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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179282 | Consensus based vehicle detector verification system A method, system and computer program product are provided for automating the task of data collection and reduction for highway vehicle detector testing. To evaluate the performance of each detector under test, a set of detection data is accumulated concurrently fro... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8125350 | Method and device for the multi-technology detection of vehicles Method of detecting vehicles on at least one stretch of a carriageway implementing at least two types of detection chosen from: a video detection comprising a step of acquiring and processing the video images of at least one zone, ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8111173 | Method of detecting and documenting traffic violations, such as red light violations or speeding violations According to the present invention, a first measured data packet M1 of a first vehicle 1 at a first measuring time point tM1 and a first image data packet B1 are generated, and measured data packets MX of additional... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8035533 | Method and apparatus reporting a vehicular sensor waveform in a wireless vehicular sensor network This document discloses 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 sens... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7965199 | 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 i... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7884739 | Systems and devices for assessing fines for traffic disturbances Traffic disturbances are detected and data is collected by various sensors where the data reflects the entity that is responsible for the disturbance and the number of vehicles that are impacted by the disturbance. The data is analyzed to determine whether a traffic... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880643 | Method and device for following objects, particularly for traffic monitoring A method for tracking objects, especially for monitoring traffic, wherein a sensor measuring in an essentially horizontal and radial manner detects metrical data on moving objects in the form of raw data and transmits said data to a computer unit. The raw data is pr... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7872593 | System and method for collecting image data A system for creating an image file including a computer subsystem configured to identify camera systems having location coordinates within a target array of location coordinates is disclosed. The computer system is further configured to retrieve image data from the... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7855663 | System for utilizing RFID tags to manage automotive parts A system for utilizing RFID tags to manage automotive parts. A system is provided that includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to read data from RFID tags affixed to parts located throughout a vehicle, wherein each RFID tag uniquely identi... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7855662 | System for detecting over axle weight vehicle A technique for recording the front image of vehicles which violate the regulation in the axle weight is desired. In general, the weight of the leading axle cannot be excessively heavy, so that the over weight axle is a second or more rear side axle. Further, the di... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7768427 | Processor architecture for traffic sensor and method for obtaining and processing traffic data using same Vehicular traffic data is obtained using a traffic sensor having an antenna/transceiver module, a DSP and a microcomputer. This involves (a) transmitting radiation at a vehicles on a roadway; (b) receiving the radiation reflected back from the vehicles; (c) producin... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764197 | System and synchronization process for inductive loops in a multilane environment A method and system for synchronization of detection loops in a multilane environment. A plurality of loop sensors are arranged in a plurality of lanes such that loop sensors in adjacent lanes are mutually contiguous. A simultaneous synchronization signal is sent to... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7764196 | Method and apparatus for documenting the condition of a vehicle A method and apparatus that includes cameras encased in vandalism and weather resistant housings, which attach to the outside or inside of a tunnel. The cameras provide for overhead, side, front, and rear views of a vehicle as the vehicle approaches and enters the t... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7741977 | Method and apparatus for vehicle traffic time calculation A method and apparatus for calculating the travel time of a vehicle as it transits through multiple locations. The method and apparatus includes a device for detecting a radio signal from a vehicle, attaching information to the radio signal, and transmitting a messa... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7667618 | 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 sa... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7639160 | Railway beacon and related production method A railway beacon having a casing (3) supporting an electronic circuit (4), which receives an electromagnetic enabling signal from a vehicle travelling along a railway line, and generates a coded response signal (telegram) transmitted to the vehicle. Th... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7609175 | Localisation of vehicle or mobile objects based on embedded RFID tags An RFID system for determining the location of a vehicle or mobile object that passes thereover is presented. The system comprises a tag arrangement having at least one tag where the arrangement having a width of between approximately 0.5 m and 2 m. ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7602313 | License plate including transponder License plate for a vehicle includes a plate having an indicia and arranged to be mounted on the vehicle, and a transponder arranged in the plate. The transponder is arranged to receive a signal from an interrogator, modify the received signal and transmitted the mo... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7579964 | Method for intelligent parking/pollution and surveillance control system The invention relates to systems to manage parking meters using mechanical, electrical and electromechanicals monitoring and transmitting devices. Such intelligent parking meters may be used for example to monitor pollution by idling vehicles, survey the area about ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7557732 | 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 t0; when V is not less than Vth, TLC is set shorter with increase in V. Then TLC is compared with a predetermined value t th, and when TLC is less ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7525447 | Emergency vehicle alert system A traffic entity, such as a passenger car, is warned that a situation requiring the change of driving mode will be required. The traffic entity is alerted to the presence of a second traffic entity, such as an emergency vehicle which requires the moving traffic enti... