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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6430303 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus for extracting the specified objects has a background image extract unit for extracting a background; a first average background extract unit which extracts an image that includes a plurality of stationary and moving objects ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6429789 | Vehicle information acquisition and display assembly A vehicle information acquisition and display assembly 10. The system 10 selectively senses objects 27 residing within a dynamically configurable region of interest 29 and compares values which are created by use of these sensed objects 27 with at least o... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6426708 | Smart parking advisor A parking advisor images scenes of a parking area and identifies free spaces using image processing techniques. The advisor then makes recommendations as to which areas a driver should go based on the locations of free spaces. One way of outputting the re... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6424273 | System to aid a driver to determine whether to change lanes A vehicular vision system to aid a driver of a vehicle to determine whether it is safe to change lanes includes a camera having a field of view such that the field of view corresponds to at least a portion of an area proximate the vehicle. The system also... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424272 | Vehicular blind spot vision system A blind spot vision system for a vehicle includes a camera having a field of view. The camera is positioned on the vehicle such that the field of view corresponds with at least a portion of an area proximate the vehicle which is not visible to a driver wh... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6420977 | Video-monitoring safety systems and methods A system facilitates visual monitoring of a dangerous location. The system includes a stationary camera device (110) and at least one mobile display device (120) corresponding to at least one vehicle. The camera device (110) captures a video image of the ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6417783 | Motor vehicle detector Vehicle detector arrangement comprising at least one detector unit (8) comprising at least one sensor (47, 48, 49, 50), a transmission/reception unit (54), an energy supply unit and a control unit (51, 52, 53), whereby the energy supply unit comprises a s... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6417781 | Short range wireless communication using on-board apparatus A fixed station and an on-board apparatus are constructed to carry out a short range communication. The on-board apparatus specifies an application from a command included in reception data received from the fixed station and starts a corresponding proces... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6411867 | Vehicle driving support system, and steering angle detection device A camera unit 10 is mounted on a vehicle 3. When an attempt is made to park the vehicle 3 in a parking lot, a predicted path 5a and guidelines 5b are displayed on an information display 4 together with an image. Data to be used for displaying the predicte... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6411328 | Method and apparatus for traffic incident detection Apparatus and methods effective for detecting, locating and characterizing traffic-related incidents are based upon improved image processing techniques applied to infrared and visible light spectrum roadway images in a time sequence. Substantially real-t... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6405112 | Vehicle operator performance monitor with enhanced data retrieval capabilities A vehicle operator performance monitor (10) generally comprises a housing (30), a mount (40) for mounting housing (30) to a vehicle (20), such as an automobile (21), an image sensor (62) producing an image signal, an event detection circuit producing a tr... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6400265 | System and method for monitoring security systems by using video images The present invention provides a monitoring system for providing images (e.g., photos, pictures, video, diagram, illustration, etc.) where an alarm situation may be defected by comparing images. When a change (indicating motion) is detected, an alarm may ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396418 | Toll collection system, on board unit and toll collection method A toll collection system obtains the data showing that the vehicle enters into the entrance of a toll road and data obtained from the on board unit mounted on the vehicle as the entrance passing data and the data showing that the vehicle exits from the ex... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392564 | Aggressive driver monitoring and reporting system This invention relates to a system for motor vehicles to monitor and automatically report to authorities aggressive driving behavior of other vehicles. The camera 10 takes images from the rear view of the vehicle 14 and preferably also from the front. For... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392704 | Compact video processing system for remote sensing applications A sensing and processing unit (10) installed on an elevated structure (T) adjacent a roadway (R). An enclosure (12) is mounted on the structure. Housed in the enclosure is a television camera (22, 24), the camera being mounted at an angle less than the pl... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6384741 | Apparatus and method for providing high mounted view of traffic A camera or fiber optic lens is raised from an automobile on a retractable support to a height sufficient to view over SUVs to perceive an image of traffic beyond an obstructive SUV and transmit the image to a display that is viewable by the driver.... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6377191 | System for assisting traffic safety of vehicles A system for assisting the traffic safety of vehicles for improving the visibility, including a camera monitoring the road of an oncoming lane of a vehicle making a right turn at an intersection; a display board placed at a position above the road leading... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6373402 | Method and apparatus for photographing traffic in an intersection An apparatus of the invention includes a device for triggering a camera to photograph a vehicle within a traffic intersection, where the triggering of the camera is dependent on the speed of the vehicle before entering the intersection and may also be dep... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6351208 | Device for preventing detection of a traffic violation A device for preventing detection of a traffic violation comprising an ultraviolet laser emitter that interferes with the photographing of a traffic violation or the violating car by an automatic camera installed on a traffic signal. The automobile is pro... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6340935 | Computerized parking facility management system The computerized parking facility management system manages parking operations. The contour of each vehicle that enters the parking facility is captured and quantified as part of its identification. The comparison with subsequent contour measurements at d... