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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2008
Jim Allen, Wetumpka, AL (US);
Balaraju Banna, Montgomery, AL (US);
Malcolm Talley, Wetumpka, AL (US);
David C. Allen, Sr., Wetumpka, AL (US);
Allen Jacobs, Reno, NV (US);
Jim Allen, Wetumpka, AL (US);
Balaraju Banna, Montgomery, AL (US);
Malcolm Talley, Wetumpka, AL (US);
David C. Allen, Sr., Wetumpka, AL (US);
Allen Jacobs, Reno, NV (US);
United Toll Systems, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A method and system for synchronization of detection loops in a multilane environment. A plurality of loop sensors are arranged in a plurality of lanes such that loop sensors in adjacent lanes are mutually contiguous. A simultaneous synchronization signal is sent to each of the plurality of loop detector controllers, where each loop detector controller is in communication with a loop sensor. The signal causes a scheduling of sampling periods for each loop sensor, such that the sampling period of each loop sensor does not overlap with that of a contiguous loop in an adjacent lane.