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US 7,889,093 B2Granted
System for safety information
OwnerCarrie P. Thomasinventor
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Abstract
A system for displaying safety information—particularly for pedestrian crosswalks and vehicle brake lights—that permits an operator located at a hub to upload and transmit at least one image to select traffic signals or brake light display screen connected within the network. The at least one image depicts a display of regional, local or even neighborhood significance. The operator, or user, can pinpoint which traffic signals will ultimately display these images. The images are locally significant, informative and whimsical.
Claims19
An information system, comprising:
- establishing a hub, such that the hub is in communication with a network grid;
- placing at least one display screen of a crosswalk signal within the network grid, the at least one display screen equipped to receive information from the hub;
- uploading at least one image at the hub;
- choosing which at least one display screen to send the at least one image via a data transfer;
- sending the at least one image to the at least one display screen, prompting the data transfer of the at least one image originating from the hub to go to the at least one display screen that was targeted;
- receiving the at least one image at the display screen;
- displaying the at least one image on the display screen;
- and
- adapting a presentation of the at least one image to inform a viewer of changing external conditions.
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An information system, comprising:
- establishing a vehicle hub within a vehicle that falls under driver control;
- connecting the vehicle hub so that the vehicle hub is connected to at least one brake light on the vehicle and a brake of the vehicle, the at least one brake light equipped with a display screen;
- uploading at least one image into the vehicle hub via data transfer;
- sending the at least one image to the display screen of the at least one brake light;
- displaying the at least one image on the brake light display screen of the at least one brake light when the driver activates the brake of the vehicle;
- and
- controlling actions of the at least one image displayed on the brake light display by compressing or releasing pressure on the brake of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.