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20080211690 | E-FIELD/B-FIELD/ACOUSTIC GROUND TARGET DATA FUSED MULTISENSOR METHOD AND APPARATUS - A set of sensors and accompanying method(s) that permit the rapid and reliable determination of the type of object sensed within a surveillance area thereby allowing accurate, real-time threat assessment and associated action(s). The set of sensors (or multisensor) deployed with the surveillance area may include E-Field sensors, B-Field sensors and Acoustic sensors that provide sensor specific characteristics of an object which—when processed according to our data fusion method(s)—produces higher order information such as the ability to accurately differentiate between humans, humans not carrying magnetic materials, humans carrying magnetic materials (such as firearms), and vehicles—both armored and unarmored. | 09-04-2008 |
20080211691 | METHOD AND APPARATUS REPORTING A VEHICULAR SENSOR WAVEFORM IN A WIRELESS VEHICULAR SENSOR NETWORK - The invention includes using multiple wireless vehicular sensor nodes to wirelessly receive multiple, time-interleaved vehicular waveform reports from the nodes. Each vehicular waveform report approximates a raw vehicular sensor waveform observed by a magnetic sensor at the node based upon the presence of a vehicle. The vehicular waveform reports are products of this wirelessly receiving process. The invention includes apparatus supporting the above outlined process. The vehicular waveform reports may be time synchronized. | 09-04-2008 |
20080218382 | Method and Apparatus Reporting Time-Synchronized Vehicular Sensor Waveforms From Wireless Vehicular Sensor Nodes - The invention includes using multiple wireless vehicular sensor nodes to wirelessly receive multiple, time-synchronized vehicular waveform reports from the nodes to create a time synchronized system report, and preferably a time synchronized vehicular report. Each vehicular waveform report approximates a raw vehicular sensor waveform observed by a magnetic sensor at the node based upon the presence of a vehicle. The vehicular waveform reports, the time-synchronized system report, and the time synchronized vehicular report are products of this wirelessly receiving process. The invention includes apparatus supporting the above outlined process. Reception of the vehicular waveform reports may be time interleaved. | 09-11-2008 |
20080246631 | Method and apparatus for self-powered vehicular sensor node using magnetic sensor and radio transceiver - A vehicular sensor node, circuit apparatus and their operations. Power from power source is controlled for delivery to radio transceiver and magnetic sensor, based upon a task trigger and task identifier. The radio transceiver and the magnetic sensor are operated based upon the task identifier, when the task trigger is active. The power source, radio transceiver, magnetic sensor, and circuit apparatus are enclosed in vehicular sensor node, placed upon pavement and operating for at least five years without replacing the power source components. Magnetic sensor preferably uses the magnetic resistive effect to create magnetic sensor state. Radio transceiver preferably implements version of a wireless communications protocol. The circuit apparatus may further include light emitting structure to visibly communicate during installation and/or testing, and second light emitting structure used to visibly communicate with vehicle operators. Making filled shell and vehicular sensor node from circuit apparatus. | 10-09-2008 |
20080258936 | System and method for tracking and billing vehicle users based on when and in which road lanes their vehicles have been driven - A system includes one or more transponders, a number of sensors, a tracking sub-system, and a billing sub-system. Each transponder is located in a vehicle capable of being driven on a road having at least a first lane and a second lane in which vehicles move in a same direction. Each sensor is movably located at a point along the road to detect the transponder of each vehicle that has changed between the first and the second lanes at the point. The tracking system is communicatively coupled to the sensors to track when and at which of the points the vehicles have changed between the first and the second lanes. The billing system is to periodically bill users of the vehicles based on when and where the vehicles are driven in the second lane of the road. | 10-23-2008 |
20080278349 | Vehicle Deviation Preventing Control Device - A vehicle speed V is compared with a threshold Vth; when V is less than Vth, TLC is set to an initial value t | 11-13-2008 |
20080291055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC MONITORING BASED ON THE DETECTION OF A CHARACTERISTIC RADIO FREQUENCY - A method of vehicle traffic monitoring based on the detection of characteristic Radio Frequency (RF) emissions. A detector detects RF pulses on multiple frequencies emitted by ignition sparks in a combustion chamber of a motor vehicle within a detection zone. When RF pulses occur on different frequencies simultaneously, the detector increments a count of ignition events within a first pre-defined time window. When the first time window elapses, the detector transmits the count to a central monitoring station. The central station calculates an average change within a second pre-defined time window and updates a running average. When a difference between the count and the running average is greater than a pre-defined congestion threshold, the central station sets a traffic state to “free flowing”. When the difference between the count and the running average is not greater than the pre-defined congestion threshold, the central station sets the traffic state to “congested”. | 11-27-2008 |
20090045978 | Devices and Methods Useful for Authorizing Purchases Associated with a Vehicle - Disclosed are various devices useful as components of a system for authorizing purchases associated with a vehicle that are generally simple to install, operate and maintain and are generally resistant to abuse. Devices disclosed include theft-resistant vehicular identification tags, sealed identification tag reader and variable range tag-readers. | 02-19-2009 |
