Road structure – process – or apparatus – Traffic director – Attenuated lane marker type
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-17
2009-02-03
Addie, Raymond W (Department: 3671)
Road structure, process, or apparatus
Traffic director
Attenuated lane marker type
C404S011000, C404S013000, C404S014000, C404S015000, C404S016000, C362S153100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07484907
ABSTRACT:
A solar energy lane marking system for a road surface having at least a traffic lane includes a set of lane markers, and a solar energy collection arrangement. The lane markers are for spacedly providing on the road surface to define the traffic lane, wherein each of the lane markers includes an illuminator for lane illumination. The solar energy collection arrangement is for controlling the set of lane markers in centralized manner to ensure sufficient and consistent illumination of the illuminators, and includes a solar energy collector for collecting solar energy, an energy storage, and a central processing circuitry. The central processing circuitry, which is electrically connecting the energy storage with the illuminators of the lane markers, operatively controls the illuminators of the lane markers as an illuminable road divider for identifying the traffic lane in case of low visibility of the traffic lane.
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Addie Raymond W
Chan Raymond Y.
David and Raymond Patent Firm
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