United States Patent [191
[11] Patent Number:
Gerber
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[54] VEHICLE SPEEDING DETECTION AND
Date of Patent:
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Jan. 10, 1995
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IDENTIFICATION
U.s. PATENT DOCUMENTS
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Inventor
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Arrnonk, N.Y. 10504
App]- NOJ 257,267
Eliot 5- Gerber, 9 Frog Rock Rd-,
4,866,438 9/1989 Knisch .............................. .. 340/936
5,204,675 4/1993 Seldne ............................... .. 340/933
5,231,393 7/1993 Stnckland ......................... .. 340/936
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Primary Examiner-Mark Hellner
[22] Flledi
Jlln- 9, 1994
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Eliot S. Gerber
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Pat. No. 5,204,675 an automatic toll collecting rapidly compared to a database list of stolen, uninsured system obtains vehicle identi?cation from a vehicle and sco?law cars. If a car is on that list, the warning number plate and calculates the toll based on the num sign is not operated and a police officer ahead of the car ber plate. is noti?ed as to the car’s identify (model, year, etc.) and the reason it is on the “wanted” list.
OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION
In an alternative mode of operation, the “wanted car”
It is an objective of the present invention to provide database and/or the entire license plate database is lo a traf?c control system and method which will auto 65 cated at a traf?c management center or at police head matically, without human intervention, detect and iden quarters. Such a system is in accordance with the recent tify those vehicles which exceed a selected speed limit technological advances in traf?c control and manage and provide a visual warning to the driver of his speed, ment (Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems-—IVHS).
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These advances have focused on incorporating trans mitters and sensors proximate the highways and