# US 11,308,799 B2 · Monitoring and reporting traffic information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,308,799 B2 - Document ID: US11308799B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/134,825 - Filed: 2020-12-28 - Published: 2021-04-22 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-27 - Applicants: Melodie Noel - Inventors: Melodie Noel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11308799B2 ## CPC - G08G 1/0175: {by photographing vehicles, e.g. when violating traffic rules} - G06Q 50/26: Government or public services (business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40) - G06V 20/58: Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads - G06V 20/588: {Recognition of the road, e.g. of lane markings; Recognition of the vehicle driving pattern in relation to the road} - G08G 1/0133: {for classifying traffic situation} - G08G 1/04: using optical or ultrasonic detectors - G08G 1/052: with provision for determining speed or overspeed {(speed measuring in general G01P)} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for acquiring image data, determining that the user's vehicle is traveling in a left lane of a roadway having at least two lanes for travel in a first direction, detecting that a second vehicle is traveling within a predetermined distance in front of the user's vehicle and in the left lane of the roadway, obtaining speed information of the user's vehicle and the second vehicle at a first time and at a first location, determining, based on the obtained speed information, that a speed of the second vehicle at the first time is below a defined speed limit of the roadway at the first location, and in response triggering a potential violation procedure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for detecting a slow vehicle, the method comprising: obtaining first speed information of a first vehicle at a first time and at a first location; determining, based on the obtained first speed information, that a speed of the first vehicle at the first time is below a defined speed limit at the first location; detecting, after a predetermined amount of time, that the first vehicle is traveling within a predetermined distance of a second vehicle; obtaining second speed information of the first vehicle at a second time and at a second location; determining, based on the obtained second speed information, that the speed of the first vehicle at the second time is below the defined speed limit at the second location; and generating information about the first vehicle based on one or more of the first speed information or the second speed information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that the first vehicle is traveling in a same lane as a second vehicle; detecting a plate number of the first vehicle; and transmitting, to an application server, the plate number of the first vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of obtaining the first speed information or obtaining the second speed information is performed through communication between one or more vehicles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that one or more vehicles are passing the first vehicle, wherein transmitting information identifying the first vehicle is further based on the determination that the one or more vehicles are passing the first vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: obtaining the first speed information of the first vehicle at the first time comprises obtaining the first speed information using one or more sensors; obtaining the second speed information of the first vehicle at the second time comprises obtaining the second speed information using one or more sensors; and transmitting the information about the vehicle to an application server, including transmitting information identifying the vehicle to the application server. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein: obtaining the first speed information using one or more sensors comprises obtaining the first speed information using one or more of LIDAR, a camera, or radar; and obtaining the second speed information using one or more sensors comprises obtaining the second speed information using one or more of LIDAR, a camera, or radar. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a lane of travel for the second vehicle, wherein transmitting the second speed information of the first vehicle is conditioned on the lane of travel for the first vehicle being other than a right-most lane of travel. ### Claim 8 A system comprising: a data storage device; and one or more processors configured to interact with the data storage device and perform, upon execution of instructions, operations comprising: obtaining first speed information of a first vehicle at a first time and at a first location; determining, based on the obtained first speed information, that a speed of the first vehicle at the first time is below a defined speed limit at the first location; detecting, after a predetermined amount of time, that the first vehicle is traveling within a predetermined distance of a second vehicle; obtaining second speed information of the first vehicle at a second time and at a second location; determining, based on the obtained second speed information, that the speed of the first vehicle at the second time is below the defined speed limit at the second location; and generating information about the first vehicle based on one or more of the first speed information or the second speed information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising: determining that the first vehicle is traveling in a same lane as a second vehicle; detecting a plate number of the first vehicle; and transmitting, to an application server, the plate number of the first vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein one or more of obtaining the first speed information or obtaining the second speed information is performed through communication between one or more vehicles. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising determining that one or more vehicles are passing the first vehicle, wherein transmitting information identifying the first vehicle is further based on the determination that the one or more vehicles are passing the first vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein: obtaining the first speed information of the first vehicle at the first time comprises obtaining the first speed information using one or more sensors; obtaining the second speed information of the first vehicle at the second time comprises obtaining the second speed information using one or more sensors; and the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising: and transmitting the information about the vehicle to an application server, including transmitting information identifying the vehicle to the application server. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein: obtaining the first speed information using one or more sensors comprises obtaining the first speed information using one or more of LIDAR, a camera, or radar; and obtaining the second speed information using one or more sensors comprises obtaining the second speed information using one or more of LIDAR, a camera, or radar. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising: determining a lane of travel for the second vehicle, wherein transmitting the second speed information of the first vehicle is conditioned on the lane of travel for the first vehicle being other than a right-most lane of travel. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, upon execution, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising: obtaining first speed information of a first vehicle at a first time and at a first location; determining, based on the obtained first speed information, that a speed of the first vehicle at the first time is below a defined speed limit at the first location; detecting, after a predetermined amount of time, that the first vehicle is traveling within a predetermined distance of a second vehicle; obtaining second speed information of the first vehicle at a second time and at a second location; determining, based on the obtained second speed information, that the speed of the first vehicle at the second time is below the defined speed limit at the second location; and generating information about the first vehicle based on one or more of the first speed information or the second speed information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising: determining that the first vehicle is traveling in a same lane as a second vehicle; detecting a plate number of the first vehicle; and transmitting, to an application server, the plate number of the first vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein one or more of obtaining the first speed information or obtaining the second speed information is performed through communication between one or more vehicles. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising determining that one or more vehicles are passing the first vehicle, wherein transmitting information identifying the first vehicle is further based on the determination that the one or more vehicles are passing the first vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein: obtaining the first speed information of the first vehicle at the first time comprises obtaining the first speed information using one or more sensors; obtaining the second speed information of the first vehicle at the second time comprises obtaining the second speed information using one or more sensors; and the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations further comprising: and transmitting the information about the vehicle to an application server, including transmitting information identifying the vehicle to the application server. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein: obtaining the first speed information using one or more sensors comprises obtaining the first speed information using one or more of LIDAR, a camera, or radar; and obtaining the second speed information using one or more sensors comprises obtaining the second speed information using one or more of LIDAR, a camera, or radar.