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6339651 | Robust identification code recognition system A method and system for recognizing the characters on surfaces where alphanumeric identification code ("ID" for short) may be present such as a license plate. The present system is particularly adapted for situations where visual distortions can occur, an... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6337639 | Toll collection apparatus and toll collection method A toll collection method of a toll collection apparatus that is jointly installed with a wireless toll collection system for the toll collection is to receive the vehicle data of a vehicle of which toll could not be collected by the wireless toll collecti... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6329930 | Method and apparatus for detection of a breach of a security gate A security gate breach detection and reporting system is disclosed, which includes a breach detector responsive to the simultaneous receipt of signals from the security gate indicative of a breach, and adapted to generate an imaging control signal; at lea... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6326902 | Residual charge-effect traffic sensor A vehicular roadway sensor comprising a conductive elastomeric housing having a sensor wire groove and one or more signal wire in the sensor wire groove, the sensor wire groove comprised of an airgap portion and a sensing wire portion for receiving and ma... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6317057 | Method for detecting lane deviation of vehicle In a method for detecting lane deviation of a vehicle, a difference between a center point of lane markers and a center point of the vehicle is first determined. Then a difference between a screen center x-coordinate and a vehicle center point x-coordinat... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6310546 | Stereo type vehicle monitoring apparatus with a fail-safe function A stereo type vehicle monitoring apparatus with a fail-safe function comprises a pair of cameras 1, 2, a stereo image producer 3, 4, 5, a calculator 12 and a fail decision unit 12. The pair of cameras 1, 2 take pictures of scenes outside of a vehicle. The... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6304193 | Device for monitoring traffic A device for monitoring traffic is designed as a portable hand-held device and includes a measuring unit for measuring a traffic state such as speed of a vehicle, a microphone and a language or voice recorder. Furthermore, the device has a language genera... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6304192 | Authorization system and authorization method An authorization system for authorizing an IC card is provided. When an IC card--storing a different code from the code proper to an in-vehicle device and yet having been authorized by the in-vehicle device--inserted to the invehicle device, the system al... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6304173 | Rear view and multi-media system for vehicles A vehicle display system includes a display which is selectively movable between a first position in which it is viewable by a driver and a second position in which it is viewable by the rear passengers but not the driver. In the first position, the displ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6298290 | Memory apparatus for vehicle information data A memory apparatus for vehicle information is provided in which the image data of the vehicle's condition in a traffic accident, a traffic offense, a drive condition from the occurrence of an accident to the vehicle's stop after the accident, and a sensor... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6292111 | Vehicle-applied rear-and-side monitoring system and vehicle-applied rear-and-side monitoring and alarming system A vehicle-applied rear-and-side monitoring system wherein a monitoring area is set inside or outside an area enclosed with lines connecting two lane marking positions, where two lane markings on both sides of a preceding vehicle running lane in the road i... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6285949 | Method and device for extensive traffic situation monitoring A method and a device for extensive traffic situation monitoring of a road network on which vehicles can travel is provided. Remote photographs are taken by aircraft of the area to be monitored, and the images thus taken are subjected to an image-processi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6266627 | Method and apparatus for determining the speed and location of a vehicle Disclosed is a method and apparatus for measuring the speed of a vehicle by transmitting a wave beam directed at the vehicle, receiving a part of the wave beam reflected by the vehicle, comparing the reflected beam part with the transmitted wave beam and ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6246933 | Traffic accident data recorder and traffic accident reproduction system and method Systems for sensing, storing and updating operation parameters, visual conditions and audible conditions for an automotive vehicle include a plurality of sensors for registering vehicular operation parameters, including at least one vehicle-mounted digita... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243029 | Parkulator photo parking The invention is a method of monitoring and assessing a fee for parking a vehicle in a toll parking location where the user pays only for the actual parking time used. The invention includes providing indicia for a toll parking location and unique indicia... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6218960 | Rear-view monitor for use in vehicles A rear-view monitor for use in vehicles is provided, in which contained are vehicle-mounted image pickup means for picking up images of road in the rear of one's own vehicle at every fixed time; and detection means for detecting an overtaking vehicle by p... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6212468 | System for optically detecting vehicles traveling along the lanes of a road A system for optically detecting vehicles traveling a road having a plurality lanes. The system includes a gantry provided at the road so as to straddle the plurality lanes. There are a plurality of optical line sensors provided on the gantry, for obtaini... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6198987 | Method and a multi-functional apparatus for determining the class of a vehicle A multi-functional apparatus for determining the class of a vehicle that can be used in a toll road collecting system. The apparatus for determining vehicle class according to the present invention includes a vehicle sensor, a vehicle separator installed ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6195019 | Vehicle classifying apparatus and a toll system A class of a vehicle (VHC) is judged from distance data obtained by scanning on a lane with at least a laser beam in the longitudinal direction LD of the lane, wherein the scanning line may be inclined. Distance data may be further obtained in the width d... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6177885 | System and method for detecting traffic anomalies A traffic incident detection system (10) includes both the collection and analysis of traffic data and employs a time-indexed traffic anomaly detection algorithm which partitions time into categories of "type of day," and "time of day". Using this partiti... | 01/23/2001 |
