System for the detection and the signalling of objects on the roadway

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EP 0 860 804 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/21

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	26.08.1998 Bulletin 1998/35

(21)	Application number: 98102407.8

(22)	Date of filing: 12.02.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G08G 1/04, G08G 1/16

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

19.02.1997 IT GE970014

(71)	Applicant: Gualdi, Giovanni
	16159 Genova (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Gualdi, Giovanni 16159 Genova (IT)

(74)	Representative: Porsia, Bruno
	c/o Succ. Ing. Fischetti & Weber Via Caffaro 3/2 16124 Genova 16124 Genova (IT)

(54)	System for the detection and the signalling of objects on the roadway

(57) System for the detection and the signalling of objects along the roadway, comprising:

a plurality of detection means (1, 1'), placed regularly spaced apart from each other along the roadway,;
control means (2, 2', 3), connected to the said detection means (1, 1'), said control means comprising means for transducing the signals received from the said detection means and means for the selection of the said signals; and
a plurality of signalling means (4, 4'), placed regularly spaced apart from each other along the roadway, connected to the said control means (2, 2', 3) and comprising means for the emission of a signal (104, 204, 104'), said signal being addressed to the drivers in a certain portion of the roadway, at a given distance away from the event detected by a certain detection means (1).