20090085774 | ONBOARD VEHICLE INFORMATION NOTIFYING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION NOTIFYING METHOD - An onboard vehicle information notifying apparatus is proved with a moving body position acquiring section, an information acquiring section, an information providing zone setting section and an information notifying section. The moving body position acquiring section acquires a moving body position for at least one moving body existing in a vicinity of a host vehicle. The information acquiring section acquires an advancement speed and an advancement direction of the host vehicle, and a prescribed movement speed of the moving body. The information providing zone setting section sets an information providing zone within which existence of the moving body should be reported, based on information acquired by the information acquiring section. The information notifying section reports the existence of the moving body when the position of the moving body acquired by the moving body position acquiring section exists within the information providing zone set by the information providing zone setting section. | 04-02-2009 |
20090174575 | MULTILANE VEHICLE INFORMATION CAPTURE SYSTEM - A system and method for accurate express tolling of highway vehicles. A multilane tolling system comprises a tolling (MVIC) unit that collects information from tolling subsystems arranged to take various vehicle measurements. Preferably, an intelligent vehicle identification subsystem sends vehicle information to the MVIC unit many times per second. Preferably, a vision tracking system (VTS) communicates with the MVIC unit and sends the latter information about the vehicle position using vision tracking sensors. Preferably, an RF subsystem conducts multiple reads of a transponder on a passing vehicle and forwards the read information to the MVIC unit. Preferably, a vehicle image capture unit (VICU) captures images of the passing vehicle when a camera in the VICU receives a trigger from the MVIC unit. Preferably, a driver alert module is used alert a driver passing through a tolling point as to account balance associated with a silent toll tag or pay by plate system. | 07-09-2009 |
20090184843 | Traffic Flow Based Displays - A method includes determining a first flow characteristic of a flow, the flow comprising at least one targeted user. The method also includes generating for display a first message based on the first flow characteristic of the flow. | 07-23-2009 |
20090231161 | REAL-TIME VEHICLE POSITION DETERMINATION USING COMMUNICATIONS WITH VARIABLE LATENCY - A system and method for predicting the location of a vehicle in an electronic toll collection system employing a wide area communication protocol. The vehicle includes a transponder that sends reports regarding the position of the vehicle and the time at which the position was determined. The system includes a vehicle position predictor for estimating the future position of the vehicle within a roadway based on two or more reports of past positions and the times at which they were recorded. Speed data or other data impacting likely future position may also be reported and factored into the estimate. The estimate of future position may be used in connection with triggering enforcement measures, timing a toll transaction, integrating wide area toll communications into a legacy toll transaction system, or for other applications. | 09-17-2009 |
20090251335 | VEHICULAR SIGNATURING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY - A vehicular signaturing device and associated methodology by which to identify a vehicle. A sensor senses light energy emitted by the vehicle, such as light energy generated by a headlight assembly of the vehicle. The sensed energy is compared with database-stored information that is indexed together with standard vehicular types, models, and manufacture-year to identify the vehicular type. Once identified, the information related to identification is used pursuant to further vehicular-signaling functionality. | 10-08-2009 |
20090289814 | MOBILE PARKING ENFORCEMENT BOOT AND METHOD OF USING SAME - The invention relates to a highly visible parking enforcement marker that can be attached to a vehicle and locked onto the vehicle. The parking enforcement marker may be attached to a vehicle by magnetic force, suction, or a combination thereof and locked in place to prevent removal of the parking enforcement marker. The parking enforcement marker is generally constructed of a shell and an attachment structure that are configured such that when the shell can be locked to the attachment structure or the attachment structure can be locked to the vehicle. The shell then serves to prevent access to the attachment structure and prevents unauthorized removal of the parking enforcement marker. | 11-26-2009 |
20100007526 | AVI TRANSPONDER WITH AUDIO ANNOUNCEMENTS MEANS - An automatic vehicle identification (AVI) unit includes a transponder to communicate with an interrogator regarding at least an identification of a vehicle in which the AVI unit is located, and an audio speaker to broadcast verbal announcements based on information received from the interrogator. A highway monitoring and broadcast system includes means to collect and analyze activity on the highway and to determine when such activity requires sending information to vehicles on the highway, and an interrogator to communicate with AVI transponders installed in the vehicles. | 01-14-2010 |
20100019936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELF-POWERED VEHICULAR SENSOR NODE USING MAGNETIC SENSOR AND RADIO TRANSCEIVER - The invention includes a vehicular sensor node, circuit apparatus and their operations. Power from power source is controlled for delivery to radio transceiver and magnetic sensor, based upon a task trigger and task identifier. The radio transceiver and the magnetic sensor are operated based upon the task identifier, when the task trigger is active. The power source, radio transceiver, magnetic sensor, and circuit apparatus are enclosed in vehicular sensor node, placed upon pavement and operating for at least five years without replacing the power source components. Magnetic sensor preferably uses the magnetic resistive effect to create magnetic sensor state. Radio transceiver preferably implements version of a wireless communications protocol. The circuit apparatus may further include light emitting structure to visibly communicate during installation and/or testing, and second light emitting structure used to visibly communicate with vehicle operators. Making filled shell and vehicular sensor node from circuit apparatus. | 01-28-2010 |
