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7408480 |
Dual mode electronic toll collection transponder
A dual mode transponder for engaging in RF communications with a roadside reader from a vehicle. The transponder includes an antenna, an electronic toll collection (ETC) component, and an external...
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7398924 |
Variable rate toll system
A method and system are provided in which average vehicle speeds of tolled and non-tolled road segments between two locations are monitored and saved for reference in providing dynamic adjustment...
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7388517 |
Method and apparatus for self-powered vehicular sensor node using magnetic sensor and radio transceiver
Vehicular sensor node, circuit apparatus and their operations are provided. Power from a power source is controlled for delivery to radio transceiver and magnetic sensor, based upon a task trigger...
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7388501 |
Method of enabling two-state operation of electronic toll collection system
A method and system for communicating state information from a transponder to a reader. The transponder outputs linearly polarized RF signals having either a first polarization, such as horizontal,...
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7385525 |
Dynamic timing adjustment in an electronic toll collection system
An electronic toll collection system with dynamically adjusted timing for operation of one or more subsystems. The timing is dynamically adjusted based upon the prevailing traffic speed for the...
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7382282 |
Method and apparatus reporting time-synchronized vehicular sensor waveforms from wireless vehicular sensor nodes
The invention includes using multiple wireless vehicular sensor nodes to wirelessly receive multiple, time-synchronized vehicular waveform reports from the nodes to create a time synchronized...
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7382281 |
Method and apparatus reporting a vehicular sensor waveform in a wireless vehicular sensor network
The invention includes using multiple wireless vehicular sensor nodes to wirelessly receive multiple, time-interleaved vehicular waveform reports from the nodes. Each vehicular waveform report...
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7382277 |
System for tracking suspicious vehicular activity
A system for monitoring and tracking vehicles in parking locations, public roadways and highway entrances and exits and other public vehicle access areas and to monitor and track vehicles in...
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7382275 |
Mobile enforcement reader
A mobile enforcement reader (MER) includes an antenna, a reader coupled to receive signals from the antenna and a control/display unit (CDU) coupled to the reader. The CDU selects a receive...
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7382238 |
Method and apparatus for operating and using wireless vehicular sensor node reporting vehicular sensor data and/or ambient conditions
Wireless Vehicular Sensor Node (WVSN) gating radio transmission of a message of the vehicle sensor state of a magnetic sensor by a vehicle-present indication. WVSN may further include ambient...
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7362211 |
Removably mounted wireless vehicle control and method
Methods and apparatus are provided for securing a wireless fob in a vehicle. The fob has a control thereon for controlling a vehicle function. The system comprising a first vehicle region having an...
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7353185 |
Electronic toll collection system for toll road
An ETC system for a toll road includes a road-side device. The road-side device transmitting a polling signal. The road-side device receives a response of an on-vehicle device to the transmitted...
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7352290 |
Aware patrol vehicle
The present invention is a system installed in patrol vehicles such as highway patrol, or local police patrol. The system uses wireless technologies to scan and compare VIN (vehicle identification...
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7349669 |
Electronic toll collection system adapted to plural types of protocols employed by various on-vehicle units
An electronic toll collection (ETC) system comprises an on-vehicle unit mounted on a vehicle and a stationary-station communication system. This communication system operates to perform...
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7347643 |
Road stud
Provided herein is a road stud used to recognize the central line or lanes of a road. The road stud is configured in the form of a screw to be securely fixed to and buried in a road. The road stud...
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7342510 |
Displaying information on a gate system
Systems, methods, and devices, including program instructions, are provided for displaying information on a gate system. One embodiment includes a processor and a memory associated with a vehicle...
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7342500 |
Compact microstrip transponder antenna
A transponder formed on a circuit substrate having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis. An antenna is disposed on one side of a transverse axis, extending in a longitudinal direction, and the...
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7339495 |
System and method for reading license plates
A method for reading a license plate disposed on a vehicle includes determining whether a license plate image is required, automatically processing the license plate image in response to...
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7336932 |
Narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus
The present invention provides a narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus capable of performing communication in which there are normally no discrepancies with on-road systems when the...
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7336203 |
Traffic control system and method for use in international border zones
A traffic control system and method, for expediting traffic flow across international border crossings, includes a traffic control center and a virtual traffic lane. The traffic control center is...
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7330131 |
Automatic system for monitoring and managing the admittance to parking places
An integrated automatic system for remote monitoring and management of vehicle access and parking in urban areas on a selective bases comprises: a mobile recognition device ( 17 ), in which a user...
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7324017 |
Method for identifying a toll-required section of road
A process for determining travel through at least one toll road section by at least one vehicle (FAR) by means of a position determination system (POS) which is set up to determine the current...
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7320430 |
Variable rate toll system
A method and system are provided in which average vehicle speeds of tolled and non-tolled road segments between two locations are monitored and saved for reference in providing dynamic adjustment...
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7319843 |
Storage unit comprising a main data carrier and a contactless chip
A storage unit for a portable radio-communication device includes a main data carrier and a contactless chip associated with the main data carrier. Device data descriptive of the storage unit is...
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7319414 |
Secure notification messaging systems and methods using authentication indicia
Systems and methods are disclosed for notification or messaging systems that give confidence to the notification-receiving party that a notification concerning the travel status of a mobile thing...
