Patent ID: 9064406
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for obtaining an image of a vehicle comprising: a housing that is portable; a camera system associated with the housing and comprising a license plate reader camera and a color scene capture camera, the color scene capture camera having a first field of view about four times a size of a second field of view of the license plate reader camera, and configured to generate images; a light source associated with the housing and configured to generate a light beam that is substantially collimated, the light source comprising a laser unit and the light beam comprising a laser, the light source and laser beam configured to illuminate the vehicle such that the camera system may generate an image of a license plate of the vehicle at a distance up to and including 200 meters away from the light source; a lens system associated with the light source and configured to cause the light beam to diverge with an angle that covers the field of view for the camera system; a wireless communications system associated with the housing and configured to transmit wireless signals; a controller associated with the housing and configured to detect a number of vehicles in the images, generate information for the number of vehicles, and send the information in the wireless signals transmitted by the wireless communications system; and a power source associated with the housing configured to provide power to the camera system, the light source, the wireless communications system, and the controller, and wherein the camera system, light source, lens system, wireless communication system, power source, and controller are physically connected to the housing; a first timestamp associated with a set of data from which the license plate number was identified; and a second timestamp associated with a particular image in which the license plate number was identified; wherein the first timestamp and the second timestamp are associated with each other to form an association between the license plate number and the particular image in which the license plate number was identified.