Traffic signal control system

Claim 1

A CENTRAL CONTROLLER FOR A TTRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, A TAPE READER MEANS FOR OPERATION WITH A CONTINUOUS TAPE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PARTICULAR PROGRAMS CODED THEREON, EACH HAVING A TIME FRAME, AN INDICATOR FRAME, AND A CONTROL FRAME, AND EACH OF SAID FRAMES INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE POSITION PECULIAR THERETO AND NOT USED IN THE OTHER FRAMES, SAID READER MEANS INCLUDING SENSING MEANS FOR RESPONDING TO THE CODED PROGRAM INFORMATION ON EACH FRAME OF THE TAPE, TIME COMPARING MEANS, INDICATOR MEANS, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION MEANS, AND CONTROL MEANS CAUSING OPERATION OF SAID TAPE READER MEANS TO SENSE A TIME FRAME OF THE TAPE, SAID SENSING MEANS APPLYING INFORMATION DERIVED FROM SAID TIME FRAME TO SAID CONTROL MEANS AND SAID TIME COMPARING MEANS, SAID CONTROL MEANS RESPONDING TO THE SENSING OF A POSITION PECULIAR TO THE TIME FRAME TO CASE OPERATION OF SAID TIME COMPARING MEANS, SAID TIME COMPARING MEANS RESPONDING WHEN THE TIME INDICATED ON THE TIME FRAME CORRESPONDS TO OR IS AHEAD OF ACTUAL TIME TO OPERATE SAID CONTROL MEANS TO CAUSE SAID READER TO SENSE IN TURN THE INDICATOR AND CONTROL FRAMES FOR THE SAME PROGRAM, SAID CONTROL MEANS RESPONDING TO THE SENSING OF A POSITION PECULIAR TO THE INDICATOR FRAME TO APPLY SIGNALS FROM SAID SENSING MEANS PRODUCED BY THE INDICATOR FRAME TO SAID INDICATOR MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, SAID CONTROL MEANS RESPONDING TO THE SENSING OF A POSITION PECULIAR TO THE CONTROL FRAME TO APPLY SIGNALS FROM SAID SENSING MEANS DERIVED FROM THE CONTROL FRAME TO SAID SIGNAL TRANSMISSION MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS TO PROVIDE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CHANGES PROGRAMMED ON SAID TAPE.