A system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly

Abstract

The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly distinguished by a central transmitting device, a traffic signal device in each traffic signal, and a car device in each car, the car device and the traffic signal device receives the data from the central transmitting device. The car device displays and broadcast the warning and the guidance messages, the traffic signal device controls the lamps of the signal and display the remaining times. The transmission is carried out by satellite, it transmits periodically, once it finished the sending it again resends. The data of the device is updated whenever needed, it transmits the status of the traffic signals and their remaining times accompanied by its locations, and the data of the road signs accompanied by its locations, crowding places, accidents, work zones, and the maximum speed for each road or street, the name of the road and its degree of priority, and whether it is double or single way, and if it is single, is it one direction or two directions?, If it is one direction, what is its direction?, does it have intersections or not?, are pedestrians allowed to cross it, and to walk in it?. Device also sends the locations of the important places of the road, such as intersections, traffic signals squares, exits, bridges and tunnels, turns, and sends the locations of the important services located on the street or close to it, such as: ambulance, police, civil defense, fuel station, rest area, and maintenance workshop. Besides, it sends the warning messages with the locations of the thing being warned about and the parking places. It also sends information about the temperature, time, date, rain, fog, wind and dust storms.

Description

[0001] A system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly

[0002] Full description

[0003] Background of the invention

[0004] This international application is a completion for the following two applications:

[0005] PCT / IB2016 / 051264- date 25-02-2016 wireless road

[0006] PCT / IB2017 / 054590- date 27-07-2017 wireless road

[0007] The current invention relates to a system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly, It serves in the field of the cars traffic, the data of the traffic signal and the road signs comes to the car device from the central transmitting device, and the car device displays it on its LCD and broadcasts it on its speaker, the traffic signal device controls the signal lamps and displays the remaining times.

[0008] In the past, the driver's reliance on the looking to the traffic signal and road signs, that caused his concentration to be distracted and he was distracted from driving, which constituted a danger to himself and others. Sometimes it was difficult to look at the signal and road signs as a result of fog, dusty winds or when they were in the direction of the sun rays, or when there was a large car in the front of his car blocking the view.

[0009] The proposed invention attempts to overcome these problems by using a wireless communication network, its goal is to transmit the required data from the central transmitting device to the car device that transmits the data of the traffic signals, guidance signs of the road, and warning signs, the car device broadcasts it in the speaker and displays it the LCD. The car device is installed in each car, the traffic signal device installed in each traffic signal, it receives the status of the signal and the remaining times from the central transmitting device, and apply the status to the lamps of the signal and display the remaining times .

[0010] Some of patents have provided a solutions to some of these problems, but they are using the Internet and the mobile phone network, and this increases the cost of the operation. There are also places that do not have a coverage, and it may be difficult to update their data, no one of them sends data to the car device, the following are examples for that patents:

[0011] K R 1020050013917 ■ CA R TRA F F I C I F O R M T I O N ,

[0012] C N 110517499 ■ I NT E R ET- BAS E D T RA F F I C LI G HT

[0013] C N 109872543 ■ S M A RT T RA F F I C L I G HT

[0014] General description of the invention Regarding the mentioned problems due to the looking to the traffic signal and the road signs, this invention provides a wireless transfer of the information of the traffic signals and road signs.

[0015] The fields of invention are: electronics, microcontrollers and communication

[0016] Its goal is to make the driver dispenses looking to the signal and road signs, their information will be received by the car device.

[0017] Brief explanation of the drawing

[0018] Fig. 1 block diagram of the central transmitting device.

[0019] Fig. 2 block diagram of the car device.

[0020] Fig. 3 block diagram of the traffic signal device.

[0021] Fig. 4 flowchart of the car device.

[0022] Fig. 5 flowchart of the traffic signal device.

[0023] Fig. 6 flowchart of the central transmitting device.

[0024] Fig. 7 block diagram of the system.

[0025] Detailed description

[0026] The system consists of a central transmitting device, or using the satellite as a transmitter, a car device in each car, and a traffic signal device in each traffic signal, the electronic circuits of the car device and the traffic signal device are based on the microcontrollers.

[0027] Details for these devices:-

[0028] The central transmitting device: Fig. 1 the block diagram, It consists of a transmitting module (TX) and a memory to save the data to be transmitted, this memory is of RAM type or flash memory. The device is installed in the center of the target area served by this system. The transmission can also be made by satellite.

