VEHICULAR SIGNATURING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY
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1. A vehicular signaturing apparatus comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense a characteristic indicia of vehicular light energy;
an identifier adapted to receive indication of the characteristic indicia sensed by said identifier, said identifier configured to identify vehicular information associated with the characteristic information; and
an analyzer adapted to receive identification made by said identifier, said analyzer configured to analyze the identification pursuant to a vehicular-signaturing functionality.
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Abstract
A vehicular signaturing device and associated methodology by which to identify a vehicle. A sensor senses light energy emitted by the vehicle, such as light energy generated by a headlight assembly of the vehicle. The sensed energy is compared with database-stored information that is indexed together with standard vehicular types, models, and manufacture-year to identify the vehicular type. Once identified, the information related to identification is used pursuant to further vehicular-signaling functionality.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicular signaturing apparatus comprising:
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a sensor configured to sense a characteristic indicia of vehicular light energy; an identifier adapted to receive indication of the characteristic indicia sensed by said identifier, said identifier configured to identify vehicular information associated with the characteristic information; and an analyzer adapted to receive identification made by said identifier, said analyzer configured to analyze the identification pursuant to a vehicular-signaturing functionality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for signaturing a vehicle, said method comprising:
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sensing a characteristic indicia of vehicular light energy; identifying vehicular information associated with the characteristic information; and analyzing the identification pursuant to a vehicular-signaturing functionality. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for identifying a vehicular signature, said apparatus comprising:
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a light-energy recorder configured to record a characteristic indicia of vehicular light energy; a storage element configured to store a vehicular-information database containing a plurality of vehicle data entries; and a comparator configured to compare the characteristic indicia of the vehicular light energy with vehicle data entries stored at said storage element.
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