Cooperative vehicular identification system
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring a vehicular state, the method comprising;
- receiving a first signal at a vehicle;
the first signal being received at the vehicle at a first frequency from a first device external to the vehicle prior to the vehicle having reached a location;
the first signal including an identity associated with the first device;
receiving a second signal at the vehicle;
the second signal being received at the vehicle at a second frequency from a second device external to the vehicle after the vehicle has traveled beyond the location;
the second signal including an identity associated with the second device;
wherein the second device is functionally different from the first device;
transmitting data from the vehicle at the second frequency responsive to the vehicle having received the first and second signals and having violated at least one aspect of law;
storing the data at the vehicle responsive to receiving at the vehicle a confirmation signal from the second device indicating that the data transmitted by the vehicle has been received by the second device; and
refraining from responding to at least one other signal that is received at the vehicle from the second device after receiving the confirmation signal;
wherein refraining is responsive to receiving the confirmation signal and to the at least one other signal including the identity associated with the second device;
wherein transmitting data from the vehicle is performed a plurality of times responsive to a respective plurality of signals received at the vehicle from the second device prior to receiving the confirmation signal at the vehicle and wherein transmitting data from the vehicle is suppressed following receiving the confirmation signal at the vehicle even though one or more signals including the identity associated with the second device are received at the vehicle from the second device after receiving the confirmation signal at the vehicle.
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Abstract
Cooperative Vehicular Identification Systems and Methods, capable of monitoring and recording vehicular law violations, with the assistance and cooperation of the vehicles in violation, are disclosed. Real-time information from vehicular sensors is communicated to a Central Processing Unit (CPU). Strategically located Interrogator devices, on roads/highways, at intersections, in and around school zones, integrated with traffic lights, etc., issue inquiries/interrogations to passing-by vehicles. Vehicles proximate to such Interrogators respond with unique identifying information and with parameter lists provided by their vehicular sensors. Each Interrogator inquiry can provide data, including the lawful parameter limits (i.e. speed limit) associated with its location. In response to having successfully decoded an inquiry, and in response to the state of its vehicular sensors, a vehicular Transponder may transmit information to the specific Interrogator that has issued an inquiry. The Interrogator then relays relevant identifying information to the CPU for further processing.
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82 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring a vehicular state, the method comprising;
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receiving a first signal at a vehicle;
the first signal being received at the vehicle at a first frequency from a first device external to the vehicle prior to the vehicle having reached a location;
the first signal including an identity associated with the first device;receiving a second signal at the vehicle;
the second signal being received at the vehicle at a second frequency from a second device external to the vehicle after the vehicle has traveled beyond the location;
the second signal including an identity associated with the second device;
wherein the second device is functionally different from the first device;transmitting data from the vehicle at the second frequency responsive to the vehicle having received the first and second signals and having violated at least one aspect of law; storing the data at the vehicle responsive to receiving at the vehicle a confirmation signal from the second device indicating that the data transmitted by the vehicle has been received by the second device; and refraining from responding to at least one other signal that is received at the vehicle from the second device after receiving the confirmation signal;
wherein refraining is responsive to receiving the confirmation signal and to the at least one other signal including the identity associated with the second device;wherein transmitting data from the vehicle is performed a plurality of times responsive to a respective plurality of signals received at the vehicle from the second device prior to receiving the confirmation signal at the vehicle and wherein transmitting data from the vehicle is suppressed following receiving the confirmation signal at the vehicle even though one or more signals including the identity associated with the second device are received at the vehicle from the second device after receiving the confirmation signal at the vehicle.
