Communications: electrical – Pedestrian guidance
Patent
1996-09-06
1997-08-05
Hofsass, Jeffery
Communications: electrical
Pedestrian guidance
340925, 340917, 116 63R, 40541, G08G 1095
Patent
active
056547056
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and a method for prompting pedestrians to look and listen for turning vehicles includes an animated pictorial message formed in the image of a pair of scanning eyes (46,48) and generated by a pedestrian signal control (54) connected to a pedestrian signal display (32). The image (46,48) can be activated by a traffic control (52) or a motion detector (64) connected to the pedestrian signal control (54). A voice circuit (56) and speakers (58) connected to the pedestrian signal control (54) generate an audible message at the same time the image (46,48) is being displayed.
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Houten Ronald Van
Malenfant J. E. Louis
Hofsass Jeffery
Rushing Mark S.
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