Patent ID: 8344909
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving information related to an individual vehicle at a remote detection zone by a processor at a central station, the information including an image scheduled, by the processor at the central station, to be acquired using an image acquisition system and received from the image acquisition system, data received from a vehicle detection sensor, and data received from a traffic signal, where the individual vehicle is associated with the remote detection zone, and the remote detection zone is one of a plurality of remote detection zones from each of which information related to individual vehicles is received at the central station; combining the image received from the image acquisition system, the data received from the vehicle detection sensor, and the data received from the traffic signal to produce a record related to the individual vehicle; storing the record related to the individual vehicle at the central station; analyzing a set of individual vehicle data and signal state data to determine whether a number of traffic violations has increased over a time period to form a set of results, the set of individual vehicle data comprising the record related to the individual vehicle, the signal state data received from the traffic signal; and making the stored record related to the individual vehicle and the set of results available to internal or external applications.