Electro-optical monitoring system utilizing optical signal transmitters in predetermined geometrical patterns
OwnerShlomo Vardiinventor
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Abstract
An electro-optical monitoring system for monitoring objects, particularly vehicles, includes a plurality of optical signal transmitters carried by each monitored object (e.g. vehicle) according to predetermined geometrical patterns. An optical receiver at a remote location receives the transmitted optical signals and includes a processor which identifies the objects from the combination of the geometric pattern of transmitters thereon and the optical signals received therefrom. The transmitters may transmit differently-coded signals or signals of different wavelengths to aid in the identification of the respective object or to transmit other data.
Claims20
An electro-optical monitoring system for monitoring objects, comprising:
- a plurality of optical signal transmitters carried by each monitored object according to predetermined geometrical patterns;
- means for actuating said transmitters on each of said objects to transmit optical signals;
- and an optical receiver at a remote location for receiving said transmitted optical signals, and including a processor having means for identifying the objects from the combination of the geometrical pattern of transmitters thereon and the optical signals received therefrom.
An electro-optical monitoring system for monitoring vehicles, comprising:
- a plurality of optical signal transmitters carried by each monitored vehicle according to predetermined geometrical patterns;
- means for actuating said transmitters on each of said vehicles to transmit differently-coded optical signals;
- and an optical receiver at a remote location for receiving said transmitted optical signals, and including a processor having means for identifying the vehicles from the combination of the geometrical pattern of transmitters thereon and the optical signals received therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.