Transmitter Augmented Radar/Laser Detection Using Local Mobile Network Within A Wide Area Network

• US 20150181636A1
• Filed: 03/04/2015
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Pitt, Lance Douglas, DeLapp, Daniel D., Lawrence, Sarah Jean
• Application Number:
  US14/638,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20150181636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network, comprising:

obtaining a current location of a plurality of cellular devices within a wide area network;

determining a subset of said plurality of cellular devices that are within a close proximity to a given cellular device when an emission is detected by said given cellular device; and

issuing a recent emission warning to only said subset of said plurality of cellular devices.

22. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, wherein:

said proximity is measured based on a length of roads.

23. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, wherein:

said proximity is measured based on a linear distance to said given cellular device when said emission is detected.

24. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, wherein:

said current location of said plurality of cellular devices is obtained from a Mobile positioning center (MPC).

25. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 24, wherein:

said current location of said plurality of cellular devices is obtained via query to said MPC.

26. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, wherein:

said current location of said plurality of cellular devices is obtained by a Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC).

27. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 26, wherein:

said current location of said plurality of cellular devices is obtained via query to said GMLC.

28. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 26, wherein:

said recent emission warning is issued to only said subset of said plurality of cellular devise by said subset of said plurality of cellular devise polling said current location of said plurality of cellular devices is determined by polling a central database containing current detection information.

29. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, wherein:

said emission detected by said given cellular device is a radar emission.

30. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, wherein:

said emission detected by said given cellular device is a laser emission.

31. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, wherein:

said proximity is determined based on a driving distance between said given cellular device and all other said plurality of cellular devices.

32. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, wherein:

said wide area network is a cellular phone network.

33. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, further comprising:

defining a local area network within said wide area network including those of said plurality of cellular devices within a given area.

34. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, further comprising:

querying a mobile positioning center (MPC) in an ANSI-41 wide area network.

35. The method of providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 21, further comprising:

querying a gateway mobile location centre (GMLC) in a GSM wide area network.

36. Apparatus for providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network, comprising:

means for receiving an emission detection by a given cellular device within a wide area network;

means for obtaining a current location of a plurality of cellular devices within a wide area network;

means for determining a subset of said plurality of cellular devices that are within a close proximity to said given cellular device when an emission is detected by said given cellular device; and

means for providing a recent emission warning to only said subset of said plurality of cellular devices.

37. The apparatus for providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 36, wherein:

said means for determining measures said proximity based on a length of roads.

38. The apparatus for providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 36, wherein:

said means for determining measures said proximity based on a linear distance to said given cellular device when said emission is detected.

39. The apparatus for providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 36, wherein:

said emission detected by said given cellular device is a radar emission.

40. The apparatus for providing emission warning to proximate cellular devices within a wide area network according to claim 36, wherein:

said emission detected by said given cellular device is a laser emission.