SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR EVENT DETECTION AND STORAGE
First Claim
1. An event detection-storage system comprising:
- a vehicle detection device connected to an input port to detect passage of a vehicle;
a traffic sign red light detector, a registered vehicles monitoring array, a control module that manipulates an infraction film sequence in association with the registered vehicles monitoring array, a video capture device that supplies images to the control module, a radar, a data transmission and reception device connected to the radar, an excess speed alert device, and a semaphore control connected to an output port, whereby the system is continuously recording images and whereby during the operation of the system, the infraction film sequence is generated such that when an event occurs, the infraction film sequence includes images for a time prior to the event, during the event and after the event.
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Abstract
An event detection and storage system comprising: a vehicle detection device connect to an input port to detect the passage of a vehicle, a traffic sign red light detector, a registered vehicles monitoring array, a control module that manipulates an infraction film in association with the registered vehicles monitoring array, a video capture device that supplies images to the control module, a radar, a data transmission and reception device connected to the radar, an excess speed alert device, and a semaphore control connected to an output port, the system being configured in such manner that during the operation thereof there is generated the film such that when an event occurs, there is obtained a film of the moments that preceded the event, during the event and after the event. The invention also discloses an event detection method using the above system.
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8 Claims
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1. An event detection-storage system comprising:
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a vehicle detection device connected to an input port to detect passage of a vehicle;
a traffic sign red light detector, a registered vehicles monitoring array, a control module that manipulates an infraction film sequence in association with the registered vehicles monitoring array, a video capture device that supplies images to the control module, a radar, a data transmission and reception device connected to the radar, an excess speed alert device, and a semaphore control connected to an output port, whereby the system is continuously recording images and whereby during the operation of the system, the infraction film sequence is generated such that when an event occurs, the infraction film sequence includes images for a time prior to the event, during the event and after the event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6)
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4. An event detection-storage method, comprising:
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monitoring a presence of a vehicle at any point through an automatic alphanumeric recognition of data from a license plate of the vehicle, via a first pickup device interconnected with a second pickup device, wherein each pickup device has a virtual sensor, and wherein each pickup device recognizes the alphanumeric data of the vehicle'"'"'s license plate together with the hour, minute and second when the vehicle passed by the sensor of the respective pickup device, measuring the time spent by the vehicle to go from the virtual sensor of the first pickup device until the virtual sensor of the second pickup device, calculating the speed of the vehicle using the concept of average speed along the course based on the distance between the virtual sensors of the pickup devices and on the time measured in said measuring step, comparing the calculated speed with the speed limit for the roadway in that section, and if the calculated speed is greater than the speed limit, the second pickup device will store images of the pre-event, event and post-event, such storage being in quantities previously defined with data pertaining to the location, date and time, the speed limit, and the calculated speed, wherein the data relative to the location, the time and other data necessary for correctly recording the event is recorded in the images and not in a separate file, whereby the recorded data becomes a part of the images, and sending said images to a monitoring center where they will be analyzed by skilled persons, wherein the images and the data are transported with a high level of security through a path for data transfer having cryptographic security.
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5. A method for generating an infraction film sequence in an event detection-storage system comprising:
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a vehicle detection device connected to an input port to detect passage of a vehicle;
a traffic sign red light detector, a registered vehicles monitoring array, a control module that manipulates an infraction film sequence in association with the registered vehicles monitoring array, a video capture device that supplies images to the control module, a radar, a data transmission and reception device connected to the radar, an excess speed alert device, and a semaphore control connected to an output port, whereby during the operation of the system, the infraction film sequence is generated such that when an event occurs, the infraction film sequence includes images for a time prior to the event, during the event and after the event;
comprising;
a) initiating a sorting vector, b) initiating variables, c) creating 1-second partitions, d) initiating a recording timer, e) initiating filming of images, f) inserting information in the images, g) if one second has elapsed on the timer, finalizing the film and placing it in the corresponding partition to form a pre-event partition, inserting the current position in the sorting vector, and initiating the filming, h) if an event was not received, and the total recording time in the timer was not reached, returning to step (f), i) if an event was not received, and the total recording time in the timer was reached, reinitiating the recording timer and returning to step (f), j) finalizing the film and placing it in the corresponding partition to form an event film, k) stopping the recording timer, l) initiating the recording timer, m) initiating filming of post-event images, n) inserting information in the post-event images, o) if the total recording time in the recording timer was not reached, returning to step (l), otherwise stopping the recording timer, p) stopping filming of the post-event, q) concatenating the images of the pre-event partitions following the order specified in the sorting vector, r) concatenating the event film, s) saving the final film as an infraction film sequence, and t) incrementing the event counter. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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