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5812959 |
Automated vehicle recommendation system
A system and method for determining which of a plurality of vehicles is able to respond most quickly to an event. In one embodiment, the present invention divides a geographic region into a...
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5812069 |
Method and system for forecasting traffic flows
A method and system for forecasting traffic flows at selected locations or in selected sections of road network, which method includes continually determining actual location positions of a...
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5801943 |
Traffic surveillance and simulation apparatus
A wide area surveillance system for application to large road networks is described. The system employs smart sensors to identify plural individual vehicles in the network. These vehicles are...
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5799263 |
Public transit system and apparatus and method for dispatching public transit vehicles
A public transit system uses a plurality of intracell vehicles to service transit requests in individual transit cells, and the transit cells are connected by intracell vehicles which travel...
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5784005 |
Communications infrasturcture system for vehicles
A communications infrastructure system for vehicles. The communications infrastructure system includes an infrastructure including a plurality of beacons sequentially positioned along a road...
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5778332 |
Electronic nervous system for a roadway and method
An electronic nervous system (10) for a roadway (12), has a plurality of nodes (14). The plurality of nodes (14) parallel the roadway and are connected by an information link (20). A plurality of...
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5777564 |
Traffic signal system and method
System and method for the improved operation of a traffic signal system which reduces delays to vehicular traffic at one or more signalized intersections by detecting vehicular demand for movement...
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5774072 |
Bus stop signaling system with two way communication
A bus stop signaling system including a main unit installed in a bus which runs in a particular bus line and controlled to transmit a coded radio signal and to receive a particular radio calling...
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5771484 |
Automated positive control traffic system for weather
Systems and methods for traffic control use scanning transmissometers to determine visibility along an extended stretch of roadway. When areas of decreased visibility are detected, such as dense...
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5771485 |
Apparatus and method for detecting a velocity of a moving object
An apparatus for detecting a velocity of a moving object includes: a camera for photographing a predetermined area in which the object moves, at intervals of time T; a projector for projecting...
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5767794 |
traffic surveillance process and device
A traffic surveillance system measures a speed of a vehicle within a traffic scene, optically records the traffic scene, and reproduces the traffic scene on a display in synchronism with a display...
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5757288 |
Vehicle detector system and method
A vehicle detector for detecting a moving vehicle traversing a predetermined roadway includes a coil antenna for detecting electromagnetic radiation inherently generated and emitted by the vehicle...
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5757287 |
Object recognition system and abnormality detection system using image processing
An object recognition system using the image processing in which an area having a unique feature is extracted from an input image of an object, the unique image is registered in a shade template...
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5757285 |
Method and apparatus for effecting a wireless exchange of data between a stationary station and moving objects
A method for effecting a wireless exchange of data between a stationary station and transmitter/receivers on board objects, particularly vehicles moving relative to the stationary station. The...
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5750069 |
Method and apparatus for discriminating vehicle types
A technique for discriminating a vehicle uses the pressures of tires of a vehicle passing on a pair of contact-point boards, which are converted into digital signals by using shift registers, and...
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5751569 |
Geographic train control
The invention relates to a method of controlling railroad train movement over a layout of railroad track that is defined geographically using a linear network of geographic control objects which...
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5751227 |
Communication system for vehicles
A communication system for vehicles, which obtains exact communication processing with responders mounted on vehicles running on a road having a plurality of traffic lanes, is disclosed. An...
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5752215 |
Apparatus and method for classifying vehicles using electromagnetic waves and pattern recognition
Apparatus and a method for classifying objects moving in a defined range 18 within an operational region is disclosed and claimed. The apparatus finds particular application as a vehicle counter...
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5740046 |
Method to control in a track traffic system moving units, device for effecting of such control and process for installation of the device
Method and device for control within a line network such as a tram line, of a number of rolling units in various line runnings, and a method for installation of said device. A number of passive...
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5729214 |
Condition reactive display medium
Digitally-effectuated, automatic control over the message or messages displayed on one or more programmable display mediums in response to changing conditions, or anticipated changing conditions,...
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5717390 |
Doppler-radar based automatic vehicle-classification system
A method for automatically categorizing the general variety of motor-vehicle types moving through a given checkpoint, according to their predominant characteristics; basically involving features...
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5705999 |
Engine operation detection
A method and apparatus is provided for determining if a vehicle with an operating engine is at a particular location, the apparatus comprising: an antenna comprising a continuous wire formed into...
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5706355 |
Method of analyzing sequences of road images, device for implementing it and its application to detecting obstacles
A method and system of analyzing sequences of road images taken by a camera carried on board of a vehicle. A luminance signal of the road images from which contours of the road are extracted is...
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5703778 |
Traffic control method for relieving vehicle congestion on parallel roads
A road traffic control method is provided which can continue to maximize the number of vehicles allowed to run on a road and shorten time required for a vehicle to reach a destination, by...
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5699056 |
Traffic information system
Disclosed is a traffic information system high in the ability to collect information. An on-vehicle apparatus is carried on a vehicle, to collect traffic information such as traffic jam...
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5696502 |
Method of sensing traffic and detecting traffic situations on roads, preferably freeways
A method of sensing traffic and detecting traffic situations on roads (AS), preferably freeways. With measuring points (measuring cross sections MQ1, MQ2, . . . ) set up for the purpose for vehicle...