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7515068 | Vehicle axle sensor A roadway vehicle sensor includes a coextrusion having a linear conductive section and a linear non-conductive section forming a vehicle deformable closed housing. The linear conductive section has an inwardly projecting conductive plunger along the length thereof w... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7501962 | 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 t0; when V is not less than Vth, TLC is set shorter with increase in V. Then TLC is compared with a predetermined value t th, and when TLC is less ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7460027 | Sensor cord array and method with conductive sensors for detecting activity on or around an object A sensing device for sensing activity on or around an object, includes sensor cords provided in a parallel or a substantially parallel arrangement. Each sensor cord includes sensors disposed adjacent one another. Each sensor includes a resilient top portion having a... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7432799 | Driving support apparatus and driving support method By applying an observing-point conversion and s synthesis to images captured by respective cameras capturing the surroundings of a vehicle and by placing a figure representing the vehicle on the synthesized image, an overhead-image generating unit generates an image... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427930 | Vehicular traffic sensor A vehicle traffic sensor for detecting and monitoring vehicular targets is presented. The sensor employs a planar design resulting in a reduced profile sensor. The sensor includes a multi-layer radio frequency board with RF components on one of the sides and both is... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427931 | Method and apparatus for detecting presence of vehicle using a magnetic sensor employing a magneto-resistive effect Method using raw signal from magneto-resistive sensor through the use of recent variance (RV) of raw signal (RS) for first-capture of first time RV crosses variance detect, second-capture start enable for first time when RS crosses above raw detect and RV above vari... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423552 | “Warning Bump” traffic safety device A Warning Bump traffic safety device comprised of a base which is inserted over traffic cones or barrels and a strip and extensions, generally trapezoidal in cross section, attached to the base which extends into the roadway which causes both an audible and sensory ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424309 | System in vehicles for making a telephone call A system for making a telephone call in a vehicle in which information concerning the traffic situation of a first vehicle is electronically processed and sent to a second vehicle. By apparatuses of further electronic processing, only relevant information concerning... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417561 | Acoustic or pneumatic pulse transfer system for event counting An event sensing component includes a housing, wherein the housing includes a first tube that is provided along an entire length of the housing, and a second tube that is provided along the entire length of the housing. The housing also includes a first connector pr... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414545 | Incursion collision avoidance system for vehicle traffic control A system to identify junctions of restricted areas to approaching vehicles, including at least one warning signal generator, at least one antenna coupled to the generator transmitting the warning signal into areas traversed by the vehicles approaching the restricted... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403664 | Traffic event detection in compressed videos A method detects traffic events in a compressed video. Feature vectors are extracted from the compressed video. The feature vector are provided to a Gaussian mixture hidden Markov model. Then, a maximum likelihood of the Gaussian mixture hidden Markov model is deter... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403124 | Driving support equipment for vehicles A driving support equipment for a vehicle is provided, the equipment comprising a frontward information recognition unit for recognizing environs information at the front of the vehicle; a preceding vehicle information detection unit for detecting preceding vehicle ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400268 | System and method for utilizing RFID tags to manage automotive parts A system and method for utilizing RFID tags to manage automotive parts. A system is provided that includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to read data from RFID tags affixed to parts located throughout a vehicle, wherein each RFID tag uniq... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393134 | Parking meter A parking meter includes a microcontroller and a timer coupled with a microcontroller. A mechanism for accepting payment by coin, credit card or both is coupled with the microcontroller for accepting payment for use of an associated parking space. The microcontrolle... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394374 | Installation construction of radio communication module on vehicular license plate An installation construction of a radio communication module on a license plate of a vehicle includes the followings: the radio communication module provided with a housing having an engaging portion and a fixing hole; an engagement of the engaging portion with a ri... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391339 | Parking management systems The systems described herein include one or more wireless vehicle detectors, along with a distributed parking payment system such as parking meters or a paystation. Information from the payment system and the vehicle detectors may be combined to determine when a par... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388516 | Mobile apparatus A mobile apparatus senses without failing an object which exists in a traveling direction of itself even when a pedestrian is moving while looking at a screen on which information is displayed. The mobile apparatus having the screen comprises an object detector part... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388517 | Method and apparatus for self-powered vehicular sensor node using magnetic sensor and radio transceiver Vehicular sensor node, circuit apparatus and their operations are provided. Power from a 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 ar... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382275 | Mobile enforcement reader A mobile enforcement reader (MER) includes an antenna, a reader coupled to receive signals from the antenna and a control/display unit (CDU) coupled to the reader. The CDU selects a receive direction and processes signals provided thereto from the reader. When the M... | 06/03/2008 |
