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7253747 Parking lot management system using wireless LAN system  
In a parking lot management system, which is applied to a parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces, information about parking is wirelessly communicated between a plurality of wireless LAN...
7248153 Method for parking a vehicle  
A method for parking a vehicle in which distances of the vehicle from obstacles as well as the length and/or width of a parking space are determined. Sensors are used for parking space...
7248149 Detection and enforcement of failure-to-yield in an emergency vehicle preemption system  
An intersection controlled by an intersection controller receives trigger signals from on-coming emergency vehicles responding to an emergency call. The intersection controller initiates...
7245232 Emergency vehicle alert system  
The emergency vehicle alert system may be used for detection of selected sound frequency signals emitted by warning devices of vehicles. A sensor may sense a selected sound frequency signal...
7245214 Electronically tracking a path history  
Methods and systems for electronically tracking the progress of teams as they cover an assigned geographic area are described herein. A server computer establishes a coverage area, divides the...
7242281 Speed control system  
A speed control system employing a remote control system in which a vehicle is provided with a vehicle engine disabling/brake activating device capable of receiving a signal to immediately stop the...
7239245 Method and device for monitoring position of radioactive materials in vehicles  
A method and device for monitoring the position of radioactive materials in vehicles relates to a technical field of monitoring of radioactive materials. The method comprises following steps:...
7230545 Automobile communication and registry system  
The invention is directed to method and system for providing automatic vehicle registration and control via transceiver-facilitated wireless communication of a unique vehicle identification code...
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...
7221289 System and method for operating a loop detector  
The temperature of an operator circuit is measured. A relationship between the temperature of the operator circuit and characteristics of the operator circuit is determined. The relationship is...
7221288 Method and apparatus for using optical signal time-of-flight information to facilitate obstacle detection  
One or more optical signals (wherein at least some of a plurality of optical signals are at different angles of travel with respect to one another and are directed towards an area comprising a...
7218758 Drive supporting device  
The object of the invention is to provide driving support apparatus which allows the driver to intuitively and more accurately recognize the situation around an obstacle thus reducing a burden of...
7219031 Rumble strip responsive systems: discrimination of types of rumble strips  
There are basically two types of rumble strips: shoulder/center rumble strips and in-lane rumble strips. In an embodiment of the invention, there is a device that automatically identifies the type...
7215255 Method and apparatus for a satellite positioning-based metering system for use in transport-related applications  
A system and method for monitoring, measuring, and/or usage metering of a vehicle involving tracking continuous movement and position of the vehicle for priced parking spots, priced roads, and/or...
7205905 Parking assistance system for vehicles and corresponding method  
The invention relates to a method for operating a parking assistance system for a vehicle, comprising at least one distance sensor that detects at least sections of the lateral immediate vicinity...
7196636 Railroad crossing warning system  
A highway/railroad crossing detection and warning system which uses sets of Doppler radar transmitters and receivers to detect the approach of a train coming from either direction toward a highway...
7196637 Antenna system embedded in a support structure for interrogating a tire sensor transponder  
A vehicle tire interrogation system for interrogating sensors embedded in a vehicle tire. The interrogation system both transmits and receives appropriate RF signals to and from the sensors. The...
7190262 Transponder communications system  
A unit ( 1 ) for use in a vehicle is interrogated and identified by a fixed interrogator ( 2 ). A wireless form of communication is established between the unit ( 1 ) and interrogator ( 2 ) to...
7187302 Assessing the accuracy of road-side systems  
A method of assessing the accuracy of a roadside traffic monitoring system (TMS) arranged to measure the speed and/or other parameters of vehicles passing a predetermined measurement point adjacent...
7183945 Method and system for video capture of vehicle information  
A system for collecting and managing information relating to vehicles includes a digital image collection system positioned to capture an image of a vehicle travelling along a roadway. The captured...
7167104 System and method to wirelessly communicate information between traffic control signs and vehicles  
A system and method to wirelessly communicate information between traffic control signs and vehicles are provided. The method includes wirelessly communicating traffic control information from a...
7161473 Data recorder suitable for use as a railcar hunting detector  
A data recorder for use as a hunting detector includes a piezofilm accelerometer. A bandpass filter tuned to the approximate frequency of a hunting railcar couples the output of the accelerometer...
7151468 Stop alert warning system  
An on-site roadway warning system for alerting a driver of an approaching vehicle of a need to brake the vehicle. A transceiver radiates electromagnetic energy toward the approaching vehicle and...
