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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1999
Michael T. Glier, Jamestown, RI (US);
Mark D. Laird, Milford, MA (US);
Michael T. Tinnemeier, Providence, RI (US);
Steven I. Small, Medfield, MA (US);
Randall T. Sybel, Randolph, VT (US);
Nestor, Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A traffic light violation prediction and recording system, including at least one violation prediction video camera and a violation prediction unit. The violation prediction unit generates violation probability scores for vehicles approaching a traffic intersection based on attributes of those vehicles, such as position, current speed and acceleration. The violation probability scores are passed to a violation recording unit, which allocates violation recording resources, such as a violation video camera, to capture activities of one or more vehicles associated with relatively high violation probabilities. The violation recording unit determines a violation recording resource allocation schedule. If sufficient resources cannot be allocated to record all possible violations within a given time period, the violation recording unit may ignore a potential violation having a relatively low priority. In one embodiment, the violation recording resources include a number of video cameras, as well as one or more violation recorders capable of producing digital data files for storing video recordings of the violation as it occurred.