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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105252 | Wireless traffic sensor system Embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless traffic sensor system. The system includes a plurality of wireless traffic sensors collecting traffic information from one or more vehicles that pass by; and at least one wireless communication device that receives... | 05/03/2012 |
| 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 receiv... | 04/05/2012 |
| 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... | 02/02/2012 |
| 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 integrat... | 01/12/2012 |
| 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 ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 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 proce... | 11/03/2011 |
| 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... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110246263 | METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLES WITH TRAILERS A method for detecting vehicles with trailers in a road toll system, which comprises at least one radio beacon for radio communication with radio OBUs, wherein vehicles and trailers are respectively provided with their own OBUs carried by them, and a vehicle and a trail... | 10/06/2011 |
| 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 i... | 10/06/2011 |
| 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 control... | 07/28/2011 |
| 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... | 07/14/2011 |
| 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 t... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110121995 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE A vehicle detector (10) comprises a vehicle sensor (14) arranged for sensing disturbances caused by a vehicle, a digitizer of a microprocessor (20) connected to the vehicle sensor (14). The vehicle detector (10) further comprises a mem... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110113996 | Row Unit Wheel Turning Monitor For An Agricultural Machine A row unit of a planter or other agricultural machine having ground engaging wheels is equipped with a rotation sensor to determine if and when a wheel stops rotating. An alert is issued by a monitor to the operator so that corrective action can be taken. Further, means... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110080307 | Device and Method for Detecting Wheel Axles The invention relates to the detection of wheel axles of a vehicle on a roadway by means of a sensor, which operates according to the light-section procedure and emits at least one fan of light from a first location along the roadway to project a line of light onto the ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110080306 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DIRECTION, SPEED AND/OR DISTANCE OF VEHICLES The invention relates to the determination of direction, speed and/or distance of vehicles on a roadway by means of a sensor, which operates according to the light-section procedure and is directed onto the roadway, for recording the surface contour of a vehicle, and an... | 04/07/2011 |
| 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 proxim... | 03/31/2011 |
| 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... | 03/17/2011 |
| 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 t... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110006912 | Track Worker Safety System A safety system for providing early warning notifications to an authorized track worker performing official duties along a rail road network is disclosed herein. The safety system determines the position of the authorized worker and determines an estimated time to colli... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110001635 | MOBILE TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM A method (400) and a system (125) for monitoring traffic. A warning zone (130) can be defined based, at least in part, on a present location of a mobile traffic monitoring system (125). With the mobile traffic monitoring system, the warning z... | 01/06/2011 |
| 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 sens... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100320917 | ENERGY-SAVING STREET LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM A lighting control system for controlling a luminaire includes detection module and a control unit. The detection module is configured to detect traffic flow of a road and ambient light along the road. The control unit coupled with the detection module is configured to ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 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 netwo... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100265100 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT LIGHTING Systems and methods are disclosed for the intelligent lighting of large areas and structures such as parking garages. Ultrasonic distance measuring sensors can be used to obtain occupancy data for the area or structure, such as a parking garage, and to control the inten... | 10/21/2010 |
| 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 veh... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100265104 | Vehicle monitoring and identification system A vehicle monitoring and traffic enforcement system in which a wireless communication device is associated with motor vehicles. The device will transmit vehicle identification data which is relayed to a database which maintains current information concerning insurance l... | 10/21/2010 |
| 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 o... | 09/30/2010 |
| 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... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100205640 | DRIVE THRU VISION Embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system and computer-readable medium for conveying audio/video information. The method detects a presence of at least one automobile and communicates such presence to an information system comprising a number of display de... | 08/12/2010 |
| 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 p... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100141479 | DETECTING TARGETS IN ROADWAY INTERSECTIONS The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting targets in roadway intersections. Transmit antennas transmit signals into a roadway intersection. Receive antennas receive corresponding signal reflections off objects in the ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 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 receiv... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100119341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WASTE REMOVING AND HAULING A method for removing and hauling waste has a receiving step requiring reception of a signal carrying identifying information from a waste receptacle outfitted with a signal generating means at a first location. The signal is transmitted from the first location to a dat... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100109918 | DEVICES FOR USE BY DEAF AND/OR BLIND PEOPLE A device for use by a deafblind person is disclosed. The device comprises a first key for manually inputting a series of words in the form of a code, a second key for manually inputting an action to be performed by the device, a third key for manually inputting a user p... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100104360 | DOUBLE-DECK COVERED ROADWAY The double-deck covered roadway (5) has an upper road (30) for light vehicle traffic and a lower road (25) for heavy, industrial vehicle traffic. The roadway is an intelligent system, having an access control computer (ACC) (55) limiting acce... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100079306 | TRAFFIC FLOW MONITORING FOR INTERSECTIONS WITH SIGNAL CONTROLS A method and system are provided for determining travel time through intersections by assigning an initial position for a virtual probe in the intersection and updating the position and velocity for the virtual probe such that the position and velocity of the virtual pr... | 04/01/2010 |
| 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 sen... | 01/28/2010 |
| 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 rece... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090309757 | REAL TIME TRAFFIC AIDE A system and method for providing real-time traffic information using a wireless vehicle-to-vehicle communications network. A vehicle includes a plurality of sensors that detect other vehicles around the vehicle. The wireless communications system on the vehicle uses th... | 12/17/2009 |
