Modular intelligent transportation system
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1. A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising:
- an environmentally protected enclosure, protecting electronic equipment therewithin from uncontrolled weather conditions at a location;
a traffic signal interface communicating with a traffic signal device proximate to the location;
a processor module and memory, within said enclosure, configured to execute a plurality of application programs and communicate through said traffic signal interface to control the traffic signal device, further being configured to receive at least an image data input, at least one application program for execution on the processor module being configured to analyze acceleration of objects represented in said image data input, and said memory storing at least a portion of said image data inputs;
at least one option port, within said enclosure, providing an available location for optional hardware, and a mechanical interface for the optional hardware with the environmentally protected enclosure, wherein said processor module has sufficient additional processing capacity beyond that necessary for execution of a real time operating system associated with the processor module and the at least one application program to undertake additional processing tasks relating to the optional hardware located in the at least one option port, and wherein the optional hardware at the location comprises at least one hardware-related application program for execution on the processor module;
a bus, within said enclosure, providing an electronic interface between said processor module and the optional hardware within said at least one option port;
a power supply, within said enclosure, providing power to said processor module and memory and to the optional hardware located within the at least one option port; and
a communication interface for communicating remotely from said enclosure,wherein said processor module is configured to analyze at least an image motion vector derived from the image data input of at least one vehicle at the location to predict an imminent occurrence of a vehicular collision, and to at least correlate a pattern of said image motion vector with an acoustic information pattern.
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Abstract
A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patterns represented therein, having at least one available option slot, a power supply, and a communication link for external communications, in which at least one available option slot can be occupied by a wireless local area network access point, having a communications path between said communications link and said wireless access point, or other modular components.
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28 Claims
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1. A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising:
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an environmentally protected enclosure, protecting electronic equipment therewithin from uncontrolled weather conditions at a location; a traffic signal interface communicating with a traffic signal device proximate to the location; a processor module and memory, within said enclosure, configured to execute a plurality of application programs and communicate through said traffic signal interface to control the traffic signal device, further being configured to receive at least an image data input, at least one application program for execution on the processor module being configured to analyze acceleration of objects represented in said image data input, and said memory storing at least a portion of said image data inputs; at least one option port, within said enclosure, providing an available location for optional hardware, and a mechanical interface for the optional hardware with the environmentally protected enclosure, wherein said processor module has sufficient additional processing capacity beyond that necessary for execution of a real time operating system associated with the processor module and the at least one application program to undertake additional processing tasks relating to the optional hardware located in the at least one option port, and wherein the optional hardware at the location comprises at least one hardware-related application program for execution on the processor module; a bus, within said enclosure, providing an electronic interface between said processor module and the optional hardware within said at least one option port; a power supply, within said enclosure, providing power to said processor module and memory and to the optional hardware located within the at least one option port; and a communication interface for communicating remotely from said enclosure, wherein said processor module is configured to analyze at least an image motion vector derived from the image data input of at least one vehicle at the location to predict an imminent occurrence of a vehicular collision, and to at least correlate a pattern of said image motion vector with an acoustic information pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17)
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13. A roadway monitoring system, comprising:
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an environmentally protected enclosure, protecting electronic equipment enclosed therein from uncontrolled weather conditions when placed outdoors; a power supply; a processor module, receiving image data representing dynamic conditions about a roadway and analyzing a motion vector and acceleration of objects represented in said image data to determine at least one of a collision, a likely occurrence of a collision, and an imminent collision, and to at least correlating a pattern of said image motion vector with an acoustic information pattern, and memory to at least temporarily store at least a portion of said image data; an interface configured to communicate with a traffic signal control device; at least one option port, providing an interface communicating between an optional hardware in said at least one option port and said processor module; and a communication link configured to remotely communicate from said enclosure, wherein said at least one option port permits optional hardware to be inserted therein and to functionally access resources of at least one of said power supply and said processor module. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 18)
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19. A roadway monitoring system, comprising:
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a processor configured to receive image data representing dynamic conditions about vehicles travelling on a roadway and analyze acceleration information represented in the received image data to determine a vehicle collision status of vehicles represented in the received image data, analyze at least an image motion vector derived from the image data to predict an imminent occurrence of a vehicular collision, and correlate a pattern of said image motion vector with an acoustic information pattern, and memory to at least temporarily store at least a portion of the received image data; an interface for at least one of controlling a traffic signal and determining a status of a traffic signal, wherein the processor is configured to communicate information through the interface at least in dependence on the received image data; a packet data communication link for communicating remotely from said enclosure; a wireless local area network access point, permitting wireless digital data communications from a wireless local area network client proximate to the location, through the packet data communication link to a wide area network; and an environmentally protected enclosure, protecting at least the processor and the wireless local area network access point from uncontrolled weather conditions when placed outdoors. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising:
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an environmentally protected enclosure, protecting electronic equipment from uncontrolled weather conditions at a location; a traffic signal interface adapted for at least one of receiving a signal indicating a state of a traffic signal, and producing a signal for controlling a state of a traffic signal; a processor module and memory, within said enclosure, communicating with said traffic signal interface, receiving at least one of an audio data input, and an image data input, said processor module analyzing data patterns represented in at least one of said audio input and image data input, and said memory storing at least a portion of said audio and image data inputs; at least one option port, within said enclosure, providing an available location for hardware, wherein said processor module has sufficient additional processing capacity to undertake additional processing tasks relating to hardware located in the at least one option port; a bus, within said enclosure, providing an interface between said processor module and hardware within said at least one option port; a power supply, within said enclosure, providing power to said processor module and memory and to hardware located within the at least one option port; and a communication interface for communicating remotely from said enclosure, wherein said processor module analyzes at least an image motion vector derived from the image data input of at least one vehicle at the location, and correlates a pattern of said image motion vector with an acoustic information pattern, to determine at least one of the imminent occurrence of a vehicular incident and the likely occurrence of a vehicular incident. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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