Traffic flow and vehicle position detection system

• US 20080162045A1
• Filed: 12/29/2006
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hung-Fu Lee
• Original Assignee: Hung-Fu Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Hung-Fu
• Application Number:
  US11/647,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162045A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

The present invention provides a traffic flow and vehicle safety and position detection system, which includes a vehicle detection host within a vehicle, a remote server system and a mobile telephone number. When being used to monitor traffic flow, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is used to link up the vehicle detection host with the remote server system and transmit traveling vehicle information to a remote server, wherein the information is stored. When being used to prevent vehicle theft, a vehicle owner is able to phone the remote server system via the mobile telephone number, thereby enabling the remote server system to detect location of the vehicle detection host. Hence, the mobile telephone number enables the vehicle owner to have control over the status of his vehicle at all times.

Claims

1. A traffic flow and vehicle position detection system, comprising:

a vehicle detection host that acquires geographical position and traveling vehicle status via a GPS (Global Positioning System) system;

a remote server system that implements transmission of information with the vehicle detection host, and records geographical position of vehicle location and traveling vehicle status, moreover, transmits the geographical position of vehicle location and traveling vehicle status to the Internet, a telecommunications operator or satellite telecommunications operator; and

a mobile telephone number that establishes a contact relationship with the vehicle detection host via a setting of the remote server system.

2. The traffic flow and vehicle position detection system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle detection host further comprises a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, a central processing unit, a vehicle input output device and a first communication device.

3. The traffic flow and vehicle position detection system according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle input output device further comprises a display unit and a power supply system, which enables converting a power supply within a vehicle into usable power.

4. The traffic flow and vehicle position detection system according to claim 2, wherein the GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver is able to convert received satellite signals into international standard NMEA 0183 (National Marine Electronics Association) format.

5. The traffic flow and vehicle position detection system according to claim 1, wherein the remote server system further comprises a second communication device, a system host, a traveling vehicle database, a computing device, a GIS (Geographical Information System) database, an Internet server, a map information system database and a client database.