Method and apparatus for providing estimated patrol properties and historic patrol records
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An apparatus for estimating properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more first location comprising:
- a database for providing historical encounter records derived from issued traffic law enforcement citations, wherein each said historical encounter record comprises at least one member of the group consisting of;
citation direction, location, issue time, violation speed, citation type, or any combination thereof;
a GPS to determine a location and direction of travel of said apparatus, and a time and date;
a predictive processor utilizing correlation and statistical analysis, of one or more said members of said historical encounter records, to infer properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more said first location relative to said location and direction of travel of apparatus, wherein said properties of traffic law enforcement comprises;
estimated enforced speed limit and either one or both of estimated patrol locations and estimated patrol schedules;
an indicator to present said properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more said first location relative to said time, date, location, or direction of travel of said apparatus; and
a user input means, used by a user to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, or filtered within said database for possible analysis by said predictive processor, (b) the scope and outputs of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor utilizing data within said database, or (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a predictive traffic law enforcement profiler apparatus and method which incorporates a means to determine current location, time, velocity and also incorporates a means to utilize a database derived from historic traffic law enforcement records, crowd sourced records and historical traffic data and also incorporates a predictive processing means to provide historic traffic law enforcement records and estimates of enforced speed limits and enforcement profiles, patrol locations and schedules of traffic law enforcement to a driver.
47 Citations
34 Claims
-
1. An apparatus for estimating properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more first location comprising:
-
a database for providing historical encounter records derived from issued traffic law enforcement citations, wherein each said historical encounter record comprises at least one member of the group consisting of;
citation direction, location, issue time, violation speed, citation type, or any combination thereof;a GPS to determine a location and direction of travel of said apparatus, and a time and date; a predictive processor utilizing correlation and statistical analysis, of one or more said members of said historical encounter records, to infer properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more said first location relative to said location and direction of travel of apparatus, wherein said properties of traffic law enforcement comprises;
estimated enforced speed limit and either one or both of estimated patrol locations and estimated patrol schedules;an indicator to present said properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more said first location relative to said time, date, location, or direction of travel of said apparatus; and a user input means, used by a user to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, or filtered within said database for possible analysis by said predictive processor, (b) the scope and outputs of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor utilizing data within said database, or (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. An apparatus for providing estimated properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more first location comprising:
-
a GPS to determine a location and direction of travel of said apparatus, and a time and date; a database for providing first records of properties of traffic law enforcement from one or more second location, wherein one or more second location incorporates some, none, or all of one or more said first location, wherein said first records comprise an estimated enforced speed limit and either one or both of estimated patrol location and estimated patrol schedule, and wherein said first records are derived by utilizing correlation or statistical analysis, or a combination thereof, of data inferred from issued citation records of traffic law enforcement from one or more second location; a predictive processor to retrieve said first records at one or more said first location from said database and to determine said properties of traffic law enforcement by selecting all or a portion of said retrieved first records; an indicator to present said properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more said first location relative to said time, date, location, or direction of travel of said apparatus; and a user input means, used by a user to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, or filtered within said database for possible analysis by said predictive processor, (b) the scope and outputs of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor utilizing data within said database, or (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
-
-
11. An apparatus for estimating properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more first location comprising:
-
a GPS to determine a location and direction of travel of said apparatus, and a time and date; a database containing records derived from traffic law enforcement citations, wherein each said record comprises at least one member of the group consisting of;
citation direction, violation speed, location, issue time, and citation type;a predictive processor to estimate properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more said first location comprising an estimated enforced speed limit and either one or both of estimated patrol locations and estimated patrol schedules, utilizing statistical analysis, or correlation, or any combination thereof, of one or more said members of said records; an indicator to present any combination of said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more said first location relative to said time, date, location, or direction of travel of said apparatus; and a user input means, used by a user to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, or filtered within said database for possible analysis by said predictive processor, (b) the scope and outputs of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor utilizing data within said database, or (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
-
-
22. An apparatus for estimating patrol locations of traffic law enforcement comprising:
-
a GPS to determine a location and direction of travel of said apparatus; a database for providing records derived from traffic law enforcement citations, wherein each said record comprises at least one member of the group consisting of;