20100141478 | ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SENSOR NODE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - Provided are an adaptive communication method and a sensor node for performing the same. The sensor node adaptively selects transmitted signal output strength and a wakeup zone of transmitted data based on a received signal strength indication of a control packet received from a sink node and existence of an obstacle acquired through a sensor, and transmits data based on the adaptive selection. Also, during an operation as a receive mode, the sensor node wakes up and determines whether to receive the data from the transmit node based on wakeup zone configuration information per sensor node received from the sink node and a wakeup zone selected by a sensor node currently operable as a transmit node. | 06-10-2010 |
20100171641 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE MOVEMENT - A method for monitoring vehicle movement for use in a first vehicle includes the steps of determining a lane location at a first point in time, determining a position of a second vehicle at a second point in time, the second point in time being subsequent to the first point in time, and determining a path of the second vehicle based at least in part on the position of the second vehicle and the lane location. | 07-08-2010 |
20100201544 | Method for Presenting Air Traffic Information on an Aircraft Head-up Display - The general field of the invention is that of air traffic detection systems for a first aircraft, said system having detection capabilities in a region situated about said first aircraft, said system comprising at least one head-up display device, said device comprising means of generating, collimating and superimposing symbols on the external landscape intended to assist in the piloting of said first aircraft in the horizontal and vertical planes. When a second aircraft is detected by the air traffic detection system, the display device displays a specific system of symbols representative of the location of said second aircraft. The position and the configuration of this system of symbols depend on the position of the second aircraft in relation to the first. It also depends on the type of system, depending on whether the latter is an anticollision system or a guidance system. | 08-12-2010 |
20100245129 | System and method for identifying machines - A system and method for identifying modifications made to a machine is disclosed. The method may include determining, by a scanning device, at least one actual dimension of the machine. The method may further include determining at least one previously known dimension of the machine. The method may further include comparing the at least one actual dimension of the machine with the at least one previously known dimension of the machine. The method may further include determining, based on the comparison, if the at least one actual dimension of the machine is within a threshold range of the at least one previously known dimension of the machine. | 09-30-2010 |
20100265101 | Traffic Environment Recognition Method and System for Carrying Out the Same - A traffic environment recognition system includes units for image-processing and information-merging, a radar unit. A network is connected to the image-processing unit. The radar, information-merging, and a vehicle control unit control the traveling operation of the vehicle. The image-processing unit recognizes headway distance, the azimuth, relative speed and width of a preceding vehicle, and the lane position of the host vehicle. The radar unit recognizes headway distance, the azimuth and relative speed of the preceding vehicle. The information-merging unit receives recognition results provided by the image-processing unit. The radar unit through the network, merges and identifies those results. When the recognition results provided by the image-processing unit and the radar unit relate to the same vehicle, output information is produced by the information-merging unit to identify the vehicles as one and the same vehicle and sends the output information through the network to the vehicle control unit. | 10-21-2010 |
20100302070 | Anonymous Wireless Address Matching for Traffic Information - Methods and systems include determining travel information from vehicles. In one embodiment, a system monitors traffic on a roadway in real-time. The system includes a plurality of reader devices. The reader devices are capable of asynchronously capturing a unique network identifier of a device in a vehicle when the device is disposed in reader range of the reader devices. The reader device time stamps each captured unique network identifier. The time stamped unique network identifier is forwarded to a host module. The host module receives the time stamped unique network identifier. In addition, the host module determines travel information from the time stamped unique network identifier by comparing the time stamped unique network identifier for a particular vehicle to other time stamped unique network identifiers captured for the particular vehicle. | 12-02-2010 |
20100328105 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENERGY SELF SUFFICIENT AUTOMOBILE DETECTION AND REIDENTIFICATION - A device is provided for detecting an automobile. The device includes a body, an energy harvesting portion, a sensing portion, a processing portion and a communication portion. The energy harvesting portion can harvest energy from a source external to the body. The sensing portion can output a signal and has a low-energy detector and a high-energy detector. The low-energy detector can detect a first parameter using a first level of energy. The high-energy detector can detect a second parameter using a second level of energy, wherein the first level of energy is lower than the second level of energy, and wherein the signal is based on the second parameter. The processing portion can output a signature based on the signal. The communication portion can wirelessly transmit an output signal based on the signature. The energy harvesting portion can supply energy to each of the sensing portion, the processing portion and the communication portion. | 12-30-2010 |