[0029] Fig. 6 the flowchart, all times the device sends the data, once it finished the sending it again resends, the data that concerns a specific place is accompanied by the location of that place. It sends the status of the traffic signals and its remaining times, the name of each street or road, its degree of priority, the maximum speed in each part of it, whether it is double or single, and if it is single, is it two-way or one-way, and warning messages mentioning the thing to which it is directed, and guidance messages mentioning the thing to which it is directed, and does this street or road has intersections or traffic signals, is pedestrians allowed to cross, and allowed to walk on it, and is the serine allowed, and is it allowed to park, or no parking, or absolutely no parking in this street, and was the parking free of charge or not, and the locations of the dangerous places on this road or street and the type of the danger, it sends the locations of the near services in this road such as: ambulance, the police center, the firefighting stations, the petrol station, the rest area, the maintenance workshop, exits, intersections, bridges, tunnels, public parking areas, and prohibited places such as military zones, presidential palaces, and private property, and places that require a permit or payment of fees, work areas, accident and crowded locations, time, date, temperature, news of rain, wind and fog.

[0030] The data of the central transmitting device is updated whenever needed.

[0031] The car device: Fig. 2, block diagram, it consists of a receiving module(RX), microcontroller, a memory of the type "RAM" or flash memory to save the received data, pushbuttons to request the guidance services, LCD to display the warning, the alerts and the guidance messages, a speaker to broadcast the warnings, the alerts and the requested guidance messages, GPS module, the inputs of the device is connected to the right and left signals of the car and to the car switch, so that the device senses the driver's decision to turn to right, to left, to wait or switch "off" the car to park, the device receives all that sent by the central transmitting device, it deals with the required data only according to its location, direction of driving, and requested guidance services.

[0032] The flowchart of the car device fig. 4, If there are no warnings or alerts or requested guidance the speaker is silent, the LCD displays the road information:- the maximum speed of the road on which it is driving, its name, degree of priority, direction, whether there are intersections and signals on it, and whether pedestrians are allowed to cross, It shows the type of street: is the driving allowed in both directions or in one direction, and what Is this direction, each of these types has a distinct color on the LCD of the car device.

[0033] If there is a warn, an alert or a guidance, the speaker broadcasts an expressive voice message and display an expressive view.

[0034] The device alerts if the car approaches the traffic signal, It warns if the speed is high although the signal is red or yellow, or the remaining time for the green is to short.

[0035] The device displays an approximate drawing of the intersection of the signal, it shows the names of the streets and the remaining distance, and displays the status of the signal in colors: green, red, and yellow, it displays the remaining time and the remaining distance and update them every second until the car crosses the signal, it warns if the car cuts off the signal.

[0036] The car device alerts if the car approaches the intersection that free from the signal, it warns if the priority of the street on which it is traveling is less than or equal to the priority of another streets in the same intersection and the speed is hi, the device displays an approximate drawing of the intersection, it shows the names of the streets, indicates the degrees of priority for each street, displays and updates the remaining distance every one second until crossing the intersection. The car device deduces the speed of the car from the GPS module, it warns if the speed of the car is higher than the maximum speed of the road, and it warns when the car is driving in the left side of the road although it is not allowable and when the car is driving in the right side of the road although it is not allowable, also warn when the car is driving in the opposite direction of the road, it warns if the car enters a prohibited places.

[0037] The inputs of the car device is connected to the right and left signals of the car, to sense the driver's decision to turn to the right or to the left, or waiting, another input of the device is connected to the car switch to sense when the car switched off for parking.

[0038] The car device warns if the driver turn the right signal of the car "ON" to turn to the right although the turning to the right is not allowable, it also warns if the driver turn the left signal of the car "ON" although it is not allowable, it also warns if the driver turn the parking signal "ON" or turn the car switch "off" although no parking in that place.

[0039] The car device issues an alert when approaches the dangerous points in the road, such as: crowding points, accidents, detours, work zones, turns, bumps, pedestrian crossings, the device warns if the speed is high before reaching to that point.

[0040] The device receives the temperature and the conditions of the rain, the torrential rain, the wind, the dust, the fog, the device displays them in the LCD and broadcast them if they could pose a danger.

[0041] The car device has guidance options that the driver can request using the pushbuttons, the driver can request the messages that related to a specific service, such as: road exits, ambulance, police, firefighting station, petrol station, rests, restaurant, maintenance workshop, public parking, when one of these options is selected, the device broadcasts the information related to this option and displays it on the LCD.

[0042] The traffic signal device Fig. 3: it consists of a microcontroller and a receiving module(RX) and display panels to display the remaining times, the device is connected to the signal lamps, the location of the signal is saved in device, the device receives the data from the central transmitting device, these data are the status of the lamps of the signal and the remaining times, once it received that data it applies the status on the signal lamps, and displays the remaining times in the display panels.

