HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM USING AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR REDUCED FALSE POSITIVES
First Claim
1. A method of enforcing traffic rule compliance, comprising:
- detecting a vehicle within a first HOV zone;
determining an observed passenger configuration associated with the vehicle;
determining an HOV violation hypothesis, wherein the HOV violation hypothesis comprises a presumption as to whether the vehicle is complying with one or more HOV rules based on the observed passenger configuration;
retrieving, from a data store, one or more data records associated with the vehicle, wherein the one or more data records include historical information identifying past compliance with or violation of HOV rules by the vehicle; and
modifying the HOV violation hypothesis based on the historical information.
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Abstract
An upstream vehicle detection system captures images of a vehicle as it travels through a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane or high occupancy vehicle tolling (HOT) station and generates an hypothesis as to whether the vehicle is complying with HOV or HOT rules based on image analysis. A database of historical information about various vehicles'"'"' compliance with HOV or HOT rules is consulted to determine whether the vehicle has previously been identified as a potential violator and pulled over by law enforcement as a result. If the vehicle was previously pulled over by law enforcement and determined to be complying with HOV or HOT rules (a false positive), then the violation hypothesis may be weighted in favor of not pulling the vehicle over.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of enforcing traffic rule compliance, comprising:
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detecting a vehicle within a first HOV zone; determining an observed passenger configuration associated with the vehicle; determining an HOV violation hypothesis, wherein the HOV violation hypothesis comprises a presumption as to whether the vehicle is complying with one or more HOV rules based on the observed passenger configuration; retrieving, from a data store, one or more data records associated with the vehicle, wherein the one or more data records include historical information identifying past compliance with or violation of HOV rules by the vehicle; and modifying the HOV violation hypothesis based on the historical information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system configured to enforce traffic rule compliance, comprising:
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a processing system comprising one or more processors; a memory system comprising one or more computer-readable media, wherein the computer-readable media contain program instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations comprising; detecting a vehicle within a first HOV zone; determining an observed passenger configuration associated with the vehicle; determining an HOV violation hypothesis, wherein the HOV violation hypothesis comprises a presumption as to whether the vehicle is complying with one or more HOV rules based on the observed passenger configuration; retrieving, from a data store, one or more data records associated with the vehicle, wherein the one or more data records include historical information identifying past compliance with or violation of HOV rules by the vehicle; and modifying the HOV violation hypothesis based on the historical information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of enforcing traffic rule compliance, comprising:
during a first window of time; detecting a vehicle within a first HOV zone; determining a first observed passenger configuration associated with the vehicle; determining a first HOV violation hypothesis, wherein the first HOV violation hypothesis comprises a presumption as to whether the vehicle is complying with one or more HOV rules based on the first observed passenger configuration; and storing the first HOV violation hypothesis in a data store; and during a second window of time subsequent to the first window of time; detecting the vehicle within a second HOV zone; determining a second observed passenger configuration associated with the vehicle; determining a second HOV violation hypothesis, wherein the second HOV violation hypothesis comprises a presumption as to whether the vehicle is complying with one or more HOV rules based on the second observed passenger configuration; retrieving, from the data store, the first HOV violation hypothesis; and modifying the second HOV violation hypothesis based on the first HOV violation hypothesis. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A system configured to enforce traffic rule compliance, comprising:
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a processing system comprising one or more processors; a memory system comprising one or more computer-readable media, wherein the computer-readable media contain program instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations comprising; during a first window of time; detecting a vehicle within a first HOV zone; determining a first observed passenger configuration associated with the vehicle; determining a first HOV violation hypothesis, wherein the first HOV violation hypothesis comprises a presumption as to whether the vehicle is complying with one or more HOV rules based on the first observed passenger configuration; and storing the first HOV violation hypothesis in a database; and during a second window of time subsequent to the first window of time; detecting the vehicle within a second HOV zone; determining a second observed passenger configuration associated with the vehicle; determining a second HOV violation hypothesis, wherein the second HOV violation hypothesis comprises a presumption as to whether the vehicle is complying with one or more HOV rules based on the second observed passenger configuration; retrieving, from the database, the first HOV violation hypothesis; and modifying the second HOV violation hypothesis based on the first HOV violation hypothesis. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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