Infringement detection method, device and system

A device for detecting an infringement by a vehicle operator, the device comprising:

• one or more sensor for detecting a vehicle;
• one or more flash for illuminating the vehicle or a part thereof with light at a narrow band;
• one or more camera for capturing one or more image of at least a part of the vehicle operator wherein at least one of the one or more camera comprises a narrow band filter that lets through only or substantially only the wavelengths of light produced by the one or more flash;
• one or more computer processor for automatically analysing the one or more captured image to detect an infringing act;
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• one or more output for providing the one or more captured image comprising the detected infringing act to thereby detect the infringement.

A method for detecting an infringement by a vehicle operator, the method comprising:

• detecting a vehicle with one or more sensor;
• illuminating the one or more vehicle with one or more flash with light at a narrow band;
• capturing one or more image of at least a part of said vehicle operator with one or more camera wherein at least one of the one or more camera comprises a narrow band filter that lets through only or substantially only the wavelengths of light produced by the one or more flash;
• automatically analysing the one or more captured image to detect an infringing act;
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• providing the one or more captured image comprising the detected infringing act to thereby detect the infringement.

A computer system for detecting an infringement by a vehicle operator, the computer system comprising:

• one or more sensor for detecting a vehicle;
• one or more flash for illuminating the vehicle or a part thereof with light at a narrow band;
• one or more camera for capturing one or more image of at least a part of the vehicle operator wherein at least one of the one or more camera comprises a narrow band filter that lets through only or substantially only the wavelengths of light produced by the one or more flash;
• a computer processor for automatically analysing the one or more captured image to detect an infringing act;
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• an output for providing the one or more captured imaged comprising the detected infringing act to thereby detect the infringement.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer usable medium and computer readable program code embodied on said non-transitory computer usable medium for detecting an infringement by a vehicle operator, the computer readable code which, when executed by one or more computer processors of a computer, cause the computer to:
• detect a vehicle based on input from one or more sensor;
• illuminate the detected vehicle or part thereof with one or more flash with light at a narrow band;
• capture with one or more camera one or more image of at least a part of the vehicle operator wherein at least one of the one or more camera comprises a narrow band filter that lets through only the wavelengths of light produced by the one or more flash;
• automatically analyse the one or more captured image to detect an infringing act;
• and
• provide the one or more captured image comprising the detected infringing act to thereby detect the infringement.