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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7893846 | Method and system for collecting traffic data, monitoring traffic, and automated enforcement at a centralized station A distributed individual vehicle information capture method for capturing individual vehicle data at traffic intersections and transmitting the data to a central station for storage and processing is provided. The method includes capturing individual vehicle informa... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7688224 | Method and system for collecting traffic data, monitoring traffic, and automated enforcement at a centralized station A distributed individual vehicle information capture method for capturing individual vehicle data at traffic intersections and transmitting the data to a central station for storage and processing is provided. The method includes capturing individual vehicle informa... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7375652 | 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... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369503 | Information distribution system Disclosed is an information distribution system in which a receiving terminal installed in a mobile object can reliably receive high quality distribution information from the beginning. The information distribution system comprises data transmission units, each for ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7348895 | Advanced automobile accident detection, data recordation and reporting system A system for monitoring a location to detect and report a vehicular incident, comprising a transducer for detecting acoustic waves at the location, and having an audio output; a processor for determining a probable occurrence or impending occurrence of a vehicular i... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7327280 | Emergency vehicle traffic signal preemption system An emergency vehicle traffic light preemption system for preemption of traffic lights at an intersection to allow safe passage of emergency vehicles. The system includes a real-time status monitor of an intersection which is relayed to a control module for transmiss... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317406 | Infrastructure-based collision warning using artificial intelligence An improved apparatus for controlling a traffic signal at an intersection includes a signal controller having an artificial intelligence based situational analyzer. The signal controller receives vehicle data related to the speed and position of vehicles approaching... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7289039 | Apparatus and method for processing and displaying traffic information in an automotive navigation system A vehicle navigation system for use with a traffic information broadcast system which transmits traffic data relating to primary road segments and a communication system which transmits traffic data relating to road segments in a local geographic area. A broadcast r... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7269503 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method of facilitating delivery of traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a location description. For each of the traffic conditions, th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251558 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method of facilitating delivery of traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a location description. For each of the traffic conditions, th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246037 | Methods and apparatus for an improved signal monitor A malfunction management unit (MMU) includes advanced diagnostic and set-up capabilities accessed through a display-based user interface. In general, the MMU is capable of displaying (1) monitor status information, wherein the monitor status information includes inf... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7170518 | Selective rendering of cartographic entities for a navigation system A method of selectively providing cartographic features on a video display of a navigation system for improved rendering is provided. The method includes the steps of determining an operational mode of the navigation system, selecting a desired cartographic entity f... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167106 | Methods and systems utilizing a programmable sign display located in proximity to a traffic light Methods and systems use a programmable sign display located in proximity to a traffic light to provide information to motorists upon the motorists directing their attention toward the traffic light. The programmable sign display may receive programming for content t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7139659 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method for developing traffic messages for broadcast is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a start location at which the traffic condition begins and an... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7117083 | System and method for enabling wireless traffic message passing A system and method for enabling wireless traffic message passing. The method includes initializing a vehicle wireless subsystem and a highway wireless subsystem, enabling a vehicle transponder to broadcast a query to request real-time traffic pattern data, and if a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7103473 | Method and system for matching an incident to a route The present invention provides a method and system for depicting an online map of a route along with any incidents on the route. To create the map, a consumer first provides the origination and destination addresses of the route, then a proposed route is provided fo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102538 | LED signal light The present invention provides an LED signal light device comprising a central processing unit, a control panel, an LED signal light, an output and input interface, a battery and an adapter. The central processing unit comprises a microprocessor, a memory and an int... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098805 | Method and system for monitoring vehicular traffic using a wireless communications network A system for providing advertising information. The system includes a plurality of motion sensors and a database. The plurality of motion sensors are configured to detect traffic information along one or more roadways and transmitting the detected traffic informatio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096115 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method for developing traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating traffic speed at a plurality of locations on a road network are obtained. Each of the locations is assigned a unique location reference code. The data indicating traffic speed for the location re... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7057529 | LED traffic signal load switch An LED traffic signal having a single switching power supply placed inside the load switch to supply power to each of the aspect signals. The traffic signal has several aspects, such as red, yellow and green. The load switch comprises a switching power supply to sup... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050903 | Method and system for developing traffic messages A method of facilitating delivery of traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a location description. For each of the traffic conditions, th... