Incident-aware vehicular sensors for intelligent transportation systems
First Claim
1. An Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) roadway information system for collecting, receiving, and processing ITS information from a plurality of mobile collection systems, the roadway information system comprising:
- an ITS network for collecting, receiving, and processing roadway information from plurality of sources;
a mobile collection system for collecting and transmitting location-tagged ITS data to said ITS network;
an interface system for receiving said location-tagged ITS data into said ITS network, said interface system combining said location-tagged ITS data from a plurality of mobile collection systems to provide combined data, said interface system transmitting said combined data within said ITS network;
a traffic processing system for receiving said location-tagged ITS data from said interface system, the traffic processing system creating integrated data from a combination of said location-tagged ITS data and said roadway information; and
a report system for preparing a traffic report using said integrated data created by said traffic processing system.
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Abstract
A system and method for mobile platform real-time collection, transmission, and processing of an array of environmental and vehicle-related data in the context of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) network. The system and method provide enhanced in-vehicle data collection, enhanced communications capability between the vehicle and the ITS system, and enhanced ITS implementation functionality to provide real-time incident reporting to ITS users.
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25 Claims
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1. An Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) roadway information system for collecting, receiving, and processing ITS information from a plurality of mobile collection systems, the roadway information system comprising:
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an ITS network for collecting, receiving, and processing roadway information from plurality of sources;
a mobile collection system for collecting and transmitting location-tagged ITS data to said ITS network;
an interface system for receiving said location-tagged ITS data into said ITS network, said interface system combining said location-tagged ITS data from a plurality of mobile collection systems to provide combined data, said interface system transmitting said combined data within said ITS network;
a traffic processing system for receiving said location-tagged ITS data from said interface system, the traffic processing system creating integrated data from a combination of said location-tagged ITS data and said roadway information; and
a report system for preparing a traffic report using said integrated data created by said traffic processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An on-board collection system for a mobile platform comprising
an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) network interface positioned on-board the mobile platform, said ITS network interface allowing exchange of electronic messages between an ITS network and the mobile platform; -
at least one anonymity protocol defined in said ITS network interface and defined in said ITS network, said anonymity protocol allowing anonymous exchange of electronic messages between said ITS network and the mobile platform, said anonymity protocol preserving anonymity of the mobile platform within said ITS network;
at least one on-board sensor, said sensor having electronic communication with the mobile platform, said sensor collecting data and transferring it to the mobile platform; and
a message system, said message system preparing a message containing said on-board sensor data and said at least one anonymity protocol, said message system transmitting the message using said ITS network interface to said ITS network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for receiving and processing location-tagged data from a plurality of mobile collection systems comprising:
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receiving ITS non-mobile data from a plurality of non-mobile sensors into an ITS network, receiving said location-tagged data into said ITS network, said location-tagged data originating from said plurality of mobile collection systems;
creating integrated data from said received location-tagged data;
creating fused data from the combination of said integrated data and said non-mobile ITS data; and
preparing a traffic report from said fused data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for use in an ITS network of an on-board data collection system for a mobile platform comprising:
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installing an ITS interface system in the mobile platform;
defining at least one anonymity protocol for use between said ITS interface system and the ITS network, said anonymity protocol enabling exchange of anonymous electronic messages between the ITS network and said ITS interface system;
collecting sensor, status, and incident data from at least one mobile platform sensor;
preparing a mobile platform communications message containing said collected data and said anonymity protocol;
transmitting said mobile platform communications message from said ITS interface system to the ITS network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for using a mobile collection system for motor vehicles, said method comprising:
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collecting data from at least one sensor, said sensor located on-board the mobile collection system;
creating incident information, said incident information being a function of said data;
identifying said data and said incident information as anonymous with respect to said mobile collection system;
packaging said identified data for transmission to an ITS network; and
transmitting said packaged data to said ITS network.
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25. A method for using an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), said method comprising:
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receiving and processing mobile collection system data from a plurality of sensors, said steps of receiving and processing executed by a plurality of mobile collection systems;
receiving non-mobile traffic data into the ITS;
receiving said mobile collection system data into the ITS;
maintaining anonymity with the ITS of said mobile collection systems;
fusing said received mobile collection system data with said received non-mobile traffic data; and
preparing a traffic report using said fused data.
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