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2. A vehicular monitoring method comprising:
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receiving an interrogation signal at a vehicle from an interrogation device external to the vehicle;
the interrogation signal including an identity associated with the interrogation device and being received at the vehicle at a frequency transmitted by the interrogation device;transmitting from the vehicle, a data packet including information relating to a law, safety, traffic management and/or traffic control process, in response to receiving the interrogation signal at the vehicles; storing the data packet at the vehicle if the vehicle and/or a content thereof is/are in violation of at least one aspect of law responsive to receiving a confirmation signal at the vehicle from the interrogation device indicating that the data packet has been received by the interrogation device; and refraining from responding to at least one other signal that is received at the vehicle from the interrogation device responsive to receiving the confirmation signal and the at least one other signal;
the at least one other signal including the identity associated with the interrogation device;wherein transmitting from the vehicle is performed at the frequency transmitted by the interrogation device, transmitting from the vehicle is performed a plurality of times responsive to a respective plurality of signals received at the vehicle from the interrogation device before receiving the confirmation signal at the vehicle and wherein transmitting from the vehicle is suppressed following receiving the confirmation signal at the vehicle even though one or more signals, each including the identity associated with the interrogation device, are received at the vehicle from the interrogation device after receiving the confirmation signal at the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A vehicular monitoring system comprising a vehicle transponder, the vehicle transponder configured to:
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mount in a vehicle; receive an interrogation signal from an interrogation device external to the vehicle; transmit a data packet relating to a law, safety, traffic management and/or traffic control, in response to receiving the interrogation signal; store the data packet, if the vehicle and/or a content thereof is/are in violation of at least one aspect of law, in response to a confirmation signal transmitted by the interrogation device and received by the vehicle transponder;
the confirmation signal indicating that the interrogation device has received the data packet; andrefrain from providing a response, to at least one other signal that is received by the vehicle transponder from the interrogation device, responsive to the confirmation signal that is received by the vehicle transponder and responsive to the at least one other signal containing an identity associated with the interrogation device; wherein each one of the interrogation signal and the at least one other signal includes the identity associated with the interrogation device and is received by the vehicle transponder at a frequency transmitted by the interrogation device, the vehicle transponder transmits the data packet at the frequency transmitted by the interrogation device, the vehicle transponder transmits the data packet a plurality of times responsive to a respective plurality of signals received by the vehicle transponder from the interrogation device before the confirmation signal is received by the vehicle transponder and wherein the vehicle transponder is further configured to not transmit in response to having received the confirmation signal even though one or more signals that include the identity associated with the interrogation device are received by the vehicle transponder after the confirmation signal is received by the vehicle transponder. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A vehicular monitoring system comprising an interrogator that is configured to:
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transmit an interrogation signal to a transponder;
wherein the interrogation signal includes an identity associated with the interrogator, a Time-of Day (TOD) indication and a position associated with the interrogator and wherein the transponder is installed in a vehicle and the interrogator is external to the vehicle and at a distance from the vehicle;receive a data packet from the transponder relating to a law, safety, traffic management and/or traffic control in response to having transmitted the interrogation signal;
wherein the data packet includes the identity associated with the interrogator, the Time-of-Day (TOD) indication and the position associated with the interrogator; andtransmit a confirmation signal to the transponder in response to having received the data packet; wherein the interrogation signal is transmitted by the interrogator at an interrogation frequency, the data packet is received by the interrogator at the interrogation frequency and the confirmation signal suppresses the transponder from providing at least one additional response to a respective at least one additional interrogation signal that is received by the transponder from the interrogator after the confirmation signal is received by the transponder. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A method of monitoring a vehicular state, the method comprising:
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transmitting data from a vehicle to a first device external to the vehicle in response to receiving data at the vehicle from a second device external to the vehicle; receiving data at the vehicle from the first device external to the vehicle in response to the transmitting; and refraining from transmitting from the vehicle following the receiving data at the vehicle from the first device external to the vehicle; wherein receiving data at the vehicle from the first device comprises receiving data at a receiving frequency, transmitting data comprises transmitting data at the receiving frequency, the second device external to the vehicle is configured to transmit to the vehicle and not to receive from the vehicle and the first device external to the vehicle is configured to transmit to the vehicle and to receive from the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A system for monitoring a vehicular state, the system comprising a transponder that is in a vehicle and is configured to:
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bidirectionally exchange data with at least one device external to the vehicle; receive a confirmation signal from the at least one device external to the vehicle indicating that data that has been transmitted by the transponder has been received by the at least one device; store the data that has been transmitted, in response to having received the confirmation signal, if the vehicle and/or a content thereof has violated at least one aspect of law; and refrain from transmitting data to the at least one device after having received the confirmation signal from the at least one device, even though a signal requesting data is transmitted by the at least one device and received by the transponder after the transponder has received the confirmation signal. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80)
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81. A monitoring system comprising a transponder that is configured to:
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bidirectionally exchange data with at least one other device; receive a confirmation signal from the at least one other device indicating that data that has been transmitted by the transponder has been received; determine if a law has been violated; store at least a portion of the data that has been transmitted, in response to having received the confirmation signal and having violated the law; and refrain from transmitting data to the at least one other device after having received the confirmation signal from the at least one other device, even though a signal requesting data is transmitted by the at least one other device and received by the transponder after the transponder has received the confirmation signal.
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82. A monitoring method comprising:
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exchanging data between a first and a second device; receiving a confirmation signal at the first device indicating that data that has been transmitted by the first device has been received by the second device; determining by the first device if a law has been violated; storing at the first device at least a portion of the data that has been transmitted by the first device, in response to having received the confirmation signal and having violated the law; and refraining by the first device from transmitting data to the second device after the first device has received the confirmation signal, even though a signal requesting data is transmitted by the second device and received by the first device after the first device has received the confirmation signal.
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