Smart traffic sign system and method
US9214084B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/096783
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for increasing awareness of a driver to traffic-signs on the road is provided herein. The system includes: a sensor attached to a vehicle and configured to determine a type of one or more traffic-signs that are present in a scene containing the vehicle, wherein at least some of the traffic-signs are time-variant traffic-signs which present time-variant visual indicators; and a controller configured to: monitor and analyze, in real time: relative metrics indicative of one or more spatial relations between the vehicle and the one or more detected traffic-signs; and temporal data associated with the time-variant visual indicators of the time-variant traffic-signs; apply one or more decision functions to at least two of: the detected one or more traffic-signs and to the monitored relative metrics, and the temporal data associated with the time-variant visual indicators, so as invoke an action selected from a predefined set of actions.
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