VEHICLE SPEED DETECTION DEVICE WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY AND METHODS OF USE

• US 20090262007A1
• Filed: 04/21/2008
• Published: 10/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James F. Kelly
• Original Assignee: James F. Kelly
• Inventors: Kelly, James F.
• Application Number:
  US12/106,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20090262007A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/104
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/58 Velocity or trajectory determination systems; Sense-of-movement determination systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/86 Combinations of radar systems with non-radar systems, e.g. sonar, direction finder
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/39 the satellite radio beacon positioning system transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/003 Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

A portable speed detecting device includes wireless communications capabilities. This allows the portable speed detecting device to obtain information from remote sources via a wireless link. It also facilitates the process of issuing and recording tickets. Further, it can provide an operator with the ability to accomplish a financial transaction so that a driver can pay an assessed fine.

Claims

1. A speed detection device, comprising:

a speed detecting module that detects the speed of a moving object; and

a wireless communications module that allows the speed detection device to communicate with another wireless communications enabled device.

2. The speed detection device of claim 1, wherein the wireless communications module is a short range wireless transceiver.

3. The speed detection device of claim 1, wherein the wireless communications module is a long range wireless transceiver.

4. The speed detection device of claim 3, wherein the long range wireless transceiver comprises a cell phone module.

5. The speed detection device of claim 1, wherein the wireless communications module is configured to communicate with a remote source of data by relaying communications through another wireless communications enabled device.

6. The speed detection device of claim 1, further comprising a GPS module that is capable of determining a location of the speed detection device.

7. The speed detection device of claim 1, further comprising a data input module that allows an operator to input data into the device.

8. The speed detection device of claim 7, wherein the data input module comprises a keypad.

9. The speed detection device of claim 8, wherein the keypad is a touch sensitive display screen that also displays data to the operator.

10. The speed detection device of claim 7, wherein the data input module comprises a bar code scanner.

11. The speed detection device of claim 7, wherein the data input module comprises a magnetic reader capable of reading magnetically encoded data.

12. The speed detection device of claim 7, wherein the data input module comprises a device capable of reading data from computer data storage media.

13. The speed detection device of claim 1, further comprising a printer.

14. The speed detection device of claim 1, further comprising a financial processing module capable of processing a debit or credit transaction via the wireless communications module.

15. A method of using a speed detection device having a wireless communications module, comprising:

detecting a speed of a moving object using the speed detection device;

generating a query for data;

communicating the query to a remote data source via the wireless communications module;

receiving data from the remote data source in response to the query via the wireless communications module; and

presenting the received data to an operator using a data output module of the speed detection device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the generating step comprising inputting data into the speed detection device using a data input module of the speed detection device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the inputting step comprises reading data from a bar code with a bar code reader of the speed detection device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the inputting step comprises reading data encoded into an identification card.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising printing a ticket using a printer of the speed detector, wherein the printing step uses information stored in the speed detection device.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising processing a financial transaction with a financial transaction processing module of the speed detection device using data stored in the vehicle speed detection device.