Land vehicle speed monitoring system

• US 7,389,198 B1
• Filed: 02/20/2007
• Issued: 06/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Speed Monitoring Technologies LLC (Empire IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: James C. Dimitriadis
• Inventors: Dimitriadis, James C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bui, Bryan
• Application Number:
  US11/708,385
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: 702/94, 702/96, 702/142, 702/143, 702/147, 702/150, 702/187, 701/202, 701/209, 340/466, 340/994
• US Class Current: 702/142
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/92 for velocity measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/052 with provision for determining speed or overspeed speed measuring in general G01P

Abstract

The present invention is used for monitoring a land vehicle speed relative to a speed limit. An electronic transmit and receiver apparatus, a position location apparatus and a date and time apparatus may be positioned in the land vehicle and may be in communication with a speed and speed limit computation device. The speed and speed limit computation device may have an output to an alert display device and an output device to identify over speed limit conditions.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring a land vehicle speed relative to a speed limit comprising:

an electronic transmit and receive apparatus disposed in a land vehicle to detect speed relative to a roadway marker;

a position location apparatus disposed in said land vehicles;

a date and time apparatus disposed in said land vehicle and in communication with said electronic transmit and receive apparatus and said position location apparatus;

a speed and speed limit computation device in communication said electronic transmit and receive apparatus, said position location apparatus, and said date and time apparatus; and

in communication with an output to an alert display device and an output device.

2. The system as in claim 1 wherein a processor device is in communication with said electronic transmit and receive apparatus, said position location apparatus, and said speed and speed limit computation device.

3. The system as in claim 2 wherein a communication device is in communication said processor device and a law enforcement agency.

4. The system as in claim 1 wherein a transponder is disposed in said roadway marker.

5. The system as in claim 4 wherein said transponder having an identification data, a speed limit data and a power source.

6. The system as in claim 5 wherein said position location apparatus is a transponder data decoder device.

7. The system as in claim 1 wherein a target is disposed with said roadway marker.

8. The system as in claim 1 wherein said position location apparatus is a GPS device.

9. The system as in claim 1 wherein said alert display device is a light.

10. The system as in claim 9 wherein said light is at least two lights with a first light disposed exterior to said land vehicle and a second light disposed interior to said land vehicle.

11. The system as in claim 1 wherein said alert display device is an audio output device.

12. The system as in claim 1 wherein said alert display device is an electronic display.

13. The system as in claim 2 wherein said processor device has a memory storage device.

14. The system as in claim 1 wherein said output device is a printer.

15. The system as in claim 1 wherein said output device is a paper spool printer.