Patent ID: 6804602
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G07C,G08G

Abstract:
An Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) roadway information system for collecting, receiving, and processing ITS information from the plurality of said mobile collection systems, the roadway information system comprising:an ITS network for collecting, receiving, and processing roadway information from a plurality of sources; a mobile collection system for collecting and transmitting location-tagged ITS data to said ITS network, said mobile collection system includes a sensor system for collecting mobile ITS data from at least one data probe; a location-detecting system for determining a collection location at which said mobile ITS data were collected; a location-tagging system, said location-tagging system creating said location-tagged ITS data by combining said mobile ITS data with said collection location; an anonymity system for preserving anonymity of said mobile collection system; a communications system for sending said location-tagged ITS data from said mobile collection system to said ITS network, said location-tagged ITS data wrapped in a communications message; and a computer, said computer receiving said mobile ITS data from said sensor system, said computer receiving said collection location from said location-detecting system, said computer executing, for the received said mobile ITS data, said location-tagging system to combine the received said mobile ITS data with said collection location, said computer executing said anonymity system, said computer executing said communications system to send said location-tagged ITS data to said ITS network; an interface system for receiving said location-tagged ITS data into said ITS network, said interface system combining said location-tagged ITS data from the plurality of said mobile collection systems to provide combined data, said interface system transmitting said combined data within said ITS network; a traffic processing system for receiving said location-tagged ITS data from said interface system, said traffic processing system creating integrated data from a combination of said location-tagged ITS data and said roadway information; and a report system for preparing a traffic report using said integrated data created by said traffic processing system.