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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Ravneet Bajwa, Kensington, CA (US);

Ram Rajagopal, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Robert Kavaler, Kensington, CA (US);

Pravin Varaiya, Berkeley, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ravneet Bajwa, Kensington, CA (US);

Ram Rajagopal, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Robert Kavaler, Kensington, CA (US);

Pravin Varaiya, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sensys Networks, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 17/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/015 (2006.01); G01H 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/015 (2013.01); G01H 11/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods are disclosed that may be configured to respond to vibrations in a pavement induced by the travel of a vehicle on the pavement. The apparatus may include vibration sensor nodes embedded in the pavement and systems using the response of the sensor nodes to generate vehicle parameters, weight estimates, pavement deflection estimates and vehicle classifications. From these and other data, traffic ticket, tariff and insurance messages about the vehicle may be generated. Processors and processor-units are disclosed. Delivery mechanisms to configure the processor units and entities controlling and/or benefiting from the deliveries are disclosed.


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