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5696503 |
Wide area traffic surveillance using a multisensor tracking system
A wide area surveillance system for application to large road networks is described. The system employs smart sensors to identify plural individual vehicles in the network. These vehicles are...
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5691902 |
Moving body measuring device and an image processing device for measuring traffic flows
A moving body measuring device, having an image taking unit for taking an image of a moving body, a controller for controlling the image taking unit and a frame memory for memorizing an image data...
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5684475 |
Method for recognizing disruptions in road traffic
In a method for recognizing disruptions in road traffic within a road sector that is to be monitored at respective measurement cross-sections at the beginning and at the end of the sector, the...
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5677841 |
Control target surveillance system
A control target surveillance system capable of acquiring positional data of a control target in a control zone at high precision with fewer communications lines in a short period of time. A D. GPS...
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5668717 |
Method and apparatus for model-free optimal signal timing for system-wide traffic control
A method and apparatus for model-free, real-time, system-wide signal timing for a complex road network is provided. It provides timings in response to instantaneous flow conditions while accounting...
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5652705 |
Highway traffic accident avoidance system
An accident avoidance system in which a substantially continuous data stream consisting of multiple vehicle velocity and location information is processed by means that will generate advisories to...
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5648770 |
Apparatus and method of notifying a party of a pending delivery or pickup
An apparatus and method for notifying a party of a pending delivery or pickup of an item. A mobile vehicle or carrier is equipped with a satellite receiver, a controller and a communicator. The...
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5648904 |
Vehicle traffic system and method
A method and system for controlling the flow of vehicle traffic. The system of the invention includes a grid of one-way streets, and a one-way ramp near each street intersection. Each ramp allows...
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5625559 |
Transport management control apparatus and method for unmanned vehicle system
The present invention provides a transport management method and apparatus for controlling the transport of a plurality of unmanned vehicles traveling over a travel grid formed from a plurality of...
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5625669 |
Mobile phone with internal call accounting controls
A mobile telephone programming and accounting system that includes an integrated hardware system interlinking a telephone unit, a telephone interlink receiver, and a central processing unit...
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5621645 |
Automated lane definition for machine vision traffic detector
A method and apparatus defines boundaries of the roadway and the lanes therein from images provided by video. The images of the roadway are analyzed by measuring motion between images and detecting...
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5614894 |
Device to detect particularly one or several wheels of a vehicle or of a wheeled mobile engine and process for using this device
A device for detecting one or several wheels of a vehicle or of a wheeled engine and a process using this device. The device is constituted by at least one electromagnetic loop and by an evaluation...
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5610821 |
Optimal and stable route planning system
A system for providing a centrally planned, completely general routing system that assigns traffic routes to maintain optimal traffic system stability. The system includes a plurality of fixed...
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5604676 |
System and method for coordinating personal transportation
Door-to-door transportation is provided in a nearly on-demand manner by employing a set of multipassenger vehicles, e.g., vans, whose routes are continuously updated. The position of each...
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5602739 |
Vehicle tracking system incorporating traffic signal preemption
An embedded system controller-based vehicle tracking system using vehicle positioning. An embedded system controller controls a traffic intersection using an optical system. The embedded system...
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5598338 |
Device for detecting the existence of moving bodies in an image
A moving body measuring device, having an image taking unit for taking an image of a moving body, a controllers for controlling the image taking unit and a frame memory for memorizing an image data...
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5570284 |
Method and apparatus for remote control of a locomotive throttle controller
A protocol is provided for bi-directional communication of control signals between a host unit and a slave unit. The protocol is particularly adapted to the control of a locomotive from a remote...
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5570095 |
Automatic dependent surveillance air navigation system
An automatic dependent surveillance (ADS) system for tracking aircraft includes a GPS navigation receiver for determining the position of an aircraft, a Mode S transponder for transmitting the...
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5568406 |
Stolen car detection system and method
A method and system to detect and identify a target vehicle displaying a switched or invalid license plate includes a license plate reader to read the plate number carried by a target vehicle in...
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5568589 |
Self-propelled cleaning machine with fuzzy logic control
A self-propelled cleaning machine for cleaning a floor of a room enclosed by a wall perimeter includes a body having first and second sides and a front. A motor drive causes the body to move over...
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5566072 |
Method and apparatus for estimating a road traffic condition and method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle running characteristic
An apparatus for estimating a road traffic condition and for controlling a vehicle running characteristic includes a controller having a fuzzy inference function and a neural network function. The...
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5546311 |
Intercommunication system for vehicle
An intercommunication system for a vehicle is disclosed including a judging mechanism for detecting whether a corner exists ahead of a subject vehicle in a traveling direction on a road based on...
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5544059 |
Traffic means controlling apparatus
The feature distinguishing part distinguishes feature modes from the traffic volume data detected by the traffic volume detecting part or from the traffic volume data estimated from the detected...
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5539645 |
Traffic monitoring system with reduced communications requirements
Monitoring of traffic on selected routes requires little communication time, through reporting only instances of abnormal speed. During a calibration phase calibrant vehicles are operated along the...
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