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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jeffrey D. Janovec, River Falls, WI (US);
Kenneth L. Smith, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Michael R. Duoos, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Todd A. Ballen, St. Paul, MN (US);
Travis L. Potts, Woodbury, MN (US);
James Howard, Circle Pines, MN (US);
Thomas J. Dahlin, Ironwood, MI (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an identification system to improve safety on roads and allow for the driver or for the vehicle itself, if it is autonomous or semi-autonomous, to have readable and useful information about road signs, roadways, and adjacent roadway information. The disclosed identification system comprises a marker with marker communication information that can be read by a vehicle information system to provide information to the vehicle. Information that the marker communication information may convey would allow the vehicle information system to detect or recognize, or both detect and recognize critical road sign, roadway information, and adjacent roadway information. Then, the vehicle information system could respond to the information received from the marker communication information.