Traffic violation detection, recording and evidence processing system

A traffic violation detecting system, comprising:

• a fixed camera configured to monitor a plurality of lanes of a road and to provide images of vehicles travelling in said plurality of lanes;
• a violation detecting system configured to detect a traffic violation in any one of said plurality of lanes;
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• a reflecting system configured to selectively direct illumination from any one of said plurality of lanes to said fixed camera so that when a violation occurs in any one of said plurality of lanes, the reflecting system configured to direct illumination from that one of said plurality of lanes to the fixed camera so the fixed camera can capture images of the violation occurring in that one of said plurality of lanes,
• wherein the violation detecting system comprises an inductive sensor configured to sense when a red light phase of a traffic signal is present and a vehicle detector configured to detect when a vehicle is present in a specified portion of the road.

A dome camera assembly for a traffic violation system, the dome camera assembly comprising:

• a housing having a dome;
• a fixed camera mounted in the housing configured to monitor a plurality of lanes of a road through the dome;
• and
• a reflecting system in the housing configured to selectively reflect illumination from any one of said plurality of lanes to said fixed camera, wherein the housing has a cool chamber in which the camera is mounted and a warm chamber defined by at least part of the dome, the reflecting system being located in the warm chamber, and
• a heat transferring medium configured to transfer heat generated by the camera from the cool chamber into the warm chamber.

A dome camera assembly for a traffic violation system, the dome camera assembly comprising:

• a housing having a dome;
• a fixed camera mounted in the housing configured to monitor a plurality of lanes of a road through the dome;
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• a reflecting system in the housing configured to reflect illumination from said plurality of lanes to said fixed camera, wherein the reflecting system comprises a plurality of fixed mirrors, each configured to reflect light from one of the plurality of lanes to a portion of an image capture component of the camera.

A traffic violation detecting system, comprising:

• a fixed camera configured to monitor a plurality of lanes of a road and to provide images of vehicles travelling in said plurality of lanes;
• a violation detecting system configured to detect a traffic violation in any one of said plurality of lanes;
• and
• a reflecting system configured to selectively direct illumination from said any one of said plurality of lanes to said fixed camera so that when a violation occurs in any one of said plurality of lanes, the reflecting system configured to direct illumination from that one of said plurality of lanes to the fixed camera so the fixed camera can capture images of the violation occurring in that one of said plurality of lanes,
• wherein the system includes a storage configured to store images captured by the fixed camera and to identify images which relate to a violation detected by the violation detecting system so that the images associated with the violation are identifiable and can be processed to provide evidence of the violation and also identify a vehicle associated with the violation,
• wherein the system further comprises a wide angle camera, and the storage stores images captured by the wide angle camera so that the images which relate to the violation detected by the violation detecting system are identifiable and can be processed to provide a wide angle view of the violation.