Patent ID: 8531520
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for capturing an image associated with multiple violators, the apparatus comprising: a controller; one or more non-optical sensors communicatively coupled to said controller, said one or more non-optical sensors adapted to detect at least a first vehicle and a second vehicle; said controller adapted to use data associated with said one or more non-optical sensors to determine a schedule for acquiring one or more images associated with a first violation associated with said first vehicle and a second violation associated with said second vehicle, wherein to determine the schedule, the controller is further configured to: determine a first time that a first image depicting the first violation associated with the first vehicle can be acquired; determine a second time that a second image depicting the second violation associated with the second vehicle can be acquired; and determine a third time, different from the first time and the second time, that a third image depicting both said first violation and said second violation can be acquired; and an image acquisition system communicatively coupled to said controller, said image acquisition system adapted to acquire said one or more images associated with said first violation and said second violation, said image acquisition system adapted to acquire said one or more images in compliance with said schedule, wherein the controller is further configured to instruct the image acquisition system to acquire the third image at the third time.