Method and apparatus for providing estimated patrol properties and historic patrol records
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1. An apparatus for providing estimated properties of traffic law enforcement within a region comprising:
- a Global Positioning System (GPS);
a database containing records of properties of traffic law enforcement for at least said region, wherein said records of properties of traffic law enforcement comprise one or both of an estimated patrol location and/or an estimated patrol schedule, and wherein said records are derived by correlation, extrapolation, statistical analysis, or any combination thereof, of properties from either one or both of (a) issued citation records of traffic law enforcement, and (b) crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters;
a predictive processor configured to retrieve all or a portion of said records within said region from said database and to determine said properties of traffic law enforcement by filtering all or a portion of said retrieved records;
an indicator configured to present said properties of traffic law enforcement; and
a user control, operated by a user and at least utilizing measurements taken by said GPS, configured to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, and/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 said records within said database, (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator, and (d) aspects of presentation of said properties of traffic law enforcement.
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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.
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1. An apparatus for providing estimated properties of traffic law enforcement within a region comprising:
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a Global Positioning System (GPS); a database containing records of properties of traffic law enforcement for at least said region, wherein said records of properties of traffic law enforcement comprise one or both of an estimated patrol location and/or an estimated patrol schedule, and wherein said records are derived by correlation, extrapolation, statistical analysis, or any combination thereof, of properties from either one or both of (a) issued citation records of traffic law enforcement, and (b) crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters; a predictive processor configured to retrieve all or a portion of said records within said region from said database and to determine said properties of traffic law enforcement by filtering all or a portion of said retrieved records; an indicator configured to present said properties of traffic law enforcement; and a user control, operated by a user and at least utilizing measurements taken by said GPS, configured to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, and/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 said records within said database, (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator, and (d) aspects of presentation of said properties of traffic law enforcement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing estimated properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more first locations utilizing a database, a predictive processor, an indicator, a GPS, and a user control, comprising the steps of:
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determining one or more first locations at least partially based on measurements taken by said GPS; retrieving from said database, by said predictive processor, records of properties of traffic law enforcement at said one or more first locations, wherein said properties of traffic law enforcement are derived from either one or both of (a) issued traffic law enforcement citation records, (b) crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounter records, and wherein said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement comprise either one or both of estimated patrol locations and estimated patrol schedules; indicating said properties of traffic law enforcement at said one or more said first locations using said indicator; and controlling, by a user of said user control, automatically by said predictive processor, or a combination of both said user control and said predictive processor, one or more aspects of (a) what data is gathered, stored, and/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 said records within said database, (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator, and (d) aspects of presentation of said properties of traffic law enforcement. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for providing records of historical traffic law enforcement comprising:
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a GPS; a database containing historical records derived from issued traffic law enforcement citations and/or crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters, wherein each said historical record comprises one or more members of the group consisting of;
citation direction, location, issue time, an citation typewherein said database further contains records of properties of traffic law enforcement consisting of at least one of estimated patrol locations, estimated patrol schedules, estimated enforced speed limit, estimated speed trap enforced location, estimated speed limit enforcement by aircraft location, estimated speed camera enforced location, estimated red light camera enforced intersection, histogram of violation speed, histogram of enforced traffic laws, location citation density, location patrol intensity, enforcement austerity, an enforcement leniency; and wherein said database further contains a map of a roadway system; a predictive processor to retrieve one or more of (a) a filtered selection of said historical records conforming to a specific citation type, issue time, location, and/or citation direction, and (b) records of properties of traffic law enforcement; an indicator to present said map of roadway system and a representation of any combination of said retrieved filtered historical records and said records of properties of traffic law enforcement that were retrieved by said predictive processor; and a user control, operated by a user and at least utilizing measurements taken by said GPS, configured to control one or more of (a) what data is gathered, stored, and/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 said records within said database, (c) the aspects of presentation of any analysis conducted by said predictive processor via said indicator, and (d) aspects of presentation of said properties of traffic law enforcement.
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