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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7538689 | Methods and systems utilizing a programmable sign display located in proximity to a traffic light Methods and systems use a programmable sign display located in proximity to a traffic light to provide information to motorists upon the motorists directing their attention toward the traffic light. The programmable sign display may receive programming for content t... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7409286 | Application for diminishing or avoiding the unwanted effects of traffic congestion A process to interchange the “stop and go” driving behaviour of the traffic with a “stop and wait, then go later without stopping” driving behaviour, consisting on a partitioning of the congested route in segments through pre-installed stop and go signals ma... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7348895 | Advanced automobile accident detection, data recordation and reporting system A system for monitoring a location to detect and report a vehicular incident, comprising a transducer for detecting acoustic waves at the location, and having an audio output; a processor for determining a probable occurrence or impending occurrence of a vehicular i... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7327280 | Emergency vehicle traffic signal preemption system An emergency vehicle traffic light preemption system for preemption of traffic lights at an intersection to allow safe passage of emergency vehicles. The system includes a real-time status monitor of an intersection which is relayed to a control module for transmiss... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317406 | Infrastructure-based collision warning using artificial intelligence An improved apparatus for controlling a traffic signal at an intersection includes a signal controller having an artificial intelligence based situational analyzer. The signal controller receives vehicle data related to the speed and position of vehicles approaching... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7274306 | Traffic management device and system A smart traffic control device transmits information to approaching vehicles regarding its current and future state enabling vehicles to control their speed to avoid arriving at the traffic control device until it permits the passage of traffic, thus avoiding stoppi... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269503 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method of facilitating delivery of traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a location description. For each of the traffic conditions, th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265683 | Roadside-based communication system and method A roadside-based communication system providing backup communication between emergency mobile units and emergency command centers. In the event of failure of a primary communication, the mobile units transmit wireless messages to nearby roadside controllers that may... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254504 | Method for the temporal synchronisation of a plurality of vehicle sensors The invention proposes a synchronization method and apparatus, wherein based on a measuring time (110, 210) and the value of at least one quantity of the at least one sensor object, the at least one sensor object is determined at at least one of the base time... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251558 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method of facilitating delivery of traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a location description. For each of the traffic conditions, th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236102 | Vehicle information system for a loop intersection A driver of a vehicle that is going to enter a loop intersection is allowed to perceive vehicles traveling on a loop road and vehicles that are going to enter the loop intersection from separate roads. Infrared ray sensors for detecting vehicles in the loop intersec... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7167106 | Methods and systems utilizing a programmable sign display located in proximity to a traffic light Methods and systems use a programmable sign display located in proximity to a traffic light to provide information to motorists upon the motorists directing their attention toward the traffic light. The programmable sign display may receive programming for content t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7139659 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method for developing traffic messages for broadcast is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a start location at which the traffic condition begins and an... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7113108 | Emergency vehicle control system traffic loop preemption An emergency vehicle traffic signal preemption system using existing inductive traffic loops that is either “car-active” or “car-passive”. In the “car-active” system, a passive element having position information transmits an ID tag and the position info... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7102538 | LED signal light The present invention provides an LED signal light device comprising a central processing unit, a control panel, an LED signal light, an output and input interface, a battery and an adapter. The central processing unit comprises a microprocessor, a memory and an int... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098806 | Traffic preemption system A traffic preemption system is described that includes onboard equipment located on a vehicle and a fleet management center in communication with the onboard equipment. The fleet management center is also in communication with a traffic management center that is in ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096115 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method for developing traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating traffic speed at a plurality of locations on a road network are obtained. Each of the locations is assigned a unique location reference code. The data indicating traffic speed for the location re... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090370 | Exterior luminaire An exterior luminaire comprising an array of light emitting diodes (2) within an outer body (12). Also within the outer body (12) is housed apparatus (7) for collecting and converting radiation into electrical energy so as to provide at l... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7057529 | LED traffic signal load switch An LED traffic signal having a single switching power supply placed inside the load switch to supply power to each of the aspect signals. The traffic signal has several aspects, such as red, yellow and green. The load switch comprises a switching power supply to sup... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050903 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method of facilitating delivery of traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a location description. For each of the traffic conditions, th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044742 | Emergency reporting apparatus An emergency reporting apparatus is provided which is capable of easily acquiring passenger information necessary at the time of an emergency report and reporting as deputy for a passenger in the case of an emergency. The emergency reporting apparatus, in a training... