Patents by Inventor THOMAS R. LINVILLE

THOMAS R. LINVILLE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190283788
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system and method of providing notice to traffic on a roadway that a railway vehicle traveling on a railway is approaching an intersection between the railway and the roadway. The system uses road modules and/or light strips embedded in or on the surface of the railway. A processor is configured to cause the road modules and/or light strips to illuminate and/or flash. The processor is configured to send the signal to the road module(s) and/or light strip(s) in response to a signal from a transmitter and/or sensor that a railway vehicle is approaching the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: THOMAS R. LINVILLE, DOUGLAS L. BAKER
  • Publication number: 20190088121
    Abstract: A traffic management system and method in which detects the speed of a vehicle approaching an intersection or curve in the roadway and alerts the vehicle via road modules and/or one or more light strips embedded in and/or affixed to the surface of the road to illuminate and/or flash to notify the vehicle that is travelling at excessive speed that can be configured to operate in conjunction with roadway signage. The system can be configured to notify a computer onboard the vehicle traveling at an excessive speed that the vehicle is traveling at an excessive speed. The computer can be located on board an autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: THOMAS R. LINVILLE, DOUGLAS L. BAKER