20110050461 | Network of Traffic Behavior-monitoring Unattended Ground Sensors (NeTBUGS) - A Network of Traffic Behavior-monitoring Unattended Ground Sensors (NeTBUGS) is configurable to detect the passing of vehicles, determine when and where individual vehicles have stopped for a period of time that raises suspicion of illegal or dangerous activity, track the vehicles after the stop and to generate a location-tagged alert for the timely dispatch of a response asset to investigate the anomalous behavior of the vehicle. NeTBUGS sensors are small, camouflaged, easily concealed, and operate for long durations independent of the electrical grid or large, obvious power generators and thus well suited for operation in a hostile environment. | 03-03-2011 |
20110063135 | Meterless remote parking monitoring system - A meter-less remote parking monitoring system, incorporating a plurality of vehicle detector and Radio Frequency Identification Reader (RFID) units deployed in individual parking spaces; a plurality of Cellular Gateway Radios, each Cellular Gateway Radio being connected to one of said plurality of vehicle detector and Radio Frequency Identification Units; a Command and Control Server; the plurality of Cellular Gateway Radios being connected to said Command and Control Server via the internet. | 03-17-2011 |
20110074606 | Vehicle detection and identification system - A vehicle detection and identification system is disclosed that can promote accident avoidance and the reporting of traffic safety violations to public safety personnel, by providing to users (without limitation, visually handicapped users) indicia of vehicles in proximity to the user location, the relative orientation, motion and proximity of the respective vehicles, and identification information associated with the respective vehicles or their owner/operator. | 03-31-2011 |
20110121995 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE - A vehicle detector ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110163895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING ASSETS WITHIN A MONITORED ENVIRONMENT - A system associates change in the state of an asset to an event trigger within a monitored environment. This environment includes a plurality of assets and a tag transmitter positioned on each asset and operative for transmitting a wireless RF signal based on an event trigger based on one of at least the change in state of an asset and change in location of the asset. A plurality of spaced apart access points receive an RF signal transmitted from a tag transmitter. A processor is operatively connected to the access points and collect possible candidates as assets associated with the event trigger and assigning a numerical score to each candidate to determine which asset is best associated with the event trigger. | 07-07-2011 |
20110169663 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR APPROACH ANGLES - A device and a method for detecting motor vehicles and their approach angles by passive or active transponders which are provided on the motor vehicles is described, which can be triggered by a transceiver device to transfer information stored in the transponders. It is recommended that on a motor vehicle at least two transponders are arranged with a restricted emission angle range and a different emission direction, and that information suitable for identifying the motor vehicle is stored in the transponders. | 07-14-2011 |
20110181442 | VEHICLE PRESENCE NOTIFICATION APPARATUS - A vehicle presence notification apparatus is disclosed to notify a presence of a vehicle by providing easily-perceivable and less uncomfortable notification sound to an outside of the vehicle. The vehicle presence notification apparatus includes: a speaker and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the speaker to generate the notification sound that simultaneously has (i) at least one fundamental high frequency, which is easily sticking to human ears; and (ii) at least one auxiliary low frequency, which is smaller than the at least one fundamental high frequency and has a harmonic relation with the at least one fundamental high frequency. | 07-28-2011 |
20110241899 | Targeted Enforcement For Road User Charging - A method is disclosed that includes, for a set of passages of a vehicle, where each passage is associated with at least one confidence level, applying at least one heuristic to confidence levels corresponding to the set to determine at least one score. The method also includes performing the applying at least one heuristic for a number of sets of passages of a number of vehicles and selecting a number of the sets based on their associated at least one scores. The method additionally includes outputting identifications corresponding to each of the selected sets. Apparatus and computer readable media are also disclosed. | 10-06-2011 |
20110260888 | FORKLIFT ACTIVATED MIRROR ALERT - A partially transparent dome minor is used to display messages generated from within the dome by a light generating system. The minor is incorporated in an apparatus for seeing and warning traffic crossing at an intersection in a commercial, industrial or other space to improve worker safety and to avoid costly damage due to collisions at the intersection. The unitary apparatus does not require sensors or other wiring external to the mirror and its supporting frame. The mirror system can also be used in commercial and retail applications for surveillance and advertising. | 10-27-2011 |
20110267204 | Vehicle auto-detection system - Disclosed is a vehicle detection system including the processing device, the bi-stable display connected to the processing device and the detector connected to the processing device. The detector detects the status information of the vehicle to be processed by the processing device, and then the processed status information is displayed on the bi-stable display. The processed status information can be displayed for a long time without power consumption. In addition, the upkeep/repair records and the status information further can be stored in the memory device, and the user is reminded to proceed the upkeep/repair and the to replace the vehicle's components. | 11-03-2011 |
