Modular intelligent transportation system
First Claim
1. A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising:
- an environmentally protected enclosure, suitable for protecting electronic equipment from uncontrolled weather conditions;
a traffic signal interface adapted for at least one of receiving a signal indicating a state of a traffic signal, and producing a signal for controlling a state of a traffic signal;
a processor module and memory, within said enclosure, communicating with said traffic signal interface, receiving at least one of an audio data input, and an image data input, said processor module analyzing data patterns represented in at least one of said audio input and image data input, and said memory storing at least a portion of said audio and image data inputs;
at least one option port, within said enclosure, providing an available location for hardware, wherein said processor module has sufficient additional processing capacity to undertake additional processing tasks relating to hardware located in the at least one option port;
a bus, within said enclosure, providing an interface between said processor and hardware within said at least one option port;
a power supply, within said enclosure, providing power to said processor module and memory and to hardware located within the at least one option port; and
a communication interface for communicating remotely from said enclosure.
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Abstract
A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patterns represented therein, having at least one available option slot, a power supply, and a communication link for external communications, in which at least one available option slot can be occupied by a wireless local area network access point, having a communications path between said communications link and said wireless access point, or other modular components.
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30 Claims
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1. A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising:
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an environmentally protected enclosure, suitable for protecting electronic equipment from uncontrolled weather conditions;
a traffic signal interface adapted for at least one of receiving a signal indicating a state of a traffic signal, and producing a signal for controlling a state of a traffic signal;
a processor module and memory, within said enclosure, communicating with said traffic signal interface, receiving at least one of an audio data input, and an image data input, said processor module analyzing data patterns represented in at least one of said audio input and image data input, and said memory storing at least a portion of said audio and image data inputs;
at least one option port, within said enclosure, providing an available location for hardware, wherein said processor module has sufficient additional processing capacity to undertake additional processing tasks relating to hardware located in the at least one option port;
a bus, within said enclosure, providing an interface between said processor and hardware within said at least one option port;
a power supply, within said enclosure, providing power to said processor module and memory and to hardware located within the at least one option port; and
a communication interface for communicating remotely from said enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. A roadway monitoring system, comprising:
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an environmentally protected enclosure, suitable for protecting electronic equipment from uncontrolled weather conditions when placed outdoors;
a power supply;
a processor module for receiving data representing dynamic conditions about a roadway and analyzing said data to determine at least one of an incident, a likely occurrence of an incident, and an imminent incident, and memory to at least temporarily store at least a portion of said data;
an interface for at least one of receiving a status of a traffic signal and communicating with a traffic signal control device;
at least one option port, providing a physical interface for communications with said processor module; and
a communication link for communicating remotely from said enclosure, wherein said at least one option port permits optional hardware therein to access resources of at least one of said power supply and said processor module. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method of using a cellular transceiver having an audio transducer, comprising:
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placing a cellular transceiver proximate to a traffic location;
receiving information from at least one transducer;
automatically analyzing, by a processor associated with the transceiver, the received information for patterns indicative of a present or likely incident at the traffic location;
opening a wireless communications channel for communication with a remote location; and
communicating at least one of a notification and transducer information representing conditions at the traffic location to a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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