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Patent No.:

US 8054182 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2009
Applicant:

Protagoras N. Cutchis, Highland, MD (US);

Inventor:

Protagoras N. Cutchis, Highland, MD (US);

Assignee:

The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of inspecting a vehicle, comprising providing at an inspection site a hand-held inspection wand that transceives audio-visual information with a command/remote site a safe distance from the inspection site and that is staffed by law enforcement personnel, stopping the vehicle at the remote site, instructing an occupant of the vehicle to exit the vehicle and grasp the wand, transmitting instructions from the command site to the occupant via the wand, that direct the occupant to capture video of the vehicle at the remote site using the wand, capturing video of the vehicle using the wand, transmitting the captured video from the wand to the command site, and displaying the transmitted captured video at the command site.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Cutchis, Protagoras. (2011). Remotely directed vehicle inspection method and apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 8054182). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8054182

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