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027957 | Current interrupter assembly A method for determining the influence of one of a plurality of cathodic protection circuits along a pipeline includes switching one of a plurality of cathodic protection circuits off, while the remainder of the plurality of cathodic protection circuits are left on,... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6985090 | Method and arrangement for controlling a system of multiple traffic signals A method and arrangement for controlling a system of multiple traffic signals for regulating the traffic of vehicles is described. Traffic data is transmitted by wireless transmission to traffic data processing units assigned individually to a locally limited group ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6909380 | Centralized traffic signal preemption system and method of use A system and method of centralizing traffic signal preemption for roadway emergency operations provides for increased accuracy and coordination of emergency response vehicles along an emergency route. A centralized preemption system receives status and location info... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6888474 | System and method for configuring an electronically steerable beam of a traffic signal light The present invention discloses a method, system, and computer readable medium for configuring an electronically steerable beam of a traffic signal light (234). The system comprises a wireless device (232) adapted to send at least one command to change... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6879907 | Method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information and applying thereof A method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information, comprising: (a) transforming a spatial representation of a road network into a network of spatially interdependent and interrelated oriented road sections, for forming an oriente... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6781511 | Collision detecting apparatus for vehicle To provide a collision detecting apparatus for a vehicle, including an integrating member for cumulatively integrating an output from an acceleration sensor when the output exceeds a specific calculation start level and a collision detecting member for outputting a ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6774816 | Alternating time band sequence “ATBS-2W” A method and system for controlling a vehicular and pedestrian traffic, which combines a variety of concepts into an integrated operating system for traffic management in cities. The design elements of this system include a combination of the dynamic checkerboard ar... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6728629 | On-road reference point positional data delivery device The on-road reference point positional data delivery device according to the present invention has a reference point positional data delivery device, and this reference point positional data delivery device has a beacon identification device for indicating a referen... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6633238 | Intelligent traffic control and warning system and method A system and method for controlling traffic and traffic lights and selectively distributing warning messages to motorists includes a controller to determine appropriate action based on traffic congestion parameters. Fuzzy logic is used to determine optimu... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6617981 | Traffic control method for multiple intersections A method for controlling a plurality of traffic intersections comprising (a) storing traffic flow data and related time data at each traffic intersection in a data storage unit; (b) periodically downloading the traffic flow data and the time data to a com... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6587779 | Traffic surveillance method and vehicle flow control in a road network In a method for monitoring and controlling traffic states in a road traffic system current or predicted traffic states are determined for one or more points and a distinction is made between the three types of traffic states: free-flowing traffic, slow-mo... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6587781 | Method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information and applying thereof A method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information, comprising: (a) transforming a spatial representation of a road network into a network of spatially interdependent and interrelated oriented road sections, for forming... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6570497 | Apparatus and method for rail track inspection An apparatus for inspecting an operational condition of a rail track from a railcar includes an antenna positioned on the railcar that directs radar signals toward the rail track and collects radar signals returned from the rail track. A radar transceiver... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6437705 | Railcar maintenance management system The present invention relates to a system and a method for managing the repairing, cleaning, painting, or otherwise maintaining of railcars within a railcar maintenance facility. Specifically, the present invention relates to a railcar maintenance managem... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6427113 | Method for controlling traffic The traffic control system uses global positioning system information from a variety of vehicles, analyzes that information and uses it to provide control signals to traffic control devices. For example, a base station may use information about vehicle pa... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6424271 | Alternating time band sequence "ATBS-2W" A method and system for controlling a vehicular and pedestrian traffic, which combines a variety of concepts into an integrated operating system for traffic management in cities. The design elements of this system include a combination of the dynamic chec... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6339383 | Traffic signal control apparatus optimizing signal control parameter by rolling horizon scheme In a traffic signal control apparatus that can correspond to sudden change in the traffic status, traffic information is collected from a sensor provided at the road to obtain the status of a street intersection from the past to the future as profile data... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6236331 | LED traffic light intensity controller The LED traffic light electronic controller stabilizes the total output light intensity of the traffic light in order to ensure a constant light intensity of each traffic light color throughout the entire traffic light lifetime. The controller detects the... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6172617 | Controller interface device An interface device between a computer running a traffic simulation program and any number of traffic signal controllers. The traffic simulation program simulates traffic in a road network including signal-controlled intersections. There are many signal m... | 01/09/2001 |
