers to provide the surface to carry vehicles; a drainage layer under the sensor assembly; and a management controller coupled to the plurality of sensor layers and configured to process sensed data from the plurality of sensor layers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The roadway housing device of claim 10 wherein the plurality of sensor layers comprises a plurality of flexible circuit layers defining a multi-layer flexible circuit board. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The roadway housing device of claim 11 wherein the multi-layer flexible circuit board comprises a plurality of sensor devices carried by the plurality of flexible circuit layers. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The roadway housing device of claim 12 wherein the plurality of sensor devices comprises a radio frequency (RF) reader configured to detect identification information from respective RF tags carried by the vehicles. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The roadway housing device of claim 10 wherein the drainage layer comprises a longitudinal drainage channel under the sensor assembly; and further comprising a support assembly under the drainage layer and comprising a support layer abutting the drainage layer, and a plurality of vertical legs extending from the support layer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The roadway housing device of claim 10 wherein the uppermost sensor layer comprises a flexible circuit layer, and at least one visual indicator carried by the flexible circuit layer and configured to generate a visual indication for the vehicles. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The roadway housing device of claim 10 wherein the uppermost sensor layer comprises a flexible circuit layer, and a heating element layer carried by the flexible circuit layer and configured to deice the surface to carry vehicles. ### Claim 17 A method for making a roadway subsurface sensor system, the method comprising: positioning a plurality of roadway housings to define a surface to carry vehicles, each roadway housing comprising a sensor assembly comprising a housing, a plurality of sensor layers adjacent to the sensor assembly, an uppermost sensor layer from the plurality of sensor layers to provide the surface to carry vehicles, and a drainage layer under the sensor assembly; and coupling a management controller to the plurality of sensor layers, the management controller configured to process sensed data from the plurality of sensor layers. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17 wherein the plurality of sensor layers comprises a plurality of flexible circuit layers defining a multi-layer flexible circuit board. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18 wherein the multi-layer flexible circuit board comprises a plurality of sensor devices carried by the plurality of flexible circuit layers. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19 wherein the plurality of sensor devices comprises a radio frequency (RF) reader configured to detect identification information from respective RF tags carried by the vehicles.