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Method and apparatus for displaying the status of a system of traffic signals

CA 1298896 C · Owner: Deroche, Robert F. · Inventors: Forbes, James B.; Deroche, Robert F.

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The status of the traffic signals is repeatedly monitored. A visual display is presented of the spatial arrangement of the traffic signals in the system. The currently monitored status of the traffic signals is repeatedly represented on the display, spatially coordinated with the display of the respective traffic signals. A plurality of previously monitored statuses is also repeatedly represented on the display spatially, coordinated with the respective traffic signals and a traffic speed representation therebetween. The display distinguishes between through grin and local green traffic signal status. A comparison is made of the currently monitored status of a traffic signal under …

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  • Granted April 14, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 14, 2009.
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FiledApril 14, 1988
GrantedApril 14, 1992
Term endedApril 14, 2009
Patent numberCA 1298896 C
Classification (IPC)G08G1/07 +1 more

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedApril 14, 1988Patent grantedApril 14, 1992Term endedApril 14, 2009

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