	US 12,077,094 B2
	Projection alerting system for vehicles and related methods
David Beernaert, Winnipeg (CA); Kevin Smith, Winnipeg (CA); Meng Liang, Winnipeg (CA); Andrew McKay, Winnipeg (CA); and Jorgen Kaspick, Winnipeg (CA)
Assigned to SMARTREND MANUFACTURING GROUP (SMG), INC., Winnipeg (CA)
Appl. No. 17/620,400
Filed by SMARTREND MANUFACTURING GROUP (SMG), INC., Winnipeg (CA)
PCT Filed Jun. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/050857 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/252591, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,898, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/863,599, filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348134 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); F21W 103/60 (2018.01); F21W 107/10 (2018.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)

CPC B60Q 1/26 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/547 (2022.05); F21S 43/14 (2018.01); B60Q 2400/50 (2013.01); F21W 2103/60 (2018.01); F21W 2107/10 (2018.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)]

22 Claims

1. A system for alerting motorists travelling on a roadway in a vicinity of a school bus, the school bus comprising a deployable stop arm, the system comprising one or more projector units, and a respective attachment structure for each of the one or more projector units for attaching the projector units to a portion of the school bus such that the one or more projector units are configured and arranged to project a light signal on to at least a portion of the roadway adjacent the school bus and in a travel path of the motorists, the one or more projector units including at least one signage projector unit configured to project a STOP sign on to the roadway in the travel path of the motorists when the deployable stop arm is deployed.