EP0929885A4 - Advance notification system for use with vehicular transportation - Google Patents

Advance notification system for use with vehicular transportation

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EP0929885A4
EP0929885A4 EP96936212A EP96936212A EP0929885A4 EP 0929885 A4 EP0929885 A4 EP 0929885A4 EP 96936212 A EP96936212 A EP 96936212A EP 96936212 A EP96936212 A EP 96936212A EP 0929885 A4 EP0929885 A4 EP 0929885A4
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vehicle
bscu
vcu
users
schedule
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French (fr)
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Martin Kelly Jones
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ArrivalStar Inc
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GLOBAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS Inc
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Priority to EP03023049A priority Critical patent/EP1406228A3/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G9/00—Traffic control systems for craft where the kind of craft is irrelevant or unspecified
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/123—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams

Abstract

An advance notification system (10) and method notifies system users of the impending arrival of a transportation vehicle (19), for example, a school bus, at a particular vehicle stop. The system (10) generally includes an on-board vehicle control unit (VCU) (12) for each vehicle (19) and a base station control unit (BSCU) (14) for making telephone calls to users in order to inform the users when the vehicle (19) is a certain predefined time period and/or distance away from the vehicle stop. The VCU (12) compares elapsed time and/or travelled distance to the programmed scheduled time and/or travelled distance to determine if the vehicle (19) is on schedule. If the vehicle (19) is behind or ahead of schedule, the VCU (12) calls the BSCU (14), which then adjusts its calling schedule accordingly. Significantly, a calling report generator (11) in the BSCU (14) allows a system user to solicit a calling report from the BSCU (14) that indicates the time(s) and outcome(s) of any previous notification attempt(s) by the BSCU (14) to the user telephone (29).
EP96936212A 1996-10-04 1996-10-04 Advance notification system for use with vehicular transportation Expired - Lifetime EP0929885B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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EP03023049A EP1406228A3 (en) 1996-10-04 1996-10-04 Method and system for a notification system for use with vehicular transport

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PCT/US1996/015983 WO1998014926A1 (en) 1996-10-04 1996-10-04 Advance notification system for use with vehicular transportation

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EP03023049A Division EP1406228A3 (en) 1996-10-04 1996-10-04 Method and system for a notification system for use with vehicular transport

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EP0929885A1 EP0929885A1 (en) 1999-07-21
EP0929885A4 true EP0929885A4 (en) 2000-02-23
EP0929885B1 EP0929885B1 (en) 2004-01-02

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AT (1) ATE257265T1 (en)
AU (1) AU7391696A (en)
CA (1) CA2267206C (en)
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WO (1) WO1998014926A1 (en)

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EP0929885A1 (en) 1999-07-21
EP0929885B1 (en) 2004-01-02
WO1998014926A1 (en) 1998-04-09
DE69631255T2 (en) 2004-11-18
CA2267206C (en) 2006-02-21
AU7391696A (en) 1998-04-24
ATE257265T1 (en) 2004-01-15
CA2267206A1 (en) 1998-04-09

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