Photographic multiple vehicular traffic ticket issuance and monitoring system
First Claim
1. An automatic traffic ticket issuance system, comprising:
- a means for detecting the speed of at least one vehicle;
a means for detecting information on the vehicle;
a means, operably coupled to the detecting means, for receiving the information from the vehicle, and for determining whether a detected speed of the vehicle is beyond a speed limit prescribed for the road on which the vehicle travels; and
a means, operably coupled to the receiving means, for transmitting the information on the vehicle, including the detected speed thereof that has surpassed the prescribed speed limit, to a processing station,wherein the processing station receives the information on the vehicle, processes the information, including the issuance of a traffic ticket and forwarding thereof to the home of the owner of the vehicle,wherein the means for detecting information on the vehicle is a radar system,wherein the means for detecting information on the vehicle includes at least one of videotaping and photographing the vehicle, andwherein the means for receiving the information from the vehicle detects the status of at least one of the vehicle and the vehicle owner.
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Abstract
A photographic traffic ticket issuance system or an automatic traffic ticket issuance system, preferably used within a police vehicle; the police vehicle, either mobile or stationary, is preferably used with a photographic device. The system includes a processing system within the police vehicle, which detects and determines that a vehicle is traveling at a speed that is beyond the speed limit. Information processed within the processing system and transmitted to a police station for processing can contain, for example, the specific information on the vehicle, its owner, the speed of the vehicle, the videotaped and/or photographed information of the vehicle 103, its license plate (or tag), or the like, in any combination. Upon receiving the information from the processing system of the police vehicle, the police station processes the information, the processing including issuing and transmitting of a traffic ticket, either via the post office or electronically, to the vehicle owner'"'"'s home.
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8 Claims
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1. An automatic traffic ticket issuance system, comprising:
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a means for detecting the speed of at least one vehicle; a means for detecting information on the vehicle; a means, operably coupled to the detecting means, for receiving the information from the vehicle, and for determining whether a detected speed of the vehicle is beyond a speed limit prescribed for the road on which the vehicle travels; and a means, operably coupled to the receiving means, for transmitting the information on the vehicle, including the detected speed thereof that has surpassed the prescribed speed limit, to a processing station, wherein the processing station receives the information on the vehicle, processes the information, including the issuance of a traffic ticket and forwarding thereof to the home of the owner of the vehicle, wherein the means for detecting information on the vehicle is a radar system, wherein the means for detecting information on the vehicle includes at least one of videotaping and photographing the vehicle, and wherein the means for receiving the information from the vehicle detects the status of at least one of the vehicle and the vehicle owner. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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2. A method for automatically issuing at least a traffic ticket, comprising the steps of:
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detecting the speed of at least one vehicle; detecting information on the vehicle; receiving the information from the vehicle, and determining whether a detected speed of the vehicle is beyond a speed limit prescribed for the road on which the vehicle travels; and transmitting the information on the vehicle, including the detected speed thereof that has surpassed the prescribed speed limit, to a processing station, wherein a processing station receives the information on the vehicle, processes the information, including the issuance of a traffic ticket and forwarding thereof to the home of the owner of the vehicle, wherein the step for detecting information on the vehicle includes the step for detecting the vehicle information with a radar system, and wherein the step for detecting information on the vehicle includes at least one of videotaping and photographing the vehicle, and the step for detecting the status of at least one of the vehicle and the vehicle owner. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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