Alert and warning system and method

摘要

The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device.

主权项

1. A warning system comprising:
a warning alert network; an alert node network and an administration node; the warning alert network comprising one or more warning devices and at least one warn node communication path; the alert node network comprising one or more alert trigger nodes attached to a vehicle and at least one alert node communication path; the administration node configured to receive administrative information from the warning alert network via the at least one warn node communication path and from the alert node network via the at least one alert node communication path; the administrative information including vehicle information; the vehicle information including logged location information and real time vehicle status.