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7319379 |
Profile-based messaging apparatus and method
A system for providing directed advertising or informational messages specific to individual persons or vehicles. The system encompasses a sensing and evaluation mechanism to detect persons or...
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7307548 |
Geographical information supply system and method using RFID, and traffic information supply system using RFID
A system and method for providing geographical information to a driver of a vehicle using radio frequency identification (RFID). Also provided is a traffic information supply system using RFID. The...
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7298290 |
DSRC controller and a method therefor
In a DSRC communications controller equipped with a plurality of reception means for DSRC communications according to the invention, a reception reservation storage section 104 comprises means...
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7296755 |
Electronic payment system, payment apparatus and terminal thereof
An electronic payment system for making electronic money payments for transactions. A payment terminal stores a balance of electronic money for payment on a dealing by electronic money. A demanding...
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7283044 |
Method and apparatus for a privacy enabling radio frequency identification (RFID) reader
In an aspect of the present invention, an individual carries a mobile communications device, such as a cell phone, that listens for readers attempting to read tags associated with the individual....
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7277187 |
Overhead dimensioning system and method
A system and method for dimensioning large or palletized freight of one or more pieces determines the dimensions of a rectangular prism having the smallest volume which would contain the freight....
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7262711 |
External indicator for electronic toll communications
An external indicator for use in proximity to an on-board unit or transponder for an electronic toll collection (ETC) system. The external indicator senses RF transmissions from the on-board unit...
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7250876 |
Device and system for toll payment
A navigation device stores road data that includes positions of toll roads where payback of a part of a toll is provided based on a used distance of each of the toll roads. The navigation device...
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7236103 |
Infrared (IR) communication device for motor vehicles
A motor vehicle infrared (IR) communication device ( 2 ) for an electronic fee-charging system, comprising IR transmitting and receiving elements ( 9 ) arranged in a housing ( 4 ) and oriented...
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7233260 |
Electronic toll collection system
An improved electronic toll collection system having two lane-based antennas per laneway. The antennas include an overhead antenna and a side mount antenna. The side mount antenna is disposed so as...
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7224291 |
Electronic vehicle toll collection system and method
A system for automatic collection of tolls includes an in-vehicle toll processor having memory for storing a toll-money-available quantity purchased by the user, and a toll-facility-identification...
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7181414 |
Electronic toll collection system for toll road
An ETC (electronic toll collection) system includes an antenna having a predetermined directivity for providing a limited radio-communication service zone. A vehicle sensor operates for detecting a...
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7151998 |
Navigation apparatus and navigation system
A navigation apparatus includes a position detecting device for detecting a current position of an automotive vehicle, an operation mode setting device for setting whether or not an electronic toll...
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7136828 |
Intelligent vehicle identification system
An intelligent vehicle identification system that uses inductive loop technology to profile and classify a vehicle. In a tolling industry application, classification of the vehicle is made prior to...
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7123879 |
Toll charging system and toll charging method
A toll charging system of this invention is implemented by a roadside apparatus, onboard device, portable telephone, and charging apparatus. The roadside apparatus is to detect a vehicle entering a...
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7119716 |
Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications
Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with a computer-based notification system and a personal communications device (e.g., telephone, pager, computer, PDA,...
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7106214 |
Apparatus and method of finding an unoccupied parking space in a parking lot
Apparatus and method for finding an unoccupied parking space in a parking lot using an On-Line computer system comprises barring mechanisms at a parking space having a receiver capable of receiving...
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7091880 |
Licensed driver detection for high occupancy toll lane qualification
A method for collecting tolls on a high occupancy toll lane includes detecting a number of driver's licenses inserted into a card reader located in a vehicle and transmitting the number of driver's...
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7088248 |
System and method for selectively reading RFID devices
A radio frequency identification (RFID) device detection system includes an RFID device reader configured to detect RFID devices within a predetermined designated area, and two or more jamming...
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7084784 |
Means of mounting a toll calculator in a motor vehicle
It is proposed to assign a mounting arm to a toll calculator which is embodied as a surface-mounted device and which is connected in an articulated fashion to the toll calculator and can be mounted...
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7068185 |
System and method for reading license plates
A method for reading a license plate disposed on a vehicle includes determining whether a license plate image is required, automatically processing the license plate image in response to...
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7062239 |
On-vehicle equipment for dedicated short-range communication in intelligent transport system
In an on-vehicle equipment for Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) in Intelligent Transport System (ITS), a priority sequence for switching local frequencies of f 1 to f 7 in...
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7053793 |
System for notifying toll charge information
When car navigation device 100 detects that a vehicle has passed a toll gate, car navigation device 100 outputs a toll gate passage signal. When mobile communication terminal 200 receives the...
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7053792 |
Monitoring system for automatic charging apparatus for vehicle
When a monitor apparatus judges that a vehicle has stopped at a predetermined position (step 705 ), the monitor apparatus transmits pseudo position information of the vehicle (dummy data) to an...
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7049977 |
Antenna unit and card processing system
An antenna portion 46 retaining in a tip portion thereof antenna coils 49 configured to perform wireless communication with an IC card through an electromagnetic coupling is structured to be...
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