Cellular augmented radar/laser detector
AssigneeTeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
InventorsLance Douglas Pitt, Sarah Jean Lawrence, Daniel D. DeLapp
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Abstract
A radar/laser emission detector is augmented with a cellular communications capability to provide the capability to share emission detection information amongst drivers to give other drivers even more advanced warning. A network of a plurality of cellular augmented radar/laser emission detector devices may be formed, each having the capability to source the location of radar or laser emission detections to others requesting access to such information, and each being warned when within a proximity of a recent radar or laser emission detection reported by at least one of the plurality of hybrid radar/laser detector devices.
Claims36
A cellular augmented emission detection device, comprising:
- a radar emission detector element;
- a signal processor to process detection made by said radar emission detector element;
- a cellular front end in direct communication with said signal processor, said cellular front end comprising a cellular antenna for communicating information relating to detection of radar emission;
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- a warning initiator to initiate a warning from said cellular augmented emission detection device upon receipt of information over said cellular front end relating to detection of said radar emission not detected by said radar emission detector element but rather by another cellular augmented emission detection device;
- wherein a position of said another cellular augmented emission detection device is obtained from a location positioning center.
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A cellular augmented emission detection device, comprising:
- a laser emission detector element;
- a signal processor to process detection made by said laser emission detector element;
- a cellular front end in direct communication with said laser signal processor, said cellular front end comprising a cellular antenna for communicating information relating to detection of laser emission;
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- a warning initiator to initiate a warning from said cellular augmented emission detection device upon receipt of information over said cellular front end relating to detection of said laser emission not detected by said laser emission detector element but rather by another cellular augmented emission detection device;
- wherein a position of said another cellular augmented emission detection device is obtained from a location positioning center.
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A method of passing radar emission data from one radar detector device to another, comprising:
- augmenting a radar emission detector with a cellular front end, said cellular front end comprising a cellular antenna for communicating information relating to detection of radar;
- initiating a transmission over said cellular front end;
- passing information relating to detection of radar by said cellular augmented radar emission detector in said initiated transmission to another cellular augmented radar emission detector;
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- obtaining a position of said another cellular augmented radar emission detector from a location positioning center.
A method of passing radar emission data from one radar detector device to another, comprising:
- augmenting a radar emission detector with a cellular front end, said cellular front end comprising a cellular antenna for communicating information relating to detection of radar emission;
- receiving information over said cellular front end relating to detection of radar by another cellular augmented radar emission detector at a time that said cellular augmented radar emission detector is not detecting emission of radar;
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- obtaining a position of said another cellular augmented radar emission detector from a location positioning center.
A method of passing laser emission data from one laser detector device to another, comprising:
- augmenting a laser emission detector with a cellular front end, said cellular front end comprising a cellular antenna for communicating information relating to detection of laser emission;
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- initiating a transmission over said cellular front end;
- passing information relating to detection of laser by said cellular augmented laser emission detector in said initiated transmission to another cellular augmented laser emission detector;
- and
- obtaining a position of said another cellular augmented laser emission detector from a location positioning center.
A method of passing laser emission data from one laser detector device to another, comprising:
- augmenting a laser emission detector with a cellular front end, said cellular front end comprising a cellular antenna for communicating information relating to detection of laser emission;
- receiving information over said cellular front end relating to detection of laser by another cellular augmented laser emission detector at a time that said cellular augmented laser emission detector is not detecting emission of laser;
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- obtaining a position of said another cellular augmented laser emission detector from a location positioning center.
Apparatus for passing radar emission data from one radar detector device to another, comprising:
- means for augmenting a radar emission detector with a cellular front end, said cellular front end comprising a cellular antenna for communicating information relating to detection of radar emission;
- means for initiating a transmission over said cellular front end;
- means for passing information relating to detection of radar by said cellular augmented radar emission detector in said initiated transmission to another cellular augmented radar emission detector;
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- means for obtaining a position of said another cellular augmented radar emission detector from a location positioning center.
Apparatus for passing radar emission data from one radar detector device to another, comprising:
- means for augmenting a radar emission detector with a cellular front end, said cellular front end comprising a cellular antenna for communicating information relating to detection of radar emission;
- means for receiving information over said cellular front end relating to detection of radar by another cellular augmented radar emission detector at a time that said cellular augmented radar emission detector is not detecting emission of radar;
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- means for obtaining a position of said another cellular augmented radar emission detector from a location positioning center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.