US 9,002,347 B2 · Transmitter augmented radar/laser detection using local mobile network within a wide area network

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. A local area, mobile area wireless network (MAWN) is formed in a cellular network to share radar/laser detection information among drivers. Mobile Position Centers (MPCs) are provided in ANSI-41 networks and Gateway Mobile Location Centers (GMLCs) (GSM networks), to determine other members that are proximate to a device that is detecting radar emission.

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Dependent claims

A method of forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network, comprising:

populating a physical warning database with current location information for each of a plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion, said current location information being stored with at least a primary optimization indices having a first resolution and a secondary optimization indices having a second resolution greater than said first resolution;
querying at least one of said primary optimization indices and said secondary optimization indices of said physical warning database to determine a subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion that are proximate to a given wireless warning detector in motion, said proximity being determined based on a common optimization indices between said given wireless warning detector in motion and said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion;
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transmitting a warning event, local to said given wireless warning detector, to only said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion.

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A wireless warning detector formed mobile area wireless network within a wide area network, comprising:

a physical warning database to obtain current location information for each of a plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion, said physical warning database storing said obtained current location information with at least a primary optimization indices having a first resolution and a secondary optimization indices having a second resolution greater than said first resolution, and to provide a determination of a subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion that are proximate to a given wireless warning detector in motion based on a common optimization indices between said given wireless warning detector in motion and said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion;
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a transmitter to transmit a warning event, local to said given wireless warning detector, to only said subset of wireless warning detectors in motion.