RF-Eye Beacons Provide Low-Cost, Local, Always Available Road Information
- Beacons attach to existing infrastructure elements
- Signage or sign posts
- Roadside structures, e.g., bus stops
- Utility infrastructure
- Temporary Signage
- Beacons provide location and nature of the infrastructure element
- Even if it is visually obscured
- In inclement weather or low light
- When power or internet connection are not available
- RF Tire Pressure Monitor Systems (TPMS) are already installed in most vehicles they use a fraction of their available bandwidth
- TPMS system is unaffected since use a separate channel for beacon information
- Beacon information is transmitted to the on-board computer
- RF-eye systems reduce on-board power consumption by reducing Deep Neural Network (DNN) inferences of camera data, thereby extending battery range