20110304478 | Bicycle alert safety system (BASS) - The wireless networks of the LED's that function in the Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) are used for turn indications, braking and illumination of the bicycle and the rider while in traffic. The WPAN incorporated onto the bike and the bicycle accessories is a new feature that provides a new application for wireless technology. This new application called Bicycle Alert Safety System (BASS) will reduce the risk bicyclists encounter while riding in traffic. And BASS will reduce the probability of potentially dangerous accidents between bicyclist and motor vehicles which are at times associated with catastrophic fatalities. | 12-15-2011 |
20120007749 | System for Identifying Vehicles in a Parking Facility - A sensor system for detecting a vehicle on a driving surface includes a sealed casing, an integrated circuit vehicle detector, an integrated circuit transmitter and controller, and a battery. The sealed casing has a top surface and defines a cavity therein. The integrated circuit vehicle detector is disposed within the cavity and is configured to generate a vehicle present electrical signal when the vehicle is within a predetermined distance from the sensor system. The integrated circuit transmitter and controller is disposed within the cavity and is in communication with the integrated circuit vehicle detector. The integrated circuit transmitter and controller is configured to generate a vehicle present radio frequency signal in response to the vehicle present electrical signal. The battery is disposed within the cavity and is electrically coupled to the integrated circuit vehicle detector and the integrated circuit transmitter and controller. | 01-12-2012 |
20120026015 | METHOD AND APPARATUS REPORTING A VEHICULAR SENSOR WAVEFORM IN A WIRELESS VEHICULAR SENSOR NETWORK - The invention includes using multiple wireless vehicular sensor nodes to wirelessly receive multiple, time-interleaved vehicular waveform reports from the nodes. Each vehicular waveform report approximates a raw vehicular sensor waveform observed by a magnetic sensor at the node based upon the presence of a vehicle. The vehicular waveform reports are products of this wirelessly receiving process. The invention includes apparatus supporting the above outlined process. The vehicular waveform reports may be time synchronized. | 02-02-2012 |
20120081235 | Power Control in Wireless Traffic Detection Devices - Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring roadway traffic. A method includes transmitting wireless signals from a first roadside equipment (RSE) device and from a second RSE device that is geographically separated from the first RSE device. The method includes receiving responses by the first RSE device and second RSE device from a wireless device. The responses include a unique identifier corresponding to the wireless device. The method includes transmitting data from the first RSE device and the second RSE device to a control system, where the data includes the unique identifier and times that the responses were received. The method includes receiving a power control command, based on the transmitted data, from the control system, and adjusting a transmit power of the wireless signals transmitted by the first RSE device based on the power control command. | 04-05-2012 |
20120139758 | Locator System - A locator system employs personal communicators which are carried on or worn in a holster by drivers. The communicators are employed to automatically transmit data for determining the identity of the driver, the identity of the vehicle and date and time stamps when the vehicle enters and exits various detection zones. In one embodiment the detections zones are defined by Bluetooth signals. | 06-07-2012 |
20120161987 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLES - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for detecting vehicles. The apparatus include a signal generation unit and a vehicle detection unit. The signal generation unit generates a magnetic signal indicating a magnetic field versus time using a magnetic sensor. The vehicle detection unit generates magnetic signal waveform information, including a level value of the magnetic field of the magnetic signal per unit time, using a predetermined time summary unit and a magnetic signal summary unit, and extracts vehicle detection information, indicating whether a vehicle is present, from the magnetic signal waveform information. | 06-28-2012 |
20120194356 | SYSTEM THAT WARNS IN ADVANCE OF OCCUPANTS EXITING OR ENTERING A PARKED VEHICLE - A system for protecting the safety of occupants exiting and entering a vehicle is disclosed. The system has sensors on the interior, exterior and remotely of the vehicle and one or more imaging devices that project an image onto the pavement supporting the vehicle as well as optional data input devices all communicating with a system controller. The system anticipates that the occupant will be leaving the vehicle and the time it will take for the occupant to fully exit the vehicle. The system further controls the imaging devices to warn the drivers of oncoming traffic of the occupant's egress and warn or block the egress of the occupant should a particularly dangerous condition exist. | 08-02-2012 |
20120286973 | VEHICLE CONTEXT AWARENESS BY DETECTING ENGINE RPM USING A MOTION SENSOR - Methods and apparatus for determining context of a mobile device are provided. In an example, provided is a method for identifying an environment of a mobile device. The method includes receiving a motion sensor signal. The motion sensor signal can be received from an accelerometer and/or a gyroscope. If a frequency characteristic of an engine is detected in the motion sensor signal, a control signal is output identifying that the mobile device is located in a motor vehicle. The control signal can enable a vehicle navigation mode. The control signal can also be used to alert a user to the identified environment and/or change a feature of the mobile device. The method can also include receiving an audio signal from a microphone, detecting the engine vibration from the audio signal, and using the audio signal to confirm the detecting the engine vibration from the motion sensor signal. | 11-15-2012 |
