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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2002
Applicants:
Bernhard Hering, München, DE;
Rudolf Schierjott, München, DE;
Gerhard Treffer, Unterhaching, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/095 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illuminated sign is for traffic control, in particular for road traffic, and includes light sources for generation of the sign and a monitoring device for functional monitoring of the light source. The light sources are embodied as light diodes and the monitoring device is embodied as a device for the limited current loading of the light diodes. The functional monitoring of said sign can be achieved with reasonable technical requirements in both the deactivated and activated state thereof.