公开(公告)号：US07764197B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-27

申请号：US12020661

申请日：2008-01-28

申请人： Jim Allen ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Malcolm Talley ,  David C. Allen, Sr. ,  Allen Jacobs

发明人： Jim Allen ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Malcolm Talley ,  David C. Allen, Sr. ,  Allen Jacobs

IPC分类号： G08G1/01

CPC分类号： G08G1/01 ,  G08G1/0175 ,  G08G1/042

摘要： A method and system for synchronization of detection loops in a multilane environment. A plurality of loop sensors are arranged in a plurality of lanes such that loop sensors in adjacent lanes are mutually contiguous. A simultaneous synchronization signal is sent to each of the plurality of loop detector controllers, where each loop detector controller is in communication with a loop sensor. The signal causes a scheduling of sampling periods for each loop sensor, such that the sampling period of each loop sensor does not overlap with that of a contiguous loop in an adjacent lane.

摘要翻译： 用于在多环境中同步检测环路的方法和系统。 多个环路传感器布置在多个通道中，使得相邻车道中的环路传感器相互邻接。 同时同步信号被发送到多个环路检测器控制器中的每一个，其中每个环路检测器控制器与环路传感器通信。 信号引起每个环路传感器的采样周期的调度，使得每个环路传感器的采样周期与相邻通道中的连续环路的采样周期不重叠。

公开(公告)号：US07071840B2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-04

申请号：US10953858

申请日：2004-09-30

申请人： Jim Allen ,  David C. Allen, Sr. ,  William J. Ippolito

发明人： Jim Allen ,  David C. Allen, Sr. ,  William J. Ippolito

IPC分类号： G08G1/01

CPC分类号： G08G1/042 ,  G08G1/015

摘要： A ferromagnetic loop having a footprint characterized by a continuous wire shaped in a serpentine manner to form multiple contiguous polygons within the footprint for detection of moving vehicles. The footprint can be one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, an ellipse, or a circle. Similarly, each of the multiple contiguous polygons can be one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram. Different design configurations for the ferromagnetic loop and methods for making and using the same are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20050046598A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-03

申请号：US10952943

申请日：2004-09-30

申请人： Jim Allen ,  David Allen ,  William Ippolito

发明人： Jim Allen ,  David Allen ,  William Ippolito

IPC分类号： G08G1/015 ,  G08G1/042 ,  G08G1/01

CPC分类号： G08G1/042 ,  G08G1/015

摘要： A ferromagnetic loop having a footprint characterized by a continuous wire shaped in a serpentine manner to form multiple contiguous polygons within the footprint for detection of moving vehicles. The footprint can be one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, an ellipse, or a circle. Similarly, each of the multiple contiguous polygons can be one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram. Different design configuration for the ferromagnetic loop and methods for making and using the same are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US08331621B1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-11

申请号：US11138516

申请日：2005-05-27

申请人： Jim Allen ,  Sheng Zhong ,  Raghavan Venugopal ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Xidong Zheng

发明人： Jim Allen ,  Sheng Zhong ,  Raghavan Venugopal ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Xidong Zheng

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G08G1/042 ,  G08G1/015

摘要： A toll violation enforcement system that contains a capture unit that receives a trigger signal and takes vehicle images of passing vehicles. A lighting unit configured to operate continuously is provided to establish a major lighting source incident on the vehicle. A processing unit is provided that processes the vehicle image and controls the settings employed by the capture unit. The processing unit preferably contains a plate location module for extracting an original resolution license plate area image from a first vehicle image; an exposure control module for controlling the exposure setting on the capture unit to provide consistent intensity of the license plate area; a resolution reset module for changing the image resolution for a second vehicle image; an image enhancement module for brightening pixels of the second vehicle image; and an image compression module for compressing the license plate area image and second vehicle image to a predetermined format.

摘要翻译： 一个通行费违规执行系统，其中包含一个接收触发信号并获取过往车辆的车辆图像的捕获单元。 被配置为连续操作的照明单元被提供以建立入射在车辆上的主要照明源。 提供一种处理单元，其处理车辆图像并控制捕获单元所采用的设置。 处理单元优选地包含用于从第一车辆图像提取原始分辨率牌照区域图像的牌位置模块; 曝光控制模块，用于控制所述拍摄单元上的曝光设置，以提供所述牌照区域的一致的强度; 分辨率复位模块，用于改变第二车辆图像的图像分辨率; 用于增亮所述第二车辆图像的像素的图像增强模块; 以及用于将车牌区域图像和第二车辆图像压缩到预定格式的图像压缩模块。

公开(公告)号：US08253018B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-28

申请号：US13072198

申请日：2011-03-25

申请人： Jim Allen

发明人： Jim Allen

IPC分类号： H05K5/00

CPC分类号： G08G1/02 ,  Y10S248/906

摘要： A pre-fabricated ferromagnetic loop having a footprint characterized by a continuous wire shaped according to a predetermined planar pattern. In some embodiments, the predetermined planar pattern can be multiple contiguous polygons within a larger footprint used for establishing a sensor for the detection of moving vehicles. The footprint may include one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, an ellipse, or a circle, and/or other shapes or configurations. Similarly, each of the multiple contiguous polygons may include one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, and/or other shapes or configurations. A loop sensor housing is arranged to enclose a continuous loop sensor wire configured in the predetermined planar pattern. The prefabricated loop sensor is inserted in a groove web pre-cut in a receiving medium to match the predetermined planar pattern.

