In displaying messages on highways and high traffic areas Variable Message Signs (VMS) fill an important function in providing timely, pertinent, dynamic and useful information to the traveller. The technology presented in this paper provides significant advantages over alternate methods of accomplishing this task. The magnetic, retroreflective disk offers a variable message display technology which makes good use of the capabilities of modern microprocessors. Together they provide a system capability with a unique set of characteristics valuable in a variety of applications.
A modern technology for variable message displays in highway traffic control and mass transit applications
Eine moderne Technologie fuer die Informationsdarstellung bzgl. Fernverkehrskontrolle und Anwendungen beim Massenguetertransport
1983
17 Seiten, 15 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 2 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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