Emergency rescue vehicle video based violation enforcement method and system

US9104939B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9104939-B2
Application numberUS-201213715041-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 14, 2012
Priority dateAug 16, 2011
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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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.

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What is claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method of detecting a vehicle that fails to yield to an emergency vehicle traveling on a section of road and detecting a vehicle that follows an emergency vehicle too close on the section of road, the method comprising: A) receiving a first video stream from a forward facing image capturing device mounted to an emergency vehicle, the first video stream including a first plurality of temporally spaced video frames; B) processing the f…

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What does patent US9104939B2 cover?
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…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Xerox Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06K9/3258. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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