Transform Current Infrastructure for Smart Cities and Roads

RF-eye identification beacons are embedded in Current Infrastructure

Road signs and raised pavement markers provide an orthogonal information system for Advanced Driving Systems. In addition to the visual data advanced systems rely on, RF-eye technology provides:

Longitudinal and Latitudinal Location: information printed onto the RF chip has accuracy within 1 foot.

Transformation: Redundant, accurate, hack-proof location data reduces reliance on GPS data: which can be inaccurate in urban or natural canyons; can be jammed with low-cost jammers; can be spoofed with bogus location data broadcast on a stronger frequency than the satellite data; and consumes significant energy to communicate with the satellite.

Road Information: road signs communicate their information to vehicles with an RF signal, reinforcing visual data and supplying data when the signs are visually occluded. Raised pavement markers have RF-eye identification beacons that specify lane line characterizations (solid white, double yellow, etc.,) lane position (left boundary of lane number one, road shoulder, etc.)

Transformation: Vehicles do not have to rely on visual information to navigate streets safely. RF-eye beacons provide information to vehicles when signs are occluded (trees, other vehicles on the road, etc.) Vehicles are informed of infrastructure information even in low light and inclement weather situations (nighttime, snow storms, etc.) RF-eye beacons train ML algorithms what road infrastructure objects look like in unusual conditions (fog, smoke, etc.,); over time, reducing “confusion” in autonomous vehicles. Vehicles understand painted road safety markings even when the lane lines are not visible; understand exactly what lane they are in on a multilane highway; and are able to navigate more accurately and with lower power consumption.