# US 12,112,620 B2 · Streetlight situational awareness system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,112,620 B2 - Document ID: US12112620B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/650,605 - Filed: 2022-02-10 - Published: 2022-08-11 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-02-10 - Assignees: LHP, Inc. - Applicants: LHP, Inc. - Inventors: Adam Joseph Saenz; Victor Hugo Aguilar; Armando Silvestre Hernandez-Urena; Steven Joseph Neemeh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12112620B2 ## CPC - G08G 1/0116: {from roadside infrastructure, e.g. beacons} - B60W 50/14: Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention - F21S 8/085: {of high-built type, e.g. street light} - G06T 7/292: Multi-camera tracking - G06V 20/54: of traffic, e.g. cars on the road, trains or boats - G06V 20/625: {License plates} - G08G 1/0133: {for classifying traffic situation} - G08G 1/0141: {for traffic information dissemination} - G08G 1/04: using optical or ultrasonic detectors - G08G 1/087: Override of traffic control, e.g. by signal transmitted by an emergency vehicle - G08G 1/091: {Traffic information broadcasting (broadcasting communication H04H)} - G08G 1/164: {Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles} - G08G 1/166: {for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes} - G06T 2207/30232: Surveillance - G06T 2207/30236: Traffic on road, railway or crossing - G06T 2207/30241: Trajectory - G06V 2201/08: Detecting or categorising vehicles - 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}) - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A streetlight situational awareness system (SSAS) includes streetlight modules integrated into streetlights. Each module includes a camera configured to detect objects within a predetermined zone along a road. The awareness module includes a lamp array configured to illuminate an area around the streetlight. The system includes a communication network configured to share data about objects within the zone with nearby vehicles and/or neighboring streetlight modules. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A streetlight situational awareness system (SSAS), comprising: two or more streetlight modules configured to visually monitor corresponding zones along a road; wherein the streetlight modules are each integrated into a streetlight configured to illuminate the road; wherein the streetlight modules each include a camera configured to visually monitor the zones; wherein the streetlight modules are configured to track objects when moving between the zones; wherein the streetlight modules each include a controller configured to determine tracking data for the objects; wherein the tracking data includes object type, object position, and object velocity; wherein the streetlight modules each include a radio transceiver; a vehicle travelling along the road; wherein the radio transceiver is configured to transmit the tracking data to the vehicle; wherein processing power of the vehicle for determining the tracking data is offloaded to the streetlight modules; wherein the tracking data is used to generate a localized map of the zones; and wherein the vehicle is configured to react to avoid hazards detected in the tracking data received from the streetlight modules. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the camera is configured to visually monitor the zones from above the road. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the camera has a field of view defining a boundary of the zone for the streetlight module. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: a dual communication network configured to communicate the tracking data from the streetlight modules. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: an intranet communication network configured to communicate the tracking data between the streetlight modules. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: an extranet communication network configured facilitate communications between the streetlight modules and the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the extranet communication network is configured to facilitate one-way broadcast communications from the streetlight modules to the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the extranet communication network is configured to facilitate two-way communications between the streetlight modules and the vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the streetlight modules are configured to monitor traffic congestion within the zones along the road. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the streetlight modules are configured to alert emergency services when a hazard is detected along the road. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the streetlight modules are configured to generate an alert if an unsafe event is detected along the road. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the streetlight modules are configured to alert the vehicle when at least one of the objects is moving towards a travel path of the vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the vehicle includes an autonomous vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the streetlight modules are configured to monitor the zones for an amber alert vehicle matching an amber alert description. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the streetlight modules are configured to monitor license plates of vehicles via the camera to detect the amber alert vehicle matching the amber alert description. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: a base station configured to store the tracking data from the streetlight modules. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the streetlight modules are configured to manage traffic along the road via one or more traffic lights. ### Claim 18 A method, comprising: monitoring visually a first zone of a road with a first streetlight module; monitoring visually a second zone of the road with a second streetlight module; wherein the streetlight modules are part of a streetlight situational awareness system (SSAS); wherein the streetlight modules are each integrated into a streetlight configured to illuminate the road; wherein the streetlight modules each include a camera configured to visually monitor the zones; tracking with the system an object as the object moves between the first zone and the second zone with the streetlight modules; determining tracking data for the object with the system; wherein the tracking data includes object type, object position, and object velocity; transmitting the tracking data from the system to a vehicle travelling along the road; wherein processing power of the vehicle for the determining the tracking data is offloaded to the streetlight modules; and changing motion of the vehicle automatically in response to the tracking data from the system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: detecting a potential collision with the system by monitoring a travel path of the object with the streetlight modules; and issuing an alert upon the detecting of the potential collision. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: wherein the object includes the vehicle; reading a license plate of the vehicle with the first streetlight module; and determining with the system that the license plate matches a license plate identification for an amber alert. ### Claim 21 A method, comprising: monitoring visually a first zone of a road with a first streetlight module; monitoring visually a second zone of the road with a second streetlight module; wherein the streetlight modules are part of a streetlight situational awareness system (SSAS); wherein the streetlight modules are each integrated into a streetlight configured to illuminate the road; wherein the streetlight modules each include a camera configured to visually monitor the zones; tracking with the system an object as the object moves between the first zone and the second zone with the streetlight modules; monitoring with a vehicle travelling along the road for hazards in a direct line of sight of the vehicle; determining tracking data for the object with the system; wherein the object is located outside of the direct line of sight of the vehicle; transmitting the tracking data from the system to the vehicle travelling along the road; and changing motion of the vehicle automatically in response to the tracking data from the system for the object that is located outside of the direct line of sight of the vehicle. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein: the vehicle is configured to analyze for hazards and/or objects within a direct line of sight of the vehicle; the streetlight modules are configured monitor an area around the vehicle for hazards and/or objects outside of the direct line of sight of the vehicle; the controller is configured to determine tracking data for the hazards and/or objects outside of the direct line of sight of the vehicle; and the vehicle is configured to change navigation of the vehicle based on the tracking data from the streetlight modules. ### Claim 23 A streetlight situational awareness system (SSAS), comprising: two or more streetlight modules configured to visually monitor corresponding zones along a road; wherein the streetlight modules are each integrated into a streetlight configured to illuminate the road; wherein the streetlight modules each include a camera configured to visually monitor the zones; a vehicle travelling along the road; wherein the vehicle is configured to analyze for hazards and/or objects within a direct line of sight of the vehicle; wherein the streetlight modules are configured monitor an area around the vehicle for hazards and/or objects outside of the direct line of sight of the vehicle; wherein the streetlight modules each include a controller configured to determine tracking data for the hazards and/or objects outside of the direct line of sight of the vehicle; wherein the streetlight modules each include a radio transceiver; wherein the radio transceiver is configured to transmit the tracking data to the vehicle; and wherein the vehicle is configured to change navigation of the vehicle based on the tracking data from the streetlight modules.