System and method for speed limit enforcement
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorNarayan L. Gehlot
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Abstract
A system for enforcing highway speed limits comprising an antenna and one or more sensors positioned on a vehicle, the antenna capable of receiving data indicative of a speed limit for a roadway, the one or more sensors capable of gathering data indicative of a driving pattern of the vehicle, and a processing unit in communication with the antenna and the one or more sensors, the processing unit receiving the speed limit data from the antenna and the driving pattern data from the sensors, analyzing the speed limit data and the driving pattern data to asses whether a predetermined action should be initiated and initiating a predetermined action in response to the assessment.
Claims20
A system for enforcing roadway speed limits comprising:
- an antenna and one or more sensors positioned on a vehicle;
- said antenna capable of receiving data indicative of a speed limit for a roadway;
- said one or more sensors capable of gathering driving pattern data comprising a current speed of said vehicle and an elapsed time said vehicle has been traveling at said current speed;
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- a processing unit in communication with said antenna and said one or more sensors, said processing unit receiving said speed limit data from said antenna and said driving pattern data from said sensors, analyzing said speed limit data and said driving pattern data to asses whether a predetermined action should be initiated, and initiating a predetermined action in response to said assessment;
- wherein said antenna is also capable of receiving data from outside said vehicle for initiating a predetermined action, wherein said predetermined action is selected from a group of actions consisting of:
- reducing the speed of said vehicle, turning on a flasher signal of said vehicle, generating a speeding ticket, taking control of said vehicle, and disabling said vehicle.
A method of enforcing speed limits on a roadway comprising the steps of:
- a) gathering speed limit data indicative of a speed limit for a roadway;
- b) gathering driving pattern data comprising a current speed of a vehicle and an elapsed time said vehicle has been traveling at said current speed;
- c) analyzing said speed limit data and said driving pattern data to determine an appropriate response;
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- d) initiating said appropriate response, wherein said appropriate response is selected from a group of responses consisting of:
- reducing the speed of said vehicle, turning on a flasher signal of said vehicle, generating a speeding ticket, taking control of said vehicle, and disabling said vehicle.
A system for enforcing roadway speed limits comprising:
- an antenna and one or more sensors positioned on a vehicle;
- said antenna capable of receiving data from which a speed limit for a roadway can be derived;
- said one or more sensors capable of gathering driving pattern data comprising a current speed of said vehicle and an elapsed time said vehicle has been traveling at said current speed;
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- a processing unit in communication with said antenna and said one or more sensors, said processing unit receiving said speed limit data from said antenna and said driving pattern data from said sensors, analyzing said speed limit data and said driving pattern data to asses whether a predetermined action should be initiated, and initiating a predetermined action in response to said assessment, wherein said predetermined action consists of:
- reducing the speed of said vehicle, turning on a flasher signal of said vehicle, generating a speeding ticket, taking control of said vehicle, and disabling said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.