Donald W Bentrott

Title: Donald W. Bentrott and an Emergency Vehicle Traffic Signal Control System.

Introduction

Donald W. Bentrott is an inventor associated with San Diego, California, and Interlog Corporation. His work includes an invention designed to help emergency vehicles move through signalized intersections.

Latest Patents

Bentrott is credited with 1 patent: “Emergency Vehicle Command and Control System for Traffic Signal.” The invention uses coded microwave transmissions from an emergency vehicle, received by an antenna array at an intersection. The system determines the signal’s direction of arrival, checks each transmission for validity, and communicates valid signals to an intersection controller to preempt traffic lights. It can also manage multiple arriving vehicles, coordinate preemption at nearby intersections, and store preemption events for later review and analysis.

Career Highlights

Bentrott’s patent describes a coordinated approach to emergency vehicle signal preemption, combining wireless communication, signal validation, intersection control, and event recording. The supplied information identifies Interlog Corporation as his company.

Collaborations

Donald Brown and Jimmie R. Asbury are listed as Bentrott’s coworkers. The available information does not specify their roles in the patented invention.

Conclusion

Donald W. Bentrott’s patent presents a system for coordinating traffic signal preemption in response to emergency vehicle transmissions, with features for intersection coordination and event analysis.