Highway information system
First Claim
1. A system for collecting and storing data from a vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor in communication with a roadway processor, said sensor sensing the presence of said vehicle and further receiving vehicle and driver data from a vehicle processor mounted in said vehicle; and
said roadway processor receiving said vehicle and said driver data from said sensor.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for receiving, processing, and storing real-time data from various types of input, including but not limited to information from a vehicle'"'"'s micro-processing systems, a driver information card, a vehicle information card, and physical attributes of the driver/owner. In addition, the collected data is then transmitted to various entities via a Highway Information System which may include networked sensors to receive the collected data and processors to process the data. The processors may be capable of downloading the collected data to a data storage unit whereby various entities can access the data. In the alternative, the processors may also be capable of automatically transmitting the collected data directly to the various entities via wireless transmission.
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32 Claims
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1. A system for collecting and storing data from a vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor in communication with a roadway processor, said sensor sensing the presence of said vehicle and further receiving vehicle and driver data from a vehicle processor mounted in said vehicle; and said roadway processor receiving said vehicle and said driver data from said sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for collecting and storing data from a vehicle comprising:
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a first module comprising a first sensor and a first module processor, said first sensor being in communication with said first module processor, such that said first sensor is capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle; a first module transmitter in communication with said first module processor and capable of transmitting an enablement signal to said vehicle to enable said vehicle to transmit a first set of said retrieved vehicle data to said sensor, and determine whether access to said vehicle is authorized; and a second module comprising a second sensor and a second module processor, said second sensor, being in communication with said second module processor, such that said second sensor is capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle and further capable of receiving a second set of vehicle and driver data from said vehicle, said second module processor capable of receiving said second set of vehicle and driver data from said second sensor. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for collecting and storing data from a vehicle, comprising:
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a first module comprising a first sensor and a first module processor, said first sensor being in communication with said first module processor, such that said first sensor is capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle and further capable of receiving a first set of vehicle and driver data from said vehicle; said first module processor capable of receiving said first set of vehicle and driver data from said first sensor; and a second module comprising a second sensor and a second module processor, said second sensor in communication with said second module processor, such that said second sensor is capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle and further capable of receiving a second set of vehicle and driver data from said vehicle, said second module processor capable of receiving said second set of vehicle and driver data from said second sensor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for collecting and storing data from a vehicle, comprising:
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a first module comprising a first sensor and a first module processor, said first sensor being in communication with said first module processor, such that said first sensor is capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle and further capable of receiving a first set of vehicle and driver data from said vehicle, said first module processor capable of receiving said first set of vehicle and driver data from said first sensor; a second module comprising a second sensor and a second module processor, said second sensor being in communication with said second module processor, such that said second sensor is capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle, said second module processor capable of receiving said second set of vehicle and driver data from said second sensor; and a second module transmitter in communication with said second module processor and capable of transmitting a disablement signal to said vehicle to disable said vehicle from transmitting said second set of vehicle and driver data from said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for collecting and storing data from a vehicle, comprising:
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deploying a first module comprising a first sensor and a first module processor, said first sensor being in communication with said first module processor and capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle and further capable of receiving a first set of vehicle and driver data from said vehicle so that first module processor is capable of receiving said first set of vehicle data and driver data from said first sensor; and deploying a second module comprising a second sensor and a second module processor, said second sensor in communication with said second module processor and capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle and further capable of receiving a second set of vehicle and driver data from said vehicle so that said second module processor is capable of receiving said second set of vehicle and driver data from said second sensor; storing said first and said second set of vehicle and driver data onto a data storage device; and transmitting said first and said second set of vehicle and driver data to a third-party entity.
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32. A method of collecting, storing, selling and transmitting vehicle data comprising:
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deploying a first module comprising a first sensor and a first module processor, said first sensor being in communication with said first module processor and capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle and further capable of receiving a first set of vehicle and driver data from said vehicle, such that said sensor is within a predetermined proximity to a path traversed by a vehicle from which data is to be collected; deploying a second module comprising a second sensor and a second module processor, said second sensor in communication with said second module processor and capable of sensing the presence of said vehicle and further capable of receiving a second set of vehicle and driver data from said vehicle, said second module processor capable of receiving said second set of vehicle and driver data from said second sensor, such that said sensor is within a predetermined proximity to a path traversed by said vehicle from which data is to be collected; storing said first and said second set of vehicle and driver data onto a data storage device; selling said first and said second set of vehicle and driver data to a third-party entity; and transmitting said first and said second set of vehicle and driver data to said third-party entity.
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