Cellular augmented radar/laser detection using local mobile network within cellular network

• US 20110149933A1
• Filed: 01/28/2011
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Lawrence, Sarah Jean, DeLapp, Daniel D., Pitt, Lance Douglas
• Granted Patent: US 8,515,414 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/003 Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/021 Auxiliary means for detecting or identifying radar signals or the like, e.g. radar jamming signals
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/022 Road traffic radar detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/4806 Road traffic laser detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0967 Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A radar/laser emission detector is augmented with a cellular communications capability to provide the capability to share emission detection information amongst drivers to give other drivers even more advanced warning. A network of a plurality of cellular augmented radar/laser emission detector devices may be formed, each having the capability to source the location of radar or laser emission detections to others requesting access to such information, and each being warned when within a proximity of a recent radar or laser emission detection reported by at least one of the plurality of hybrid radar/laser detector devices. A local area, mobile area wireless network (MAWN) is formed in a cellular network to share radar/laser detection information among drivers. Mobile Position Centers (MPCs) are provided in ANSI-41 networks and Gateway Mobile Location Centres (GMLCs) (GSM networks), to determine other members that are proximate to a device that is detecting radar emission.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method of providing notification of emission detection, comprising:

updating a cellular augmented emission detector physical database with a current location of a plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors;

receiving notification of a detection of emission by a given one of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors;

querying said cellular augmented emission detector physical database to determine a subset of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors that are proximate to said given one of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors; and

issuing an emission detection warning only to said subset of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors that are proximate.

22. The method of providing notification of emission detection according to claim 21, wherein:

said emission is a laser emission.

23. The method of providing notification of emission detection according to claim 21, wherein:

said emission is a radar emission.

24. The method of providing notification of emission detection according to claim 21, wherein:

said proximity is determined based on a linear distance between said given one of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors and each of said subset of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors.

25. The method of providing notification of emission detection according to claim 21, wherein:

said proximity is determined based on a driving distance between said given one of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors and each of said subset of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors.

26. The method of providing notification of emission detection according to claim 21, further comprising:

querying a gateway that queries said cellular augmented emission detector physical database to determine said subset.

27. The method of providing notification of emission detection according to claim 21, further comprising:

querying a mobile positioning center (MPC) to obtain a current location of said given one of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors.

28. The method of providing notification of emission detection according to claim 21, further comprising:

querying a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) in a GSM wide area network to obtain a current location of said given one of said plurality of cellular augmented emission detectors.