Patent ID: 9424749
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G08G

Claim Text:
1. A traffic signal system for congested trafficways in a workspace populated by a plurality of pedestrians and a plurality of vehicle-driver driven land vehicles, said system comprising: a plurality of transponders for wearing by pedestrians and indicating each such wearer's status equates as least to being a pedestrian; a plurality of transponders for wearing by vehicle-drivers and indicating each such wearer's status equates as least to being a vehicle-driver; a plurality of transponders for wearing by land vehicles and indicating each such wearer's status equates as least to being a land vehicle; a plurality of stationary traffic lights mounted at positions within the workspace to provide traffic signaling in connection with designated areas of concern; a plurality of stationary sensors/readers of transponder output mounted at positions within the workspace to provide traffic detection over designated areas of concern; wherein each of said plurality of stationary sensors/readers of transponder output is configured to monitor for at least one alarm condition and, in the event of the alarm condition, activates at least one stationary traffic light; a plurality of mobile traffic lights mounted on the land vehicles; and a plurality of mobile sensors/readers of transponder output mounted on the land vehicles; wherein each of said mobile sensors/readers of transponder output is configured to monitor for at least one alarm condition and, in the event of the alarm condition, activates at least one mobile traffic light or one stationary traffic light.