# US 9,002,347 B2 · Transmitter augmented radar/laser detection using local mobile network within a wide area network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,002,347 B2 - Document ID: US9002347B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/954,379 - Filed: 2013-07-30 - Published: 2013-11-28 - Granted: 2015-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2006-03-01 - Assignees: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. - Applicants: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. - Inventors: Lance Douglas Pitt; Daniel D. DeLapp; Sarah Jean Lawrence - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9002347B2 ## CPC - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - G01S 7/003: {Transmission of data between radar, sonar or lidar systems and remote stations} - G01S 7/021: {Auxiliary means for detecting or identifying radar signals or the like, e.g. radar jamming signals} - G08G 1/0962: having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages - G08G 1/0967: Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits (transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - G01S 7/022: {Road traffic radar detectors} - G01S 7/4806: {Road traffic laser detectors} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and transmitting a warning event, local to said given wireless warning detector, to only said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 1, further comprising: transmitting detection of a radar emission by said given wireless warning detector in motion to only said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 1, further comprising: transmitting detection of a laser emission by said given wireless warning detector in motion to only said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 1, wherein: said second resolution of said secondary optimization indices represents a greater geographical area with respect to said first resolution of said first resolution of said primary optimization indices; and said proximity is determined based on said given wireless warning detector in motion and each of said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion being currently located within a same secondary optimization indices. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 1, wherein: said wide area network is a cellular phone network. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 1, wherein: said mobile area wireless network comprises driver warning devices within a given area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 1, further comprising: querying a gateway to determine wireless warning detectors in motion that are proximate to a querying wireless warning detector in motion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 1, further comprising: querying a mobile positioning center (MPC) in an ANSI-41 wide area network. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 1, further comprising: querying a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) in a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) wide area network. ### Claim 10 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; and a transmitter to transmit a warning event, local to said given wireless warning detector, to only said subset of wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The wireless warning detector forming a area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 10, wherein: said transmitter transmits detection of a radar emission by said given wireless warning detector in motion to only said subset of said plurality of proximate wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 10, wherein: said transmitter transmits detection of a laser emission by said given wireless warning detector in motion to only said subset of said plurality of proximate wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 10, wherein: said second resolution of said secondary optimization indices represents a greater geographical area with respect to said first resolution of said first resolution of said primary optimization indices; and said proximity is based on said given wireless warning detector in motion being currently located within a same secondary optimization indices. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 10, wherein: said mobile area network is a cellular phone network. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 10, wherein: said mobile area wireless network comprises driver warning devices within a given area. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The wireless warning detector forming a area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 10, wherein: said transmitter transmits a query to a gateway to determine wireless warning detectors in motion that are proximate to a querying wireless warning detector in motion. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 10, wherein: said current location information is derived from querying a mobile positioning center (MPC) in an ANSI-41 wide area network. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 10, further comprising: said current location information is derived from querying a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) in a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) wide area network. ### Claim 19 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; and transmitting vehicle dynamics based information from said given wireless warning detector to only said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 19, wherein: said vehicle dynamics based information includes at least one of accelerating, braking, emergency braking, and beginning to change lanes information. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 19, further comprising: transmitting detection of a radar emission by said given wireless warning detector in motion to only said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 19, further comprising: transmitting detection of a laser emission by said given wireless warning detector in motion to only said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 19, wherein: said second resolution of said secondary optimization indices represents a greater geographical area with respect to said first resolution of said first resolution of said primary optimization indices; and said proximity is determined based on said given wireless warning detector in motion and each of said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion being currently located within a same secondary optimization indices. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 19, wherein: said wide area network is a cellular phone network. ### Claim 25 (depends on 19) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 19, wherein: said mobile area wireless network comprises driver warning devices within a given area. ### Claim 26 (depends on 19) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 19, further comprising: querying a gateway to determine wireless warning detectors in motion that are proximate to a querying wireless warning detector in motion. ### Claim 27 (depends on 19) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network in motion within a wide area network according to claim 19, further comprising: querying a mobile positioning center (MPC) in an ANSI-41 wide area network. ### Claim 28 (depends on 19) The method of forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 19, further comprising: querying a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) in a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) wide area network. ### Claim 29 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; and a transmitter to transmit vehicle dynamics based information from said given wireless warning detector to only said subset of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The wireless warning detector forming a area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 29, wherein: said transmitter transmits detection of a radar emission by said given wireless warning detector in motion to only said subset of said plurality of proximate wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 29, wherein: said second resolution of said secondary optimization indices represents a geographical area; and said proximity is based on said given wireless warning detector in motion being currently located within a same secondary optimization indices. ### Claim 32 (depends on 29) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 29, wherein: said primary resolution is associated with a first geographical quadrant system, and said secondary resolution is associated with a second geographical quadrant system having larger quadrants than said first geographical quadrant system; and said proximity is based on a common secondary geographical quadrant between said given wireless warning detector in motion and all other of said plurality of wireless warning detectors in motion. ### Claim 33 (depends on 29) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 29, wherein: said mobile area network is a cellular phone network. ### Claim 34 (depends on 29) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 29, wherein: said mobile area wireless network comprises driver warning devices within a given area. ### Claim 35 (depends on 29) The wireless warning detector forming a area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 29, wherein: said transmitter transmits a query to a gateway to determine wireless warning detectors in motion that are proximate to a querying wireless warning detector in motion. ### Claim 36 (depends on 29) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 29, wherein: said current location information is derived from querying a mobile positioning center (MPC) in an ANSI-41 wide area network. ### Claim 37 (depends on 29) The wireless warning detector forming a mobile area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 29, further comprising: said current location information is derived from querying a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) in a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) wide area network. ### Claim 38 (depends on 29) The wireless warning detector forming a area wireless network within a wide area network according to claim 29, wherein: said vehicle dynamics based information includes at least one of accelerating, braking, emergency braking, and beginning to change lanes information.