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7427931 Method and apparatus for detecting presence of vehicle using a magnetic sensor employing a magneto-resistive effect  
Method using raw signal from magneto-resistive sensor through the use of recent variance (RV) of raw signal (RS) for first-capture of first time RV crosses variance detect, second-capture start...
7427930 Vehicular traffic sensor  
A vehicle traffic sensor for detecting and monitoring vehicular targets is presented. The sensor employs a planar design resulting in a reduced profile sensor. The sensor includes a multi-layer...
7424309 System in vehicles for making a telephone call  
A system for making a telephone call in a vehicle in which information concerning the traffic situation of a first vehicle is electronically processed and sent to a second vehicle. By apparatuses...
7423552 “Warning Bump” traffic safety device  
A Warning Bump traffic safety device comprised of a base which is inserted over traffic cones or barrels and a strip and extensions, generally trapezoidal in cross section, attached to the base...
7417561 Acoustic or pneumatic pulse transfer system for event counting  
An event sensing component includes a housing, wherein the housing includes a first tube that is provided along an entire length of the housing, and a second tube that is provided along the entire...
7414545 Incursion collision avoidance system for vehicle traffic control  
A system to identify junctions of restricted areas to approaching vehicles, including at least one warning signal generator, at least one antenna coupled to the generator transmitting the warning...
7403664 Traffic event detection in compressed videos  
A method detects traffic events in a compressed video. Feature vectors are extracted from the compressed video. The feature vector are provided to a Gaussian mixture hidden Markov model. Then, a...
7403124 Driving support equipment for vehicles  
A driving support equipment for a vehicle is provided, the equipment comprising a frontward information recognition unit for recognizing environs information at the front of the vehicle; a...
7400268 System and method for utilizing RFID tags to manage automotive parts  
A system and method for utilizing RFID tags to manage automotive parts. A system is provided that includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to read data from RFID tags...
7394374 Installation construction of radio communication module on vehicular license plate  
An installation construction of a radio communication module on a license plate of a vehicle includes the followings: the radio communication module provided with a housing having an engaging...
7393134 Parking meter  
A parking meter includes a microcontroller and a timer coupled with a microcontroller. A mechanism for accepting payment by coin, credit card or both is coupled with the microcontroller for...
7391339 Parking management systems  
The systems described herein include one or more wireless vehicle detectors, along with a distributed parking payment system such as parking meters or a paystation. Information from the payment...
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...
7388516 Mobile apparatus  
A mobile apparatus senses without failing an object which exists in a traveling direction of itself even when a pedestrian is moving while looking at a screen on which information is displayed. The...
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...
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...
7382278 Parked vehicle location system  
A parked vehicle location system including a plurality of detectors, where each detector is operative to detect whether or not a vehicle is present in at least one of a plurality of parking spaces,...
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...
7382274 Vehicle interaction communication system  
The information available to a driver of a vehicle is greatly expanded using wireless communications (e.g., using Bluetooth wireless communication devices). In one embodiment, information regarding...
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...
7375652 Systems and devices for assessing fines for traffic disturbances  
Traffic disturbances are detected and data is collected by various sensors where the data reflects the entity that is responsible for the disturbance and the number of vehicles that are impacted by...
7375618 Speed control system for automatic stopping or deceleration of vehicle  
A speed control system employing a remote control system in which a vehicle is provided with a vehicle engine disabling/brake activating device or a vehicle speed control device capable of...
7369061 Vehicle locator device  
A device for locating a parked vehicle has a remote mobile unit with an aerodynamic housing, including a base and a transparent lens covering an illuminating visual indicator, such as a strobe...
7366606 Method for refining traffic flow data  
Traffic information, including traffic flow information and traffic incident information, obtained through a traffic management system for providing and facilitating the exchange of traffic...
7365639 Warning apparatus, warning server, warning system, and automobile  
Herein disclosed is a warning apparatus for an automobile, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a driver's information from a memory device memorizing said driver's information; a memorizing...
