Modular intelligent transportation system

• US 9,090,295 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2013
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wilfred J and Louisette G Lagassey Irrevocable Trust Roger J Morgan Trustee
• Original Assignee: The Wilfred J and Louisette G Lagassey Irrevocable Trust
• Inventors: Lagassey, Paul J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Mary
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wong, Yuen
• Application Number:
  US14/082,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20140114554A1
• Time in Patent Office: 617 Days
• Field of Search: 701/117
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 41/00 Fittings for identifying vehicles in case of collision; Fittings for marking or recording collision areas
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 3/80 using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

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.

Claims

1. A method of operating a cellphone, comprising:

receiving at least first audio voice information with a microphone;

transmitting at least second audio information with a speaker;

remotely communicating the received at least first audio voice information and the transmitted at least second audio information over a digital cellular network through a cellular transceiver;

capturing a stream of images with a video camera;

analyzing, by the processor of the cellphone, the captured stream of images to detect at least a motion of an object represented in the stream of images, and to control at least the cellular transceiver; and

automatically composing and transmitting, by the processor of the cell-phone, a Short Message Service (SMS) to a remote location in response to at least the received first audio voice information and the analyzed captured stream of images.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing, within a cellphone device:

the microphone;

the speaker;

the cellular transceiver;

the video camera;

an interface to provide at least wireless Internet connectivity for other devices through a wireless local area network;

a location determining system for generating data indicative of a location of the cellphone;

a universal serial bus (USB) interface;

an IEEE-802.11 compliant radio transceiver; and

a bluetooth communication interface.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising analyzing motion vectors of objects in the stream of images.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising predicting a collision of objects based on the analyzed motion vectors.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a receiver for an RF-ID transponder.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a communication hotspot to provide wireless Internet connectivity for other devices through a wireless local area network.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising communicating telematics information through the cellular transceiver.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing vehicle traffic information to a subscriber.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising compressing the stream of images into an MPEG-4 format;

and buffering the MPEG-4 format compressed stream of images in a memory and transmitting the buffered stream using a reliable protocol which ensures receipt of the buffered stream prior to deletion of information in the buffer.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

providing a cellphone having at least;

the microphone;

the speaker;

the cellular transceiver;

the video camera;

an interface to provide at least wireless Internet connectivity for other devices through a wireless local area network;

a location determining system for generating data indicative of a location of the cellphone;

a universal serial bus (USB) interface;

an IEEE-802.11 compliant radio transceiver; and

a bluetooth communication interface;

communicating a voice conversation comprising the audio information through the microphone, the speaker and the cellular transceiver; and

selectively producing an output which is dependent on a characterization of the motion of the object.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising communicating through an ad hoc communications network.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising analyzing information received through the microphone to recognize a type of sound.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising conducting a videoconference using the video camera and the microphone.

14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving executable programs from a remote system through the cellular transceiver.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising communicating using a voice over internet protocol communication through the cellular transceiver.

16. A method for automatically operating a cellphone, comprising:

providing a cellphone having at least;

a microphone;

a speaker;

a cellular transceiver;

a video camera;

an interface to provide at least wireless Internet connectivity for other devices through a wireless local area network;

a location determining system for generating data indicative of a location of the cellphone;

a universal serial bus (USB) interface;

an IEEE-802.11 compliant radio transceiver; and

a bluetooth communication interface;

communicating a voice conversation through the microphone, the speaker and the cellular transceiver;

capturing a stream of images from the video camera;

buffering the captured stream of images;

analyzing the buffered captured stream of images to detect and characterize at least a motion of an object represented in the captured stream of images; and

automatically initiating at least one Short Message Service (SMS) through the cellular transceiver to a remote location in response to the detected and characterized at least a motion and a sound received by the microphone.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising recognizing at least one type of sound received through the microphone.

18. A method of operating a cellphone having a microphone, a speaker, a cellular transceiver, a video camera, and an automated processor, the method comprising:

receiving at least audio voice information with the microphone of the cellphone;

processing the at least audio voice information with the automated processor to classify at least a first portion of the at least audio voice information received through the microphone;

capturing a stream of images with the video camera of the cellphone;

analyzing the captured stream of images with the processor to detect and characterize at least a motion of an object represented in the stream of images;

controlling at least the cellular transceiver to communicate at least one Short Message Service (SMS) through a digital cellular network using the cellular transceiver selectively in dependence on the classified at least audio voice information and the detected and characterized at least the motion of the object;

remotely communicating at least a second portion of the audio voice information over the digital cellular network using the cellular transceiver; and

reproducing at least audio information received through the cellular transceiver with the speaker.