20130027225 | System for Determining the Position of a Vehicle, Vehicle Therewith, and Method Therefor - System for determining the position of a vehicle comprising a plurality of sensors for measuring the magnetic field strength of a magnet, computation means for determining the position of the magnet with respect to the plurality of sensors wherein the plurality of sensors are arranged in a two-dimensions array. | 01-31-2013 |
20130076539 | RED ALERT SYSTEM - Embodiments of a system and method are described. These embodiments may be designed to provide alert to a law enforcement officer monitoring a signalized roadway intersection. In particular, the embodiments comprise a transmitting unit installed in an intersection control cabinet and a radio frequency (RF) remote receiving unit. The transmitting unit comprises at least one cable harness, an on board power supply, a switching circuit, a first central processing unit, and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter. The RF remote receiving unit comprises an internal antenna, a second central processing unit, a battery pack, a power jack and a receiver switch. The RF remote receiving unit alerts the law enforcement officer on the at least one traffic signal information corresponding to red-light-running in a signalized roadway intersection. The at least one traffic signal information is imparted to the law enforcement officer utilizing at least one signal indicator. | 03-28-2013 |
20130099943 | DIRECTIONAL SPEED AND DISTANCE SENSOR - A method of using a directional sensor for the purposes of detecting the presence of a vehicle or an object within a zone of interest on a roadway or in a parking space. The method comprises the following steps: transmitting a microwave transmit pulse of less than 5 feet; radiating the transmitted pulse by a directional antenna system; receiving received pulses by an adjustable receive window; integrating or combining signals from multiple received pulses; amplifying and filtering the integrated receive signal; digitizing the combined signal; comparing the digitized signal to at least one preset or dynamically computed threshold values to determine the presence or absence of an object in the field of view of the sensor; and providing at least one pulse generator with rise and fall times of less than 3 ns each and capable of generating pulses less than 10 ns in duration. | 04-25-2013 |
20130106622 | HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM USING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR REDUCED FALSE POSITIVES | 05-02-2013 |
20130169449 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND OBJECT DETECTION PROGRAM - Provided is an object detection apparatus capable of accurately estimating the movement amount of the position, which moves within an oncoming vehicle, of a reflection point of an electromagnetic wave radiated from a radar apparatus, and using the movement amount for collision possibility determination. The object detection apparatus provided in a vehicle includes: a relative position detection section radiating the electromagnetic wave to an object in front of the vehicle, and receiving a reflection wave from the object, thereby detecting the relative position, to the vehicle, of an electromagnetic wave reflection point on the object reflecting the electromagnetic wave; and a movement amount estimation section capable of, based on the relative position to the vehicle of the electromagnetic wave reflection point, estimating, as continuous values, a movement amount of the electromagnetic wave reflection point on the object from a predetermined timing until the object approaches the vicinity of the vehicle. | 07-04-2013 |
20130194111 | Bicycle detector - A vehicle detector capable of detecting motorized vehicles, bicycles only or both types of vehicle in a loop near a controlled intersection. The vehicle detector includes a processor under control of machine readable code for controlling the operation of one or more oscillators coupled to one or more loops. Manually actuatable switches enable the entry of mode settings—i.e., motorized vehicle and bicycle detect or bicycle only detect—and clearance time parameters for ensuring that one or more bicycles can safely proceed through an intersection when given a green light. Selection of the Bicycle detect mode is denoted by the entry of a non-zero value in an initial timer using one or more of the switches. | 08-01-2013 |
20140104078 | OTHER-VEHICLE DETECTION DEVICE AND OTHER-VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD - An other-vehicle detector | 04-17-2014 |
20140125499 | Barrier Operator Feature Enhancement - A barrier operator feature enhancement device is designed to provide one or more features found in modern barrier operator devices and to incorporate those features into a previously installed barrier operator system. To facilitate ease of use, the barrier operator feature enhancement device can communicate with a large variety of barrier operators. Such communication may be wireless or wired, depending on the communication protocol implemented by a particular previously installed barrier operator. To facilitate the ease of installation, the device is designed to configure itself to operate with the communication protocol of the previously installed barrier operator. Once configured to be able to communicate with the previously installed barrier operator, the feature enhancement device works with the barrier operator to provide one or more additional features to enhance the capabilities of the previously installed barrier operator. | 05-08-2014 |
