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Traffic speed violation recorders, and the like

  • US 3,222,682 A
  • Filed: 12/04/1964
  • Issued: 12/07/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1964
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A TRAFFIC SPEED VIOLATION RECORDER, THE COMBINATION OF VEHICLE REAR END AND FRONT END VIEWING CAMERAS, MEANS TO SUPPORT BOTH OF SID CAMERAS IN POSITION TO VIEW THE REAR AND THE FRONT PORTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, OF A VEHICLE PASSING THROUGH A TEST ZONE OF PRE-DETERMINED LENGTH, FIRST AND SECOND VEHICLE ACTUATED MEANS CONSTITUED TO EMIT FIRST AND SECOND SIGNALS, SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH PASSAGE OF A VEHICLE THROUGH THE ENTERING AND DEPARTING POINTS OF SAID TEST ZONE, MOVABLE MEANS CONSTITUTED TO MOVE ALONG A PATH FROM A STARTING POSITION, MEANS TO CAUSE SUCH MOVEMENT, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID FIRST SIGNAL CONSTITUTED TO RELEASE SAID MOVABLE MEANS FOR MOVEMENT ALONG SAID PATH UNDER THE URGE OF SAID MOVEMENT CAUSING MEANS, MEANS CONSTITUTED TO RESPOND TO RECEIPT OF THE SECOND SIGNAL AND TO EMIT AN ACTIVATING SIGNAL WHEN THE MOVEMENT OF SAID MOVABLE MEANS IS LESS THAN A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT CORRESPONDING TO TIME LAPSE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND SIGNALS FOR A PRE-DETERMINED MAXIMUM SPEED;

  • AND EACH CAMERA MEANS INCLUDING SHUTTER ACTUATING MEANS AND FLASH ILLUMINATION PRODUCING MENS CONSTIUTED TO ACTIVE SUCH SHUTTER ACTUATING MEANS AND SAID FLASH ILLUMINATION PRODUCING MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID ACTIVATING SIGNAL, AT LEAST A SPECIFIED ONE OF THE FLASH ILLUMINATING PRODUCING MEANS BEING CONSTITUTED FOR PRODUCING WAVE LENGTHS OUTSIDE OF THE VISIBLE RANGE, AND THE CAMERA CORRESPONDING TO SUCH SPECIFIED FLASH ILLUMINATION PRODUCING MEANS INCLUDING A PICTURE RECORDING ELEMENT RESPONSIVE TO SUCH WAVE LENGTHS WHICH ARE OUTSIDE OF THE VISIBLE RANGE.

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