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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael James Hartman, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bruce Gordon Barnett, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Erik Hershey, Ballston, NY (US);
Michael Joseph Dell'Anno, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Stanislava Soro, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/07 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/087 (2006.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); G01R 22/06 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G01R 22/06 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01); G08G 1/087 (2013.01); H04W 4/046 (2013.01); H05B 37/0263 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01); Y02B 20/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for the control and signaling of traffic signal lights by emergency vehicles in the vicinity. Emergency vehicles can be detected by traffic signal lights allowing the emergency vehicle to have a prioritized, rapid, unimpeded, and safe emergency vehicle transit.