Patent ID: 7986248

Claim:
An image recording apparatus suitable for recording a traffic signal violation at an intersection controlled by a traffic light, the apparatus including: a wide angle camera focused on the intersection; a first telephoto camera focused on a first lane of the intersection to capture a first number plate of a first vehicle; a second telephoto camera focused on a second lane of the intersection to capture a second number plate of a second vehicle; a first detection circuit configured to emit an infringement signal if at least a portion of the first vehicle in the first lane or the second vehicle in the second lane positioned beyond a location of the intersection at which the first vehicle and the second vehicle are required to stop in response to the change in traffic control status; and a first control circuit coupled to the wide angle camera, the first telephoto camera and the second telephoto camera wherein the first control circuit is configured to cause the wide angle camera to capture an image of the intersection and cause the first telephoto camera or the second telephoto camera corresponding to the position of the first vehicle or the second vehicle to capture a first close-up image of the first vehicle in the first lane or the second vehicle in the second lane of the intersection in response to the infringement signal from the first detection circuit.