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EP0349470A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Remote guidance- and information system for drivers and pedestrians in road traffic areas

Assignee: PAN-DRIVE SA
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Filing: 1989-03-29
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-03-29
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Abstract

Abstract Method of tele-information (tele-driving) for any driving of a vehicle or pedestrian to a determined destination characterized by transmitters of regulable range positioned on each crossing or in between the roads and each of them transmits a codified signal by means of an electromagnetic or ultraviolet radiation signal which is the identification of the transmitter and at the same time, the identification of the geographic spot whereon it has been installed and from an antenna-receiver-computer, positioned on a vehicle or portable, characterized by that it receives the various codified signals from the transmitter which is able to transmit also from a direction wherefrom the vehicle passes, which transmitter processes the signals and correlates them to the programmed series of codes which determines the right course to be followed by the vehicle in order to arrive to its destination and indicates to its driver the distance from its destination and through sound (voice or signal) or optical signals in which crosses he is to turn right or left, in which point of the course he failed and when he is expected to reach the target. Method of recognising and reading of the road signs and of the road lights through sound (voice or signal) or optical indications which inform the driver and come from a receiver-computer positioned into the vehicle which receives codified signals emanating from transmitters positioned by the road signs and transmit only towards the direction the above signs face.

Inventors

  • 👤 Panagiotis A. Anagnostopoulos

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
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CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/09; G08G1/0962; G08G1/0965; G08G1/0967; G08G1/096708; G08G1/096716; G08G1/096733; G08G1/096758; G08G1/096766; G08G1/096775; G08G1/0968; G08G1/096805; G08G1/096811; G08G1/096833; G08G1/096844; G08G1/096855; G08G1/096861; G08G1/096872

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 57 words
Method of transmitting electronically encoded, uniquely defined charting of a traffic system or other specific point on the Earth's surface based on portable and/or permanent transmitter-encoders at the said locations, the transmissions from which transmitter encoders are received by compatible portable and/or stationary decoding receivers installed at fixed terrestial locations and/or in land, river or marine vehicles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 57 words
Method of transmitting electronically encoded, uniquely defined charting of a traffic system or other specific point on the Earth's surface based on portable and/or permanent transmitter-encoders at the said locations, the transmissions from which transmitter encoders are received by compatible portable and/or stationary decoding receivers installed at fixed terrestial locations and/or in land, river or marine vehicles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 153 words
Method of providing optimised routing and road information to all pedestrians and drivers of vehicles for their transit between preselected departure and destination points based on emitters of specific range installed at and/or between appropriate road and/or highway intersections, and said emitters emitting omnidirectional and/or unidirection encoded ultrasonic and/or electromagnetic radiation of infrared and/or high radio frequency, the said signals constituting the means of identifying each of them by means of receiver decoder units installed in each vehicle and/or of each portable receiver decoder unit and their comparison with pre­programmed data to produce guidance instructions and define the routing of each vehicle to its preselected destination in terms of voice-simulated and/or recorded audio instructions and/or warnings of obstacles and/or and/or warnings of obstacles and/or screen display instructions in the form of text and/or diagrams and/or symbols with provision for re-optimisation of routing after intentional and/or accidental deviations and display of predicted arrival time.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 153 words
Method of providing optimised routing and road information to all pedestrians and drivers of vehicles for their transit between preselected departure and destination points based on emitters of specific range installed at and/or between appropriate road and/or highway intersections, and said emitters emitting omnidirectional and/or unidirection encoded ultrasonic and/or electromagnetic radiation of infrared and/or high radio frequency, the said signals constituting the means of identifying each of them by means of receiver decoder units installed in each vehicle and/or of each portable receiver decoder unit and their comparison with pre­programmed data to produce guidance instructions and define the routing of each vehicle to its preselected destination in terms of voice-simulated and/or recorded audio instructions and/or warnings of obstacles and/or and/or warnings of obstacles and/or screen display instructions in the form of text and/or diagrams and/or symbols with provision for re-optimisation of routing after intentional and/or accidental deviations and display of predicted arrival time.
Claim 5
Independent Claim 103 words
A method of locating, reading and informing the driver of a vehicle and/or a pedestrian of the content of road signs and traffic lights by voice recorded and/or simulated audio means and/or by video display, by means of emitters continuously transmitting characteristic encoded identification signals installed on and/or near the said traffic lights and/or roadsigns and a decoder-receiver unit installed in the vehicle and/or carried by a person and/or persons on foot, the said emitter transmitting unidirectionally towards oncoming traffic and the said receiver decoder units provided with memory storage to record content and position of each and any traffic light and/or roadsign.
Claim 6
Independent Claim 103 words
A method of locating, reading and informing the driver of a vehicle and/or a pedestrian of the content of road signs and traffic lights by voice recorded and/or simulated audio means and/or by video display, by means of emitters continuously transmitting characteristic encoded identification signals installed on and/or near the said traffic lights and/or roadsigns and a decoder-receiver unit installed in the vehicle and/or carried by a person and/or persons on foot, the said emitter transmitting unidirectionally towards oncoming traffic and the said receiver decoder units provided with memory storage to record content and position of each and any traffic light and/or roadsign.

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