7355527 System and method for parking infraction detection  
The invention relates to a system and method for detecting parking infractions. It comprises computing one or more measurements associated with a stationary object found at a first location;...
7355525 Vehicle communication system  
A vehicle communication system is provide with a host vehicle two way communication device, an omni-directional antenna, a bi-directional antenna, a vehicle positioning component, a vehicle map...
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...
7345595 Short driveway vehicle motion detector  
The apparatus is a vehicle motion detection apparatus for short driveways which uses passive ferromagnetic detecting coils reacting to the fluctuation in the earth's magnetic field caused by moving...
7342511 Digital camera valet gate  
A system and method for managing a valet parking system enables the tracking of the damage to vehicles. The method provides for linking digital images of a vehicle to a set of valet parking data....
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...
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...
7336805 Docking assistant  
Many day-to-day driving situations require that an operator of a motor vehicle guide the motor vehicle along a specific course and bring the vehicle to a stop at a specific location, for example in...
7333632 Image authenticating methods  
To authenticate images taken by image capturing elements ( 3 ) of offending vehicles, for example, when exceeding the authorized speed, provided elements are provided for allowing informative data...
7330565 Scale insensitive vehicle detection algorithm for flir imagery  
An algorithm for the detection of military vehicles in FLIR imagery is used as a prescreener to eliminate large areas of the image from further analysis. The output is a list of likely target...
7330132 Activation of an inductance loop vehicle detector  
An apparatus and method for activating an inductance loop vehicle detector is disclosed, wherein a magnet is positioned within a casing and attached to a vehicle. In order to activate the...
7330112 Location-aware services  
In some embodiments, a technique for providing location-based functionality comprises providing functionality, wherein the functionality uses information provided by a location-aware device.
7324015 System and synchronization process for inductive loops in a multilane environment  
A method and system for synchronization of detection loops in a multilane environment. A plurality of loop sensors are arranged in a plurality of lanes such that loop sensors in adjacent lanes are...
7324014 Inductive loop detector with automatic frequency change  
A system and method is disclosed to the elimination of cross talk between inductive loop detector units in a security system. The system includes appropriate devices for assigning different...
7323992 Method and system for aggregation of RFID signal sources and composite to develop a unique signature  
A method is presented for employing radio frequency (RF) identifier (ID) transponder tags (RFID tags) to create a unique identifier, termed an RFID signature, for use within a data processing...
7321317 Method for 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...
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...
7317397 Method and apparatus for using RFID's in the investigation of motor vehicle accidents  
This invention involves the use of an apparatus that would be attached to specific areas of motor vehicles. Contained within this apparatus would be a plurality of (code bearing) radio frequency...
7317384 Optical exploration device and vehicle comprising said device  
The invention relates to an optical exploration device, particularly for the detection of the blind spot of a vehicle, comprising first passive thermal infrared detection means ( 2 ) of the...
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...
7307514 Method for remotely determining and managing connection of tractor and trailer  
Truck tractors in a transportation fleet include a transponder that transmits a unique tractor identifier to a connected trailer using a Power Line Communication (PLC) bus device. The information...
7301480 System and method for prioritizing sensors in a barrier operator system  
In a barrier movement operator comprising a controller hard-wire connected to a first safety sensor, it is determined whether a second safety sensor has been wirelessly connected to the controller....
7292144 Apparatus and method for contact-less switching  
An apparatus and method for use with a railroad dragging equipment detecting (DED) system that detects objects hanging from and dragged beneath a train as the train travels along rails of a...
7287884 Vehicle operation supporting device and vehicle operation supporting system  
A beam radiator that radiates visible light beams having a predetermined wavelength onto a road surface to inform drivers of other vehicles of the existence of a self-owned vehicle or to let a...
7286040 Cooperative vehicular identification system  
Cooperative Vehicular Identification Systems and Methods, capable of monitoring and recording vehicular law violations, with the assistance and cooperation of the vehicles in violation, are...