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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Nghia X. Tran, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Bruch, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Adams, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Hoa V. Phan, Escondido, CA (US);
Nghia X. Tran, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Bruch, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Adams, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Hoa V. Phan, Escondido, CA (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling a plurality of vehicles can include at least one communications bus and a plurality of RFID detection tags that can be fixed to the communications bus equidistant from each other to define a plurality of RFID regions. Each vehicle within an RFID region can further include an RFID reader for receiving information from, and transmitting information to, the RFID tags. As the vehicle enters the RFID region for a particular RFID tag, the position of the vehicle (within the RFID region) can be communicated to the communications bus. A traffic control unit can be connected to the communications bus, and monitor can be in communication with a plurality of remotely controlled traffic control assets, such as stop signs, yield signs, traffic cones. After receiving position information on the vehicle, the monitor can selectively activate the traffic devices remotely to control vehicle traffic flow.