Patent ID: 9058745
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A system for facilitating vehicular and/or foot traffic movement in a space, the system comprising: first and second lane routes within the space for vehicular and/or foot traffic, the first lane route extending from a first location to a second location with the second lane route extending from a third location to a fourth location, traffic moving in the first lane route one of crossing the second lane route or merging with traffic moving in the second lane route at a fifth location; and a mirror system with a reflective surface within the space to allow traffic moving in at least one of the first and second lane routes to view through the reflective surface on the mirror traffic moving in the other of the first and second lane routes as the traffic in the at least one of the first and second lane routes approaches or arrives at the fifth location, the mirror system comprising a source of illumination that generates an extended pattern of light around a portion of the reflective surface that alerts traffic moving in the at least one of the first and second lane routes to the presence of the mirror system as traffic moving in the at least one of the first and second lane routes approaches or arrives at the fifth location, wherein the mirror system has a convex shape with an inside surface, a convex outside surface, a base and an apex, with the pattern of light located at the base in a discrete curved pattern extending around the base, the reflective surface fully blocking light transmission through the convex shape in a direction from the inside surface to the outside surface in a region between the base and apex.