20140132425 | Traffic Analysis Using Wireless Receivers and Vehicle Detection Devices - Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring roadway traffic. A method includes transmitting wireless signals from at least one roadside equipment (RSE) device and receiving responses by the RSE device from a wireless device, the responses including a unique identifier corresponding to the wireless device. The method includes determining a signal strength of each of the responses by the RSE device and transmitting response data from the RSE device to a control system, the response data including the unique identifier, the signal strength of each of the responses, and times that the responses were received. The method includes detecting at least one vehicle by the control system using a vehicle detection device and associating the response data with the detected vehicle. The method includes determining traffic information associated with the wireless device based on the received response data and the associated detected vehicle. | 05-15-2014 |
20140152473 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle for monitoring cross-traffic includes a transmitting device for transmitting electromagnetic signals and operable for monitoring a kidney-shaped area in both a first monitoring direction and in a second monitoring direction and a receiving device for receiving electromagnetic signals. | 06-05-2014 |
20140232563 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION - Magnetometers under the road surface detect variations in the vertical and longitudinal horizontal components of the magnetic field over time in response to passing vehicles. A trajectory of these components in the phase space of these field components is regularized to obtain a magnetic signature. Magnetic signatures are compared using cross-correlation over arc length to identify vehicles. Inductance sensors can be used to detect vehicles and help determine the beginning and end of magnetic signatures. | 08-21-2014 |
20140240146 | Wireless Vehicle Detector Aggregator and Interface to Controller and Associated Methods - Embodiments of systems and methods of the present invention include efficient, reliable aggregation and transfer of one or more sensor pods detect status to the base station and then the traffic controller. An embodiment of an access point maintains a sensor state array, which is the current status of the sensor pods in communication with the access point. The access point can maintain the sensor state array in its memory and relay the sensor state array to the base station. An embodiment of a base station can use the sensor state array information to generate and update a vehicle detector array, which is the current status of all the sensor pods in the wireless vehicle detector network. An embodiment of the base station emulates one or more bus interface units and uses the vehicle detector array to relay detector information to the traffic controller periodically or when polled. | 08-28-2014 |
20140340243 | DISTRIBUTED REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM GATEWAY - A distributed remote sensing system including a group of gateways and a sensing device group associated with each gateway in the group of gateways wherein the sensing device group associated with one gateway is different than another sensing device group associated with a different gateway. | 11-20-2014 |
20140375477 | VEHICLE DETECTION - In embodiments of vehicle detection, a first wireless device includes an interface to establish a wireless connection with a second wireless device. The first wireless device further includes a vehicle detection application that is configured to determine that the user is in a vehicle based on a connection status of the second wireless device with a vehicle kit device associated with the vehicle. In some embodiments, the vehicle detection application initiates a driver mode responsive to determining that the user is a driver of the vehicle, and initiates a passenger mode responsive to determining that the user is a passenger in the vehicle. | 12-25-2014 |
20150022378 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a computer program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes determining traffic regulations which are applicable in a region of current surroundings of a vehicle. The process further includes determining if a driver of the vehicle violates at least one of the determined traffic regulations and determining a degree of severity of a violation. The process further includes determining a parameter illustrating a driving behavior of the driver of the vehicle based on the classified degree of severity of the violation. A message is then output including the determined parameter with at least one output device. | 01-22-2015 |
20150035687 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE VEHICLE SENSING SYSTEMS - An adaptive sensing system is configured to acquire sensor data pertaining to objects in the vicinity of a land vehicle. The adaptive sensing system may be configured to identify objects that are at least partially obscured by other objects and, in response, the adaptive sensing system may be configured to modify the configuration of one or more sensors to obtain additional information pertaining to the obscured objects. The adaptive sensing system may comprise and/or be communicatively coupled to a collision detection module, which may use the sensor data acquired by the adaptive sensing system to detect potential collisions. | 02-05-2015 |
20150061898 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF A VEHICLE - A system for the automatic identification of a vehicle according to the present invention comprises electronic identification means associated with a vehicle and electronic means for reading and/or writing the electronic identification means associated with the vehicle. The electronic identification means and the electronic reading and/or writing means comprising radio frequency transmission and receiving devices, preferably a HF and/or UHF radio frequency transmission device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150294548 | MOBILE ENTITY TRACKING AND ANALYSIS - Method for tracking and analysis of a mobile entity. In some embodiments a multi-dimensional geophysical area is divided into a first layer of zones each encompassing a contiguous portion of the geophysical area and having at least one rule. Geoposition values from a sensor associated with a mobile entity are accumulated in a memory. The accumulated geoposition values are used to identify an associated zone from the first layer of zones in which the mobile entity is located and the at least one rule assigned to the associated zone is applied. A second layer zone is subsequently generated in response to an input signal. The second layer zone overlays at least a portion of one zone in the first layer and expands over time. An alarm limit is output in response to a subsequently accumulated geoposition value from the sensor indicating the mobile entity is in the second layer zone. | 10-15-2015 |
