US4983984A
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Roadside beacon system with polarized beams
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1987-11-25
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Granted: 1991-01-08
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Expires: 2007-11-25
Abstract
Abstract In a roadside beacon system for transmitting to vehicles moving along roads, signals on position and direction, linearly polarizing antennas mounted to be stationarey either beside or above the roads and other linearly polarizing antennas mounted to be mobile on the vehicles. The downwardly transmitting stationary and the upwardly receiving mobile antennas have matching linear polarizations when the vehicle is traveling on the road adjacent to the antenna but a mobile antenna will have reduced sensitivity when moving on a road at a different angle.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshizo Shibano
- 👤 Haruo Suzuki
- 👤 Tohru Iwai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 02:01
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/09; G08G1/0962; G08G1/0967; G08G1/096766; G08G1/096783; G01; G01S; G01S1/00; G01S1/02; G01S1/04; G08G1/096708; G08G1/096716; G08G1/096733; G08G1/096758
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
A roadside beacon system comprising a plurality of roadside radio-wave antennas for transmitting signals and installed along roads and a plurality of mobile radio-wave antennas mounted on respective vehicles traveling on said roads for receiving said signals, wherein at least one roadside antenna, at a position where a structure is extended over a road, is mounted on a lower portion of said structure to transmit and receive in a downward direction a radio wave polarized in a widthwise direction of said road, and at least one roadside antenna is installed near said road to transmit and receive a vertically polarized radio wave in an obliquely downward direction, and wherein each mobile antenna mounted on a vehicle transmits and receives a horizontally polarized radio wave in a direction of travel of said vehicle, a vertically polarized radio wave in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of said vehicle, and a radio wave polarized in the widthwise direction of said vehicle in an upward direction of said vehicle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
A roadside beacon system comprising a plurality of roadside radio-wave antennas for transmitting signals and installed along roads and a plurality of mobile radio-wave antennas mounted on respective vehicles traveling on said roads for receiving said signals, wherein at least one roadside antenna, at a position where a structure is extended over a road, is mounted on a lower portion of said structure to transmit and receive in a downward direction a radio wave polarized in a widthwise direction of said road, and at least one roadside antenna is installed near said road to transmit and receive a vertically polarized radio wave in an obliquely downward direction, and wherein each mobile antenna mounted on a vehicle transmits and receives a horizontally polarized radio wave in a direction of travel of said vehicle, a vertically polarized radio wave in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of said vehicle, and a radio wave polarized in the widthwise direction of said vehicle in an upward direction of said vehicle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
169 words
A roadside beacon system comprising a plurality of roadside radio-wave antennas for transmitting signals and installed along roads and a plurality of mobile radio-wave antennas mounted on respective vehicles traveling on said roads for receiving said signals, wherein at least one roadside antenna, at a position where a structure is extended over a road, is mounted on a lower portion of said structure to transmit and receive in a downward direction a radio wave polarized in a lengthwise direction of said road, and at least one roadside antenna is installed near said road to transmit and receive a horizontally polarized radio wave in an obliquely downward direction, and wherein each mobile antenna mounted on a vehicle transmits and receives a horizontally polarized radio wave in a direction perpendicular to a direction of travel of said vehicle, a vertically polarized radio wave in the direction of travel of said vehicle, and a radio wave polarized in the direction of travel of said vehicle in an upward direction of said vehicle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
169 words
A roadside beacon system comprising a plurality of roadside radio-wave antennas for transmitting signals and installed along roads and a plurality of mobile radio-wave antennas mounted on respective vehicles traveling on said roads for receiving said signals, wherein at least one roadside antenna, at a position where a structure is extended over a road, is mounted on a lower portion of said structure to transmit and receive in a downward direction a radio wave polarized in a lengthwise direction of said road, and at least one roadside antenna is installed near said road to transmit and receive a horizontally polarized radio wave in an obliquely downward direction, and wherein each mobile antenna mounted on a vehicle transmits and receives a horizontally polarized radio wave in a direction perpendicular to a direction of travel of said vehicle, a vertically polarized radio wave in the direction of travel of said vehicle, and a radio wave polarized in the direction of travel of said vehicle in an upward direction of said vehicle.
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