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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Konashi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle monitoring system according to the present disclosure includes: an optical fiber for sensing () laid on a road (); a vehicle passage detection unit () configured to detect that a vehicle () has passed a predetermined location on the road (); an identification unit () configured to identify the vehicle () that has passed the predetermined location as a vehicle-to-be-monitored; and a reception unit () configured to receive sound information unique to the vehicle-to-be-monitored detected by the optical fiber for sensing (), in which the identification unit () identifies the vehicle-to-be-monitored based on the sound information unique to the vehicle-to-be-monitored.