System and method for detecting and recording traffic law violation events
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1. A system mountable in a host vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least four cameras;
a left-looking camera, a right-looking camera, a forward-looking camera and a backward-looking camera, wherein fields-of-view of the left and right looking cameras are substantially wider than fields-of-view of the forward-looking and backward-looking cameras;
wherein the fields-of-view of the left-looking camera, the right-looking camera, the forward-looking camera and the backward-looking camera are horizontal angular extents of respective scenes, as imaged onto respective image sensors of the cameras;
a processor configured to operationally control said cameras to acquire and store in memory a plurality of images acquired by said cameras when mounted in the host vehicle, wherein the images stored in said memory acquired from at least one of the forward-looking camera and the backward-looking camera are used for identification of a license plate of a target vehicle, wherein the images stored in said memory acquired from at least one of the left-looking camera and the right-looking camera are used for tracking the progress of the target vehicle while continuously recording a traffic law violation by the target vehicle between positions behind the host vehicle, along side the host vehicle and in front of the host vehicle.
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Abstract
A system for detecting and recording real-time law violations having an array of wide and narrow angled cameras providing a plurality of images of a substantially 360° field of view around a law enforcement unit, a recording unit for recording said images, an analyzing unit for detecting a law violation, a permanent storage unit for permanently storing a plurality of images of a law violation event and a reporting unit for issuing citations.
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1. A system mountable in a host vehicle, the system comprising:
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at least four cameras;
a left-looking camera, a right-looking camera, a forward-looking camera and a backward-looking camera, wherein fields-of-view of the left and right looking cameras are substantially wider than fields-of-view of the forward-looking and backward-looking cameras;
wherein the fields-of-view of the left-looking camera, the right-looking camera, the forward-looking camera and the backward-looking camera are horizontal angular extents of respective scenes, as imaged onto respective image sensors of the cameras;a processor configured to operationally control said cameras to acquire and store in memory a plurality of images acquired by said cameras when mounted in the host vehicle, wherein the images stored in said memory acquired from at least one of the forward-looking camera and the backward-looking camera are used for identification of a license plate of a target vehicle, wherein the images stored in said memory acquired from at least one of the left-looking camera and the right-looking camera are used for tracking the progress of the target vehicle while continuously recording a traffic law violation by the target vehicle between positions behind the host vehicle, along side the host vehicle and in front of the host vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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acquiring a plurality of images around a host vehicle from at least four cameras mounted in the host vehicle;
a left-looking camera, a right-looking camera, a forward-looking camera and a backward-looking camera, wherein fields-of-view of the left and right looking cameras are substantially wider than fields-of-view of the forward-looking and backward-looking cameras;
wherein the fields-of-view of the left-looking camera, the right-looking camera, the forward-looking camera and the backward-looking camera are horizontal angular extents of respective scenes, as imaged onto respective image sensors of the cameras;recording said images from said cameras by a recording unit; monitoring horizontally around the host vehicle with said at least four cameras; detecting a target vehicle in the field-of-view of at least one of said at least four cameras; storing images acquired from at least one of the forward-looking camera and the backward-looking camera for identification of a license plate of a target vehicle; and storing images acquired from at least one of the left-looking camera and the right-looking camera for tracking the progress of the target vehicle for continuous recording of a traffic law violation by the target vehicle between positions behind the host vehicle, along side the host vehicle and in front of the host vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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