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7027915 | Personal traffic congestion avoidance system A personal traffic congestion avoidance system for drivers of motor vehicles traveling on roadways in motor vehicles with GPS-based navigational systems. The system includes a GPS-based navigational system that includes a GPS receiver connected to a visual display, ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6985090 | Method and arrangement for controlling a system of multiple traffic signals A method and arrangement for controlling a system of multiple traffic signals for regulating the traffic of vehicles is described. Traffic data is transmitted by wireless transmission to traffic data processing units assigned individually to a locally limited group ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6968737 | Position determining system using transmitted position information The present invention is a system and method for automated position location using RF signposting. The present invention comprises a plurality of transmitting units placed throughout a service area. Each transmitting unit repeatedly transmits a signal including posi... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967593 | Emergency vehicle approach warning method and system Under the present invention, a warning unit having a light source (e.g., a laser) is mounted on an emergency vehicle. The light source first emits a low intensity light beam (e.g., an infrared light beam) to scan an area in front of the emergency vehicle. The scan i... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961758 | Personalized internet content server system A personalized content server system is described that includes a profile module that receives a profile file specifying personal preferences of a user for some content. An access module accesses remote content servers external to the personalized content server sys... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6950789 | Traffic violation detection at an intersection employing a virtual violation line A system and method for detecting and filtering non-violation events in a traffic light violation prediction and recording system, including at least one violation prediction image capturing device, such as a video camera, and a violation prediction unit. The predic... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6922136 | Security method for vehicle safe driving support system A security method for a vehicle safe driving system provides drivers information for safe driving, that is, when a sensor does not detect any danger when there is a danger on the road, when there are some limits in the system operations, or when a portion of the sys... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6909380 | Centralized traffic signal preemption system and method of use A system and method of centralizing traffic signal preemption for roadway emergency operations provides for increased accuracy and coordination of emergency response vehicles along an emergency route. A centralized preemption system receives status and location info... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6895324 | Methods and apparatus for storing, accessing, generating and using information about speed limits and speed traps Methods and apparatus for storing, accessing, generating and using information about speed limits and speed traps are described. The system includes a positional sensor such as a GPS device. Position information is used to access a database of speed limit and/or spe... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6850840 | Method for describing and generating road networks and corresponding road network A method is for describing and generating road networks for determining traffic information or road traffic data and/or for determining the traveling times on routes or stretches of routes by at least one mobile detector. The mobile detector includes a position dete... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6816779 | Programmatically computing street intersections using street geometry Techniques are disclosed for programmatically deriving street intersections from address data which is presented in textual format, or alternatively, from street geometry data which has been derived from such address data. Preferred embodiments leverage built-in fun... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6801638 | Device and method for recognizing traffic signs The invention concerns a process and a device, which make it possible to reliably, with the least amount of computing power, recognize traffic signs and to display these as memory aids for an observer. Image data of an image sensor are analyzed and classified in an ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6781523 | Road traffic monitoring system Roadside wireless devices are installed at roadside positions corresponding to the traffic lanes entering an intersection. Roadside wireless devices are also installed at roadside positions corresponding to the traffic lanes exiting an intersection. The roadside wir... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6774816 | Alternating time band sequence “ATBS-2W” A method and system for controlling a vehicular and pedestrian traffic, which combines a variety of concepts into an integrated operating system for traffic management in cities. The design elements of this system include a combination of the dynamic checkerboard ar... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6728629 | On-road reference point positional data delivery device The on-road reference point positional data delivery device according to the present invention has a reference point positional data delivery device, and this reference point positional data delivery device has a beacon identification device for indicating a referen... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6710722 | Traffic light control and information transmission device A traffic light control and information transmission device compromising a microprocessor on the cross road, the microprocessor further connects to a traffic light controller, an electronic display board, a video camera, a compression circuitry, an I/O interface, a ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6690292 | Method and system for monitoring vehicular traffic using a wireless communications network A traffic monitoring system that provides vehicular traffic information is described. A plurality of motion sensors for detecting speed of traffic information are placed along one or more roadways. The motion sensors transmit the detected information over... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6680674 | Adaptive geographic mapping in vehicle information systems A travel information system broadcasts a stream of traffic event information relative to a given road network and a information collecting devices carried in vehicles travelling within the road network each filter among the stream of traffic event informa... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6633238 | Intelligent traffic control and warning system and method A system and method for controlling traffic and traffic lights and selectively distributing warning messages to motorists includes a controller to determine appropriate action based on traffic congestion parameters. Fuzzy logic is used to determine optimu... | 10/14/2003 |
