US 11,969,661 B2
Tunnel for mounting above a road surface
Christopher Lindinger, Linz (AT); and Manuel Adam, Steinhaus bei Wels (AT)
Assigned to BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KG, Gunskirchen (AT); and ARS ELECTRONICA LINZ GMBH & CO. KG, Linz (AT)
Appl. No. 17/621,892
Filed by BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KG, Gunskirchen (AT); and ARS ELECTRONICA LINZ GMBH & CO. KG, Linz (AT)
PCT Filed Jun. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/067604
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/260343, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. A 50559/2019 (AT), filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249965 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A63G 33/00 (2006.01); E04H 3/22 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); A63G 25/00 (2006.01); A63K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 33/00 (2013.01) [E04H 3/22 (2013.01); G01S 5/02213 (2020.05); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); A63G 25/00 (2013.01); A63K 1/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tunnel mounted above a road surface, the tunnel comprising:
a ceiling;
a plurality of tunnel segments, each tunnel segment comprising a roof adjacent to a respective opening formed in the ceiling by the tunnel segment, the openings of the plurality of tunnel segments being spaced apart in succession in a direction of travel of vehicles in the tunnel; and
a plurality of projectors, each projector being adapted for displaying at least one virtual element onto the road surface within the tunnel, at least one projector of the plurality of projectors being mounted in each of the tunnel segments above the respective opening formed in the ceiling by each tunnel segment;
wherein the tunnel segments are disposed so that projection surfaces of the projectors are seamlessly contiguous or overlapping on the road surface in the direction of travel.