7148813 Light emitting traffic sign having vehicle sensing capabilities  
A traffic system for alerting a driver of a motor vehicle to a traffic sign includes a sensor, a light source and a control unit. The sensor provides a motor vehicle detection signal and the...
7145475 Predictive automatic incident detection using automatic vehicle identification  
A system and method for detecting incidents along a roadway are provided. A plurality of readers are spaced at intervals along a roadway for reading uniquely identified data from each of a...
7132959 Non-interfering vehicle detection  
A technique for operating a vehicle detection system involves obtaining samples randomly from a detector of the vehicle detection system and determining the presence of a vehicle in response to the...
7129839 Device for monitoring an area  
The present invention relates to a monitoring device ( 1 ) with a transmitter unit ( 2 ) and a receiver unit ( 3 ) for monitoring an area. Slotted cables serve as antennas. According to the...
7127068 Geographical comparison system and method  
Systems and methods to create venue tokens that provide generalized geographic information while preserving location specific data. In one embodiment, a Universal Location Descriptor (ULD)...
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...
7123166 Method for managing a parking lot  
A method is disclosed for managing a parking lot. In one disclosed embodiment, the method includes receiving parking lot data. The embodiment of the disclosed method also includes transforming the...
7119715 Parking lot attendant robot system  
A parking lot attendant robot is provided with a camera for capturing an image of an vehicle and a parking space, and a receiver from receiving vehicle information such as the steering angle, shift...
7119673 Loading dock monitoring system and apparatus  
A system and apparatus for monitoring the status of loading dock equipment includes a control panel operatively connected to an input/output device which is operatively connected to a display...
7116248 Vehicle detector system with synchronized operation  
A vehicle detector system having a number of individual vehicle detectors each capable of sampling a plurality of vehicle loops in mutual synchronization. One detector operates as a master detector...
7113098 Animal accident reduction systems, methods, and apparatuses  
An animal accident reduction system, method, and apparatus. The apparatus including at least some of a housing having substantially the same external size and shape of a raised reflective pavement...
7109887 Vehicle detector system with automatic loop checking  
A method and apparatus for automatically testing the integrity of an inductive loop in a vehicle detector system. A check loop is placed adjacent each inductive loop in a multi-channel vehicle...
7110613 Image processing apparatus and image pickup device  
Information of light from a subject is converted into information of the electric charges to generate image data for one screen in an image pickup device, the image data is outputted to an image...
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...
7102492 Vehicle tracking system  
A system for identifying the location of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a sensor, a receiver, a processor, and a database. The sensor is configured to determine the status of a...
7102540 Remote access of an airport airfield lighting system  
Remote monitor and control of an airfield lighting system. A processing system local to the airport is provided in communication with the airfield lighting system for monitor and control thereof,...
7103614 Automatic vehicle information retrieval for use at entry to a secure site  
A method and system are provided for automatically retrieving information associated with vehicles that must sequentially pass an entrance to a secure site. Prior to the entrance to the secure...
7098804 Apparatus for broadcasting a warning signal  
There is disclosed vehicle mounted apparatus for broadcasting a warning signal on a radio channel to thereby warn of the vehicle's approach. The apparatus includes a transmitter for broadcasting a...
7084767 Vehicle-mounted apparatus and method for outputting information about articles in vehicle  
A vehicle-mounted apparatus includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reading unit for reading an RFID signal from an RFID tag attached to an article placed in a vehicle, a system controller...
7081832 Method and apparatus for obtaining data regarding a parking location  
A system, apparatus and computer program code for obtaining data regarding one or more parking locations. According to embodiments of the present invention, an interface can be used to receive data...
7075427 Traffic warning system  
The present invention is directed to a train detection system for detecting the velocity, presence, and direction of a railroad car which may be utilized in existing railroad crossing...
7071839 Method for total intelligent parking/pollution and surveillance control system  
The invention relates to systems to manage parking meters using mechanical, electrical and electromechanicals monitoring and transmitting devices. Such intelligent parking meters may be used for...
7071840 Ferromagnetic loop  
A ferromagnetic loop having a footprint characterized by a continuous wire shaped in a serpentine manner to form multiple contiguous polygons within the footprint for detection of moving vehicles....
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...
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...
7057509 Monitoring an object with identification data and tracking data  
An object is monitored with identification data and tracking data. In an embodiment, a monitoring apparatus is utilized to monitor the object. The monitoring apparatus has a first interface for...
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...