On red, stop. simple speed and stop control
View Patent ↗A design is disclosed for a stop signal light emitter and receiver which together enable simple automatic stopping control within designated spaces for moving entities like vehicles, robots or drones, while the transmitted signal remains clearly visible to animals or people. The motivation is to provide a minimum design and standardized spatial signal for safe operation of vehicles and machines and movement of animals and people where a stop signal is linked to a local spatial area. The local spatial area of the signal emitter is linked via transmission from an emitter which is part of a signaling device (where the signaling device is a traffic light or brake light for example), to a receiver where there signal is detected by optical and or photoelectric circuitry.
1. A stop signal Emitter consisting essentially of:
an apparatus which obeys local traffic laws of a jurisdiction that the emitter is implemented to emit photons; the apparatus including a signal transmitter for transmitting photons
of known polarization P and
wavelength locked ±R to a wavelength W;
where W is defined by stop signal protocols in the jurisdiction;
the transmitter emits photons in a 100 hz period square wave;
the apparatus further including a radiation source that emits photons that are limited in divergence angle in vertical Dφ;
and horizontal Dθ dimensions.
2. A stop signal sensor consisting essentially of:
an apparatus which is attached to a machine that performs an activity;
which contains a photon detector pd 1 configured to detect photons and to output a logical high, meaning true, when photons are received in a time based 100 Hz square wave signal;
which contains a photon detector pd 2 configured to detect photons of a wavelength near W±R and to output a logical high, meaning true, when photons are received;
of polarization near P±R P ;
of incoming conic angle A±R A ;
which contains a NOR logic gate that performs a logical NOR operation on the output of photon detector pd 1 and photon detector pd 2 ;
which on receiving such a logical false signal from the output of the NOR gate;
command the attached machine to stop an activity.