Patent ID: 9702098
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: E01F,G08G

Claim:
1. A method of providing enhanced traffic signaling in response to road surface conditions and/or traffic conditions, said method comprising the following steps: the step of providing a plurality of road modules, wherein said road modules comprise a light configured for illumination and de-illumination, wherein said road modules are embedded in or affixed to the surface of a road in a road lane designated for vehicles traveling in a first direction, wherein said road modules comprise a receiver configured for wirelessly communicating with a processor, wherein said road module is configured to illuminate, change color, or flash in response to said response to said communication from said processor; the step of providing at least one sensor configured for detection of a vehicle traveling in a direction generally opposite to said first direction; the step of providing at least one processor in connection with said sensor and in wireless connection with said plurality of road modules, wherein said processor is configured to activate said lights of said road modules to illuminate when a vehicle is traveling in said road lane in a generally opposite direction to said first direction; the step of sensing via said sensor a vehicle traveling in said traffic lane in a generally opposite direction to said first direction and sending a signal via said processor to said road modules to illuminate and/or flash in response to said vehicle traveling in said road lane in a generally opposite direction to said first direction.