Method and system for recording a traffic violation committed by a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for recording an incident, in particular a traffic violation, in which a vehicle is involved, comprising the steps of:
- detecting the incident,making at least one record of the detected incident, andsearching for and reading from the record a license plate of the vehicle involved in the incident,wherein during making of the record, information is recorded relating to the position of the vehicle, and on the basis of this information, a search is made for the license plate in only a part of the record.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for recording a traffic violation in which a vehicle is involved, by detecting the violation, making a record of the violation, and searching for and reading from the record a license plate of the vehicle involved in the violation. During making of the record position information of the vehicle is herein recorded, and on the basis of this information a search is made for the license plate in only a part of the record. The recorded position information can comprise the travel direction of the vehicle, or the lane in which the vehicle is located. The record can be a picture record wherein a search for the license plate is made, on the basis of the recorded travel direction, only in a left or right-hand half or, on the basis of the recorded position information, only in a narrow strip. The invention also relates to a system for performing the method.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for recording an incident, in particular a traffic violation, in which a vehicle is involved, comprising the steps of:
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detecting the incident, making at least one record of the detected incident, and searching for and reading from the record a license plate of the vehicle involved in the incident, wherein during making of the record, information is recorded relating to the position of the vehicle, and on the basis of this information, a search is made for the license plate in only a part of the record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for recording an incident, in particular a traffic violation, in which a vehicle is involved, comprising the steps of:
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detecting the incident, making at least one record of the detected incident, including recording information relating to the position of the vehicle, and on the basis of the recorded position information, searching only a part of the record for a license plate of the vehicle involved in the incident, wherein the recorded position information includes the direction of travel of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for recording an incident, in particular a traffic violation, in which a vehicle is involved, comprising the steps of:
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detecting the incident, making at least one record of the detected incident, including recording information relating to the position of the vehicle, and on the basis of the recorded position information, searching only a part of the record for a license plate of the vehicle involved in the incident, wherein the recorded position information includes the lane in which the vehicle is travelling. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for recording an incident, in particular a traffic violation, in which a vehicle is involved, comprising:
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a detector unit for detecting the incident, a recorder connected to the detector unit for making at least one record of the detected incident, and a reader for searching for and reading from the record a license plate of the vehicle involved in the incident, wherein the recorder is adapted to record information relating to the position of the vehicle, and the reader is adapted to search for the license plate, on the basis of the position information, in only a part of the record. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for recording an incident, in particular a traffic violation, in which a vehicle is involved, comprising:
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a detector unit arranged in or near a road on which vehicles travel for detecting the incident, a camera arranged over or near the road and connected to the detector unit for making at least one pictorial record of the detected incident, the camera being adapted to include in the record information relating to the position of the vehicle, and a reader for searching, on the basis of the recorded position information, only a part of the record for a license plate of the vehicle involved in the incident and for reading the license plate from the record, the reader being adapted to identify and read the license plate from the pictorial record by optical means. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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