Method and System for Collecting Traffice Data, Monitoring Traffic, and Automated Enforcement at a Centralized Station
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Abstract
A distributed individual vehicle information capture method for capturing individual vehicle data at traffic intersections and transmitting the data to a central station for storage and processing is provided. The method includes capturing individual vehicle information at a plurality of intersections (122) and transmitting the individual vehicle information from the intersections to a central station (124). Consequently, the individual vehicle information is available to be stored and processed by a device at the central station (126). Traffic intersection equipment for capturing individual vehicle data at traffic intersections and transmitting the data to a central station for storage and processing is also disclosed. The equipment includes a traffic detection device (159) for capturing individual vehicle data at an intersection (158) and a network connection to a central station (174). The traffic detection device (159) is operably configured to transmit to the central station (174) the individual vehicle information.
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40 Claims
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21. A method comprising:
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receiving information related to an individual vehicle at a remote detection zone by a processor at a central station, where the individual vehicle is associated with the first remote detection zone, and the first remote detection zone is one of a plurality of remote detection zones from each of which information related to individual vehicles is received at the central station; storing the received information related to the individual vehicle at the central station; and making the stored information related to the individual vehicle available to internal or external applications. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor at a central station, information related to a first vehicle approaching an intersection and an emergency vehicle approaching the intersection; receiving, by the processor at the central station, traffic signal status for the intersection and a status of the emergency vehicle; predicting a violation by the first vehicle based on the traffic signal status and the information related to the first vehicle; and communicating the predicted violation to the emergency vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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36. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor at a central station, information related to a first vehicle approaching an intersection and a second vehicle approaching the intersection; receiving, by the processor at the central station, traffic signal status for the intersection and a status of the emergency vehicle; predicting a violation by the first vehicle based on the traffic signal status and the information related to the first vehicle; and delaying a planned change of status of a traffic signal based on the predicted violation
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