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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Comtrol Corporation, New Brighton, MN (US);
Inventors:
Bill Arpin, New Brighton, MN (US);
Mark Pikkarainen, New Brighton, MN (US);
Assignee:
Comtrol Corporation, New Brighton, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/052 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0175 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/052 (2013.01); H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); B60R 2300/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stop violation detection system and method includes at least one sensor mounted to establish a light shield adjacent a first vehicle, at least one image capture device mounted to record at least one image adjacent the first vehicle, and a control unit operatively coupled with the at least one sensor and the at least one image capture device to detect breach of the light shield by a second vehicle and record the breach of the light shield by the second vehicle with the at least one image capture device.