20150302742 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A VEHICLE DETECTED BY A SENSOR DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for assigning an identity certificate (I | 10-22-2015 |
20150332587 | LOW-POWER VEHICLE DETECTION - A parking meter detects an object in proximity, based on a change in a proximity measurement at the meter, activates a directional sensor in response to detecting the object, receives sensor data at a meter processor from the directional sensor, wherein the received sensor data indicates a predetermined direction to the detected object relative to the meter. The parking meter determines a presence of the object, or lack thereof, in the predetermined direction based on the sensor data, and upon a positive determination of the presence of the object, stores an indication of the presence of the object along with a time of the positive determination. | 11-19-2015 |
20150348408 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A vehicle identification system includes one or more displays associated with a vehicle, a transceiver, and a controller communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The one or more displays are located to be visible from an exterior of the vehicle. The controller is adapted to generate a first signal to be transmitted by the transceiver to a mobile communication device associated with a driver of the vehicle when it is determined that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance of a specific location. The mobile communication device associated with the driver is adapted to generate a second signal to be transmitted to the one or more displays. The second signal represents an indicator. | 12-03-2015 |
20150348413 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NEARBY VEHICLES THOUGH INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for detecting the surrounding vehicle via vehicular communication, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for detecting surrounding vehicle that detects location of surrounding vehicles more accurately through the a message transmitted from surrounding vehicles. | 12-03-2015 |
20160082979 | SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A situation awareness method can be used to provide information to a vehicle operator via first, second, and third substantially transparent ambient displays that are coupled to a windshield of a vehicle. The situation awareness method includes the following steps: (a) monitoring a physiological state of the vehicle operator; (b) monitoring a vehicle operating parameter of the vehicle; (c) monitoring a vehicle context data; (d) identifying a predetermined physiological condition based on the monitored physiological state of the vehicle operator; (e) identifying a predetermined vehicle operating condition based on the monitored vehicle operating parameter; (f) identifying a predetermined vehicle context condition based on the monitored vehicle context data; (g) adjusting a luminance of the first, second, and third substantially transparent ambient displays based on the identified predetermined physiological condition, the identified predetermined vehicle operating condition; and the identified predetermined vehicle context condition, respectively. | 03-24-2016 |
20160098927 | ELECTRONIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - An electronic vehicle identification system comprises a processing unit ( | 04-07-2016 |
20160133125 | Vehicle Presence Detection System - A vehicle presence detection system for effectively detecting the presence of a vehicle in a location based upon a measured radio wave signal strength by a receiver. The vehicle presence detection system generally includes a main receiver adapted for receiving a radio wave signal from a transmitter and a control unit in communication with the main receiver that determines a signal strength of the radio wave signal received by the main receiver. The control unit determines that a vehicle is near the transmitter or the main receiver when the signal strength of the radio wave signal is reduced by a threshold loss. | 05-12-2016 |
20160379484 | ANOMALOUS TRAVEL LOCATION DETECTION DEVICE AND ANOMALOUS TRAVEL LOCATION DETECTION METHOD - A turning value corrector corrects turning values contained in multiple pieces of travel history information. A reference turning value calculator uses multiple turning values that have been associated with the same calculation point to calculate a reference turning value. An anomalous travel location detector calculates the divergence from the reference turning value for each piece of travel history information subjected to detection of an anomalous travel location. Locations for which the deviation from the reference turning value is large are detected as anomalous travel locations. | 12-29-2016 |
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20220139197 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A vehicle includes a plurality of cameras configured to capture a surrounding situation of the vehicle, an external speaker configured to output a sound to the outside of the vehicle, a communicator configured to communicate with a first server, and a controller configured to determine a degree of risk of the dangerous situation based on the degree of risk based on a case where a dangerous situation is captured through the plurality of cameras, to control an Ultra Wide Band (UWB) module to detect obstacles around the vehicle, to control at least one of a digital key and an external speaker to output a message for the dangerous situation or an image in which the dangerous situation is captured, and to transmit the image in which the dangerous situation is captured to the first server through the communicator. | 05-05-2022 |