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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Douglas M. Kavner, Orange, CA (US);
Inventor:
Douglas M. Kavner, Orange, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for detecting incidents along a roadway are provided. A plurality of readers are spaced at intervals along a roadway for reading uniquely identified data from each of a plurality of vehicles. These readings are correlated to obtain information on each of the vehicles and to determine the number of vehicles potentially affected by incidents along the roadway. Finally, the number of each of the vehicles potentially affected by incidents is compared to a sample threshold in order to determine if a traffic incident has occurred.