Apparatus, system, and method for smart roadway stud control and signaling

US11028543B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MZC Foundation, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Harriet Anderson Langford · LaGrange, US
• A. Philip Langford · LaGrange, US
• Alan Anderson · Scotland, GB
• John Picard · Atherton, US
• Allison Kelly Beaton · Chattahoochee Hills, US
• Glenn Le Faou · Cambridge, GB
• Laura Churcher · Cambridge, GB
• James Salisbury · Dover, US
• Marie Buda · Cambridge, GB
• Edward Colby · Cambridge, GB
• Andy Milton · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 8, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B20/40
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The subject matter described herein includes a roadway stud control system including a local stud control system positioned along a first section of a roadway, a plurality of roadway studs, each roadway stud disposed on a surface of the first section of the roadway and communicably coupled to the local stud control system, wherein the local stud control system is configured to communicate a control signal to control at least one aspect of the plurality of roadway studs.