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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Richard W. Seyfried, Williamson, NY (US);
Aaron Michael Burry, Ontario, NY (US);
Vladimir Kozitsky, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3258 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06K 2209/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for monitoring and reporting road violations of vehicles sharing roads with responding emergency vehicles. According to an exemplary method video is captured from a forward and/or rear facing camera mounted to an emergency vehicle, and the video is processed to identify any vehicles in violation within a prescribed distance from the emergency vehicle. A license plate id of a vehicle determined to be in violation is identified and communicated to the appropriate authorities.