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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2015
Tomar Electronics, Inc., Gilbert, AZ (US);
David G. Worthy, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Timothy A. Geiger, Gilbert, AZ (US);
TOMAR ELECTRONICS, INC., Gilbert, AZ (US);
Abstract
A traffic preemption system comprising a vehicle preemption unit configured to mount to a vehicle and transmit a signal comprising one or more identifying pulses, a detection unit configured to, receive the signal transmitted by the vehicle preemption unit, identify a characteristic of the vehicle preemption unit using the one or more identifying pulses, and calculate a timing delay based on the identified characteristic of the vehicle preemption unit, and an intersection preemption unit configured to receive the timing delay from the detection unit and change a traffic light in response to the timing delay.