Portable system for detection and management of road traffic and environmental conditions

• US 20050206531A1
• Filed: 01/19/2005
• Published: 09/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SETI Media Incorporated
• Original Assignee: SETI Media Incorporated
• Inventors: Noel, Rene
• Application Number:
  US11/037,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20050206531A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/936
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/052 with provision for determining speed or overspeed speed measuring in general G01P
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/054 photographing overspeeding vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096758 where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096791 where the origin of the information is another vehicle

Abstract

A system is provided to detect road traffic conditions and environmental conditions. The system having a detection apparatus for detecting and managing road traffic conditions and environmental conditions at a surveillance site, and for interpreting information collected, and for instance, simulate local surveillance. A telecommunications device is connected to the detection apparatus so as to transmit data to a remote server. The remote server receives data from the detection apparatus and is accessible to provide the data collected by the detection apparatus. A method for signaling speed derogations to a vehicle driver in road traffic. The method comprises the steps of: i) monitoring a road to detect movement caused by a vehicle; ii) measuring a speed of the vehicle detected in step i); and iii) signaling a warning if the speed is above a given value.

Claims

1. A method for signaling speed derogations to a vehicle driver in road traffic, comprising the steps of:

i) monitoring a road to detect movement caused by a vehicle;

ii) measuring a speed of the vehicle detected in step i); and

iii) signaling a warning if the speed is above a given value.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step iii) of signaling is performed by emitting a flashing light signal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the flashing light signal simulates a police car light emission.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step ii) further comprises collecting data associated to the vehicle, said data being a length of the vehicle.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step ii) further comprises collecting data associated to the time and date at which the speed of the vehicle is detected.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step ii) further comprises collecting data associated to the surroundings of the vehicle, said data being at least one of pavement conditions and environmental conditions.

7. A system for detecting road traffic conditions and environmental conditions, comprising:

at least one detection apparatus comprising sensors for detecting any one of road traffic conditions and environmental conditions, the at least one detection apparatus being adapted to be located at a surveillance site, the at least one detection apparatus having a processing unit so as to interpret information collected by any one of the sensors;

a telecommunications device connected to the apparatus so as to transmit data interpreted by the at least one detection apparatus to a remote server; and

the remote server for receiving said data from the at least one detection apparatus, the remote server being accessible to provide the data collected by the at least detection apparatus.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein one of said sensors is a radar for scanning vehicle speed, the at least one detection apparatus having a light emitting device to indicate a speeding derogation in response to an interpretation from the processing unit of the at least detection apparatus.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the sensors have any one of a humidity level sensor, a noxious gas level sensor and a temperature sensor.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein any one of the sensors is a surveillance camera so as to obtain images at the surveillance site.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the light emitting device simulates a police car light emission.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein the sensors have a sound level sensor.