citation direction, violation speed, location, issue time, citation type, or any combination thereof;a predictive processor to estimate said patrol locations by utilizing statistical analysis, or correlation, or any combination thereof, of one or more said members of said records; an indicator to present said estimated patrol locations relative to said location and direction of travel of said apparatus; and a user input means, used by a user to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, or filtered within said database for possible analysis by said predictive processor, (b) the scope and outputs of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor utilizing data within said database, or (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
-
-
25. An apparatus for estimating patrol schedules of traffic law enforcement at one or more first location comprising:
-
a GPS to determine a location and direction of travel of said apparatus; a database for providing records derived from traffic law enforcement citations, wherein each said record comprises at least one member of the group consisting of;
citation direction, violation speed, location, issue time, citation type, or any combination thereof;a predictive processor to estimate said patrol schedules at one or more said first location by time extrapolation of one or more said members of said records comprising at least citation issue time by utilizing statistical analysis, or correlation, or any combination thereof; an indicator to present said estimated patrol schedules at one or more said first location relative to said location and direction of travel of said apparatus; and a user input means, used by a user to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, or filtered within said database for possible analysis by said predictive processor, (b) the scope and outputs of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor utilizing data within said database, or (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator. - View Dependent Claims (26)
-
-
27. An apparatus for providing records of historical traffic law enforcement and either one or both of estimated patrol locations and estimated patrol schedules, comprising:
-
a GPS to determine a location and direction of travel of said apparatus; a database containing historical records derived from issued traffic law enforcement citations or crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters, or any combination thereof, wherein each said historical record comprises at least one member of the group consisting of;
citation direction, location, issue time, citation type, or any combination thereof, andwherein said database further contains a map of a roadway system; a predictive processor to retrieve a filtered selection of said historical records conforming to a specific citation type, issue time, location, or citation direction, wherein said predictive processor further calculates either one or both of estimated patrol locations and estimated patrol schedules, utilizing statistical analysis, or correlation, or any combination thereof, of one or more said members of said historical records; an indicator to present said map of roadway system and a representation of any combination of said retrieved filtered historical records, said estimated patrol locations, and said estimated patrol schedules, at corresponding locations relative to said location and direction of travel of said apparatus; and a user input means, used by a user to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, or filtered within said database for possible analysis by said predictive processor, (b) the scope and outputs of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor utilizing data within said database, or (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator.
-
-
28. A method utilizing a GPS, a database, a predictive processor, an indicator, and a user input means for providing estimated properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more first location relative to a determined location, comprising the steps of:
-
utilizing a GPS to determine a location and direction of travel; retrieving from said database by said predictive processor historical records derived from either one or both of (a) issued traffic law enforcement citations, (b) crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters, wherein each said historical record comprises at least one member of the group consisting of;
citation direction, violation speed, location, issue time, type, or any combination thereof;performing statistical analysis and correlation on one or more members from said historical records, using said predictive processor; determining from said statistical analysis and correlation of said historical records, said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more said first location and relative to said direction of travel as determined by said GPS, wherein said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement comprise estimated enforced speed limit and either one or both of estimated patrol locations and estimated patrol schedules; indicating said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more said first location relative to said location and direction of travel as determined by said GPS, using said indicator; and controlling one or more aspects of (a) what data is gathered, stored, or filtered within said database for possible analysis by said predictive processor, (b) the scope and outputs of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor utilizing data within said database, or (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator, wherein said controlling is accomplished either automatically by said predictive processor or by a user utilizing said user input means. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
-
-
32. An apparatus for estimating properties of traffic law enforcement comprising:
-
a GPS to determine a location and direction of travel of said apparatus, and a time; a database containing historical encounter records derived from issued traffic law enforcement citations; a predictive processor utilizes correlation, statistical analysis, or any combination thereof, of one or more members of said historical encounter records to infer said properties of traffic law enforcement relative to said time, location, and direction of travel of said apparatus, wherein said properties of traffic law enforcement comprise estimated patrol locations and estimated patrol schedules; an indicator to present said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement relative to said time, location, and direction of travel of said apparatus; and a user input means, used by a user to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, or filtered within said database for possible analysis by said predictive processor, (b) the scope and outputs of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor utilizing data within said database, or (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
-
Specification