Passive pavement-mounted acoustical linguistic drive alert system and method

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:873851

Kisner, Roger A ^[1]; Anderson, Richard L ^[2]; Carnal, Charles L ^[3]; Hylton, James O ^[4]; Stevens, Samuel S ^[5]

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1. Knoxville, TN
2. Oak Ridge, TN
3. Cookeville, TN
4. Clinton, TN
5. Harriman, TN

Systems and methods are described for passive pavement-mounted acoustical alert of the occupants of a vehicle. A method of notifying a vehicle occupant includes providing a driving medium upon which a vehicle is to be driven; and texturing a portion of the driving medium such that the textured portion interacts with the vehicle to produce audible signals, the textured portion pattern such that a linguistic message is encoded into the audible signals. The systems and methods provide advantages because information can be conveyed to the occupants of the vehicle based on the location of the vehicle relative to the textured surface.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): US 6259374
• OSTI ID: 873851
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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