Method and apparatus for utilizing estimated patrol properties and historic patrol records
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1. An apparatus for utilizing real time and/or estimated properties of traffic law enforcement within a region comprising:
- a location determining system;
a database storing at least records comprising properties of traffic law enforcement and one or both of records of issued citations of traffic law enforcement and/or records of crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters, for at least said region;
wherein said records of properties of traffic law enforcement comprise one or more of;
an estimated patrol location, an estimated patrol schedule, and real time patrol locations, andwherein said records are derived by analysis of properties from either one or both of (a) records of issued citations of traffic law enforcement, and (b) records of crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters;
a predictive processor configured to;
retrieve all or a portion of any said records within said region from said database,determine said properties of traffic law enforcement by filtering and/or analyzing all or a portion of said retrieved records, andbased on said determined properties of traffic law enforcement, provide one or more vehicle control outputs to at least control a speed and/or a direction of movement for a vehicle within said region;
a vehicle controller for said vehicle configured to receive said one or more vehicle control outputs from said predictive processor and to control said vehicle accordingly; and
a user control, operated by either a machine user or a human user in conjunction with said machine user, and at least utilizing both a location measurement taken by said location determining system and said provided one or more vehicle control outputs from said predictive processor, configured to control operation of said vehicle controller as well as one or both of (a) what of any said records are gathered, stored, analyzed, and/or filtered by said database and/or by said predictive processor, and (b) said one or more vehicle control outputs provided by said predictive processor.
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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 utilizing real time and/or estimated properties of traffic law enforcement within a region comprising:
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a location determining system; a database storing at least records comprising properties of traffic law enforcement and one or both of records of issued citations of traffic law enforcement and/or records of crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters, for at least said region; wherein said records of properties of traffic law enforcement comprise one or more of;
an estimated patrol location, an estimated patrol schedule, and real time patrol locations, andwherein said records are derived by analysis of properties from either one or both of (a) records of issued citations of traffic law enforcement, and (b) records of crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters; a predictive processor configured to; retrieve all or a portion of any said records within said region from said database, determine said properties of traffic law enforcement by filtering and/or analyzing all or a portion of said retrieved records, and based on said determined properties of traffic law enforcement, provide one or more vehicle control outputs to at least control a speed and/or a direction of movement for a vehicle within said region; a vehicle controller for said vehicle configured to receive said one or more vehicle control outputs from said predictive processor and to control said vehicle accordingly; and a user control, operated by either a machine user or a human user in conjunction with said machine user, and at least utilizing both a location measurement taken by said location determining system and said provided one or more vehicle control outputs from said predictive processor, configured to control operation of said vehicle controller as well as one or both of (a) what of any said records are gathered, stored, analyzed, and/or filtered by said database and/or by said predictive processor, and (b) said one or more vehicle control outputs provided by said predictive processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for utilizing estimated properties of traffic law enforcement at one or more locations utilizing a database, a predictive processor, a vehicle controller, a location determining system, and a user control, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining one or more locations at least partially based on measurements taken by said location determining system; retrieving from said database, by said predictive processor, all or a portion of stored records of estimated properties of traffic law enforcement at said one or more locations, wherein said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement are derived by said predictive processor utilizing either one or both of (a) records of issued traffic law enforcement citations, (b) records of crowd sourced traffic law enforcement encounters; and wherein said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement comprise either one or more of;
estimated patrol locations, estimated patrol schedules, and real time patrol locations;controlling one or more of a speed, and a direction of movement, of a vehicle within said one or more locations, using said vehicle controller, based at least on said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement; controlling operation of said vehicle controller by either a machine user or a human user in conjunction with said machine user of said user control, based on at least utilizing both said measurements taken by said location determining system and said estimated properties of traffic law enforcement, and also using said user control to control one or both of (a) what of any stored records are retrieved and/or analyzed by said predictive processor, and (b) which estimated properties of traffic law enforcement are determined by said predictive processor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for utilizing records of real time and/or historical traffic law enforcement comprising:
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a location determining system, a database storing 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;
travel direction, location, encounter time, and encounter or citation type;wherein said database further stores records of properties of traffic law enforcement consisting of at least one of;
estimated patrol locations, estimated patrol schedules, and/or real time patrol locations;wherein said database further stores one or more of;
estimated enforced speed limit, posted speed limit, real time traffic flow rates, historical traffic flow rates, 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, and enforcement leniency; andwherein said database further stores a map of a roadway system; a predictive processor to retrieve and/or estimate one or more of (a) a filtered selection of said historical records conforming to a specific encounter or citation type, encounter time, location, and/or encounter or citation travel direction, and (b) records of properties of traffic law enforcement; a vehicle controller for a vehicle within said roadway system configured to controls one or more of a speed of said vehicle and a direction of movement of said vehicle, based at least on any of said retrieved and/or estimated historical records and/or properties of traffic law enforcement; and a user control, operated by either a machine user or a human user in conjunction with said machine user, and at least utilizing both measurements taken by said location determining system and any of said retrieved and/or estimated historical records and/or properties of traffic law enforcement by said predictive processor, configured to control operation of said vehicle controller and one or more of;
(a) what of any said stored records are retrieved and/or analyzed by said predictive processor, and (b) which estimated properties of traffic law enforcement are determined by said predictive processor. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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