High Occupancy Toll Lane Compliance
First Claim
1. A camera system for demonstrating compliance with a requirement of a high occupancy lane for a minimum number of passengers in a vehicle, the camera system comprising:
- a housing and a mechanism to mount the housing within the vehicle;
an infrared camera within the housing to image one or more people other than a driver of the vehicle while the housing is mounted within the vehicle;
a GPS unit;
a transceiver within the housing to detect an RF signal transmitted at or near a toll booth for the high occupancy lane indicating that the vehicle is located at or near the toll booth for the high occupancy lane;
a control within the housing, responsive to detection of the RF signal, to trigger the infrared camera to image the one or more people and transmit (a) a current time, (b) a current location of the vehicle from the GPS unit, and (c) the triggered image of the one or more people, to a server to demonstrate compliance with the requirement of the high occupancy lane.
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Abstract
A method and system for demonstrating compliance with a requirement of a high occupancy lane in a vehicle for a reduced toll charge for the vehicle is provided. The system includes a housing, an infrared camera within the housing, a GPS unit, a transceiver and a control within the housing. The infrared camera images one or more people in the vehicle. The transceiver detects an RF signal indicating that the vehicle is located at or near a toll booth for the high occupancy lane. The control triggers the infrared camera to image the one or more people and transmit a current time, a current location of the vehicle from the GPS unit, and the triggered image of the one or more people, to a server to demonstrate compliance with the requirement of the high occupancy lane for the reduced toll charge for the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A camera system for demonstrating compliance with a requirement of a high occupancy lane for a minimum number of passengers in a vehicle, the camera system comprising:
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a housing and a mechanism to mount the housing within the vehicle; an infrared camera within the housing to image one or more people other than a driver of the vehicle while the housing is mounted within the vehicle; a GPS unit; a transceiver within the housing to detect an RF signal transmitted at or near a toll booth for the high occupancy lane indicating that the vehicle is located at or near the toll booth for the high occupancy lane; a control within the housing, responsive to detection of the RF signal, to trigger the infrared camera to image the one or more people and transmit (a) a current time, (b) a current location of the vehicle from the GPS unit, and (c) the triggered image of the one or more people, to a server to demonstrate compliance with the requirement of the high occupancy lane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for demonstrating compliance with a requirement of a high occupancy lane for a minimum number of passengers in a vehicle for a reduced toll charge for the vehicle, the method comprising:
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retrieving, by one or more processors, data describing previous locations of a previous driver and one or more previous passengers within an vehicle, wherein the previous locations are described relative to an infra-red camera mounted within the vehicle; determining, by the one or more processors based on the data, a directional position for a field of view of the infra-red camera to encompass the previous locations of the one or more previous passengers within the vehicle; automatically triggering, by the one or more processors, the infra-red camera to scan in the directional position within the vehicle; and identifying, by the one or more processors in response to a data stream received from the scan of the infra-red camera, a number of current passengers and a current driver, currently located within the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for demonstrating compliance with a requirement of a high occupancy lane for a minimum number of passengers in a vehicle for a reduced toll charge for the vehicle, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to retrieve data describing previous locations of a previous driver and one or more previous passengers within an vehicle, wherein the previous locations are described relative to an infra-red camera mounted within the vehicle; program instructions to determine based on the data, a directional position for a field of view of the infra-red camera to encompass the previous locations of the one or more previous passengers within the vehicle; program instructions to automatically trigger the infra-red camera to scan in the directional position within the vehicle; and in response to a data stream received from the scan of the infra-red camera, program instructions to identify a number of current passengers and a current driver, currently located within the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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