Communications: electrical – Traffic control indicator – Indication of time remaining before change of phase
Patent
1996-12-12
1998-03-10
Swarthout, Brent A.
Communications: electrical
Traffic control indicator
Indication of time remaining before change of phase
340930, 340907, G08G 1096
Patent
active
057266484
ABSTRACT:
A time indicating traffic light that includes a vertically-oriented and rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped housing, a circular-shaped "stop" indicator light, a circular-shaped "caution" indicator light, seven rectangular-shaped "go" indicator lights, and a time indicating display. The circular-shaped "stop" indicator light, the circular-shaped "caution" indicator light, and the seven rectangular-shaped "go" indicator lights are disposed in the vertically-oriented and rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped housing. The seven rectangular-shaped "go" indicator lights have a pair of parallel, elongated, spaced-apart, vertically-oriented, and rectangular-shaped "go" indicator lights, and five adjacent, slightly vertically spaced-apart, horizontally-oriented, and rectangular-shaped "go" lights. The five adjacent, slightly vertically spaced-apart, horizontally-oriented, and rectangular-shaped "go" lights extinguish progressively upwardly towards the circular-shaped "caution" indicator light at a predetermined rate determined by a timer while the pair of parallel, elongated, spaced-apart, vertically-oriented, and rectangular-shaped "go" indicator lights remain illuminated when at least one light of the five adjacent, slightly vertically spaced-apart, horizontally-oriented, and rectangular-shaped "go" lights is illuminated. The time indicating display is disposed on the vertically-oriented and rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped housing and provides a visible display of the time of illumination of the seven rectangular-shaped "go" indicator lights, so that an approaching vehicle can determine when the circular-shaped "caution" indicator light will be illuminated by dividing the time of illumination on the time indicating display by the number of lights of the five adjacent, slightly vertically spaced-apart, horizontally-oriented, and rectangular-shaped "go" lights extinguished and thereby prevent sudden acceleration followed by a sudden stop.
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Miller P.E. Richard L.
Swarthout Brent A.
Trieu Van T.
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