[0043] The traffic signal is still present, In order for the pedestrians and the drivers of the cars that has not a car device to see it.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 19 November 2025 (19.11.2025)1 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly distinguished by a central transmitting device, a traffic signal device in each traffic signal, and a car device in each car, the car device and the traffic signal device receives the data from the central transmitting device, the car device displays and broadcast the warning and the guidance messages, the traffic signal device control the lamps of the signal and display the remaining times.2 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1 , wherein the central transmitting device that installed in the center of the area served by this system, or the transmission is carried out by the satellite, it transmits periodically, once it finished the sending it again resends, the data of the device is updated whenever needed, it transmits the status of the traffic signals and their remaining times accompanied by its locations, and the data of the road signs accompanied by its locations, crowding places, accidents, work zones, and the maximum speed for each road or street, the name of the road and its degree of priority, and whether it is double or single way, and if it is single, is it one direction or two directions? If it is one direction, what is its direction? Does it have intersections or not? Are pedestrians allowed to cross it, and to walk in it? Are serine allowed?. It sends the locations of the important places of the road, such as intersections, traffic signals squares, exits, bridges and tunnels, turns, and sends the locations of the important services located on the street or close to it, such as: ambulance, police, civil defense, fuel station, rest area, and maintenance workshop. It sends the warning messages with the locations of the thing being warned about. It also sends the parking places with an indication of whether they are longitudinal or transverse, temporary or all times. Whether it is paid or unpaid, the places where parking is prohibited, and the places where parking is absolutely prohibited, it also sends information about the temperature, time, date, rain, fog, wind and dust storms.3 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device, that has a receiving module, microcontroller, LCD, speaker, GPS module, and memory to save the data it receives, and pushbuttons to help the driver to request a guidance about the following: exits, bridges, tunnels, ambulances, police, firefighting, gas stations, rests areas, maintenance workshops, and parking areas.4 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that its inputs are connected to the left signal, the right signal and the car switch, so that the device senses the driver's decision to turn to the right, to the left, to wait or to park, once the device senses a wrong decision, also it warns if the car stopped while the stopping in the recent location is not allowable.5 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that normally displays the road information, they are: the name of the street or the road on which it travels, its degree of priority, maximum speed, is it singleor double, its direction, do it have intersections and traffic signals, are pedestrians allowed to cross it, walk in it, and is the serine allowed, it also displays the conditions of the rain, the torrential rain, the wind, the dust, the fog.6 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that in case of any alert, warn, guidance services it broadcasts an expressive voice message and display an expressive view, then continue checking.7 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that alerts if the car approaches the traffic signal.8 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that warns if the car approaches the traffic signal at a high speed although the signal is red or yellow, or the remaining time for the green is to short.9 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that when the car approaches the traffic signal the device draws an approximate drawing of the intersection of the signal, displays the names of the streets, shows the status of the signal using the colors: green, red, and yellow, shows the remaining time and the remaining distance, updates them every second till crossing the signal.10 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that warns if the car cut off the signal.11 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that alerts if the car approaches the intersection that free from the signal.12 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that warns when approaching to the intersection that free from the signal if the speed is high although the priority of the street on which it is traveling is less than or equal to the priority of another streets in the same intersection.13 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that when approaching to the intersection that free from the signal it displays an approximate drawing of it, displays the names of the streets, shows the degrees of the priority for each street, display and update the distance of the intersection every second until crossing the intersection.14 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that warns if the car speed is higher than the maximum speed of the road.15 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that warns if the car is driving in the left side of the roadalthough it is not allowable, and warns if the car is driving in the right side of the road although it is not allowable16 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that warns if the car is driving in the opposite direction of the road.17 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that warns if the car enters the prohibited places.18 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that alerts if the car approaches the dangerous places in the road such as: detours, work zones, turns, bumps, crowding points, accidents and pedestrian crossings places.19 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the car device that its speaker is normally silent, it works only if there is a warning, alert or the driver request a guidance using the pushbuttons of the car device.21 - The system that transmits the road information to the driver wirelessly according to claim 1, wherein the traffic signal device that has a wireless receiving module and a microcontroller, the device connected to the signal's lamps and the signal's display panel. The location of the signal is saved in the microcontroller, the device receives the signal's status and the remaining times from central transmitting device, then applies the signal status on the signal lamps, and displays the remaining times on the display panels.[0001][0002]STATEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 19 (1)[0003]Moving the content of claim number 20 to the claim number 3, then cancel claim number 20[0004]Adding to the claim number 4 the following sentence: "also it warns if the car stopped while the stopping in the recent location is not allowable", that is because the GPS can sense the stopping of the car.

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