摘要翻译： 一种预制的铁磁回路，其具有由根据预定平面图案成形的连续线的特征。 在一些实施例中，预定平面图案可以是用于建立用于检测移动车辆的传感器的较大占地面积内的多个相邻多边形。 脚印可以包括三角形，正方形，矩形，菱形，平行四边形，椭圆形或圆形中的一种，和/或其他形状或配置。 类似地，多个相邻多边形中的每一个可以包括三角形，正方形，矩形，菱形，平行四边形和/或其他形状或配置中的一个。 环形传感器壳体被布置成包围以预定平面图案配置的连续环形传感器线。 将预制环路传感器插入在接收介质中预切割的凹槽网以匹配预定的平面图案。

公开(公告)号：US07952021B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-31

申请号：US12115212

申请日：2008-05-05

申请人： Jim Allen

发明人： Jim Allen

IPC分类号： H05K5/00

CPC分类号： G08G1/02 ,  Y10S248/906

摘要： A pre-fabricated ferromagnetic loop having a footprint characterized by a continuous wire shaped according to a predetermined planar pattern. In some embodiments, the predetermined planar pattern can be multiple contiguous polygons within a larger footprint used for establishing a sensor for the detection of moving vehicles. The footprint may include one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, an ellipse, or a circle, and/or other shapes or configurations. Similarly, each of the multiple contiguous polygons may include one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, and/or other shapes or configurations. A loop sensor housing is arranged to enclose a continuous loop sensor wire configured in the predetermined planar pattern. The prefabricated loop sensor is inserted in a groove web pre-cut in a receiving medium to match the predetermined planar pattern.

摘要翻译： 一种预制的铁磁回路，其具有由根据预定平面图案成形的连续线的特征。 在一些实施例中，预定平面图案可以是用于建立用于检测移动车辆的传感器的较大占地面积内的多个相邻多边形。 脚印可以包括三角形，正方形，矩形，菱形，平行四边形，椭圆形或圆形中的一种，和/或其他形状或配置。 类似地，多个相邻多边形中的每一个可以包括三角形，正方形，矩形，菱形，平行四边形和/或其他形状或配置中的一个。 环形传感器壳体被布置成包围以预定平面图案配置的连续环形传感器线。 将预制环路传感器插入在接收介质中预切割的凹槽网以匹配预定的平面图案。

公开(公告)号：US20090174576A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-09

申请号：US12172040

申请日：2008-07-11

申请人： Jim Allen ,  Sheng Zhong ,  Raghavan Venugopal ,  Tiegang Xie ,  Fajie Sun ,  Sangmesh Reddy ,  Brijesh Rai Chawla ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Shyamnath Harinath

发明人： Jim Allen ,  Sheng Zhong ,  Raghavan Venugopal ,  Tiegang Xie ,  Fajie Sun ,  Sangmesh Reddy ,  Brijesh Rai Chawla ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Shyamnath Harinath

IPC分类号： G08G1/01

CPC分类号： G08G1/017 ,  G07B15/063 ,  Y10S707/92

摘要： A system and method for accurate express tolling of highway vehicles. A multilane tolling system comprises a tolling (MVIC) unit that collects information from tolling subsystems arranged to take various vehicle measurements. Preferably, an intelligent vehicle identification subsystem sends vehicle information to the MVIC unit many times per second. Preferably, a vision tracking system (VTS) communicates with the MVIC unit and sends the latter information about the vehicle position using vision tracking sensors. Preferably, an RF subsystem conducts multiple reads of a transponder on a passing vehicle and forwards the read information to the MVIC unit. Preferably, a vehicle image capture unit (VICU) captures images of the passing vehicle when a camera in the VICU receives a trigger from the MVIC unit. Preferably, a driver alert module is used alert a driver passing through a tolling point as to account balance associated with a silent toll tag or pay by plate system.

公开(公告)号：US07324015B1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-29

申请号：US11138542

申请日：2005-05-27

申请人： Jim Allen ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Malcolm Talley ,  David C. Allen, Sr. ,  Allen Jacobs

发明人： Jim Allen ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Malcolm Talley ,  David C. Allen, Sr. ,  Allen Jacobs

IPC分类号： G08G1/01

CPC分类号： G08G1/01 ,  G08G1/0175 ,  G08G1/042

摘要： A method and system for synchronization of detection loops in a multilane environment. A plurality of loop sensors are arranged in a plurality of lanes such that loop sensors in adjacent lanes are mutually contiguous. A simultaneous synchronization signal is sent to each of the plurality of loop detector controllers, where each loop detector controller is in communication with a loop sensor. The signal causes a scheduling of sampling periods for each loop sensor, such that the sampling period of each loop sensor does not overlap with that of a contiguous loop in an adjacent lane.

摘要翻译： 用于在多环境中同步检测环路的方法和系统。 多个环路传感器布置在多个通道中，使得相邻车道中的环路传感器相互邻接。 同时同步信号被发送到多个环路检测器控制器中的每一个，其中每个环路检测器控制器与环路传感器通信。 信号引起每个环路传感器的采样周期的调度，使得每个环路传感器的采样周期与相邻通道中的连续环路的采样周期不重叠。

公开(公告)号：US07953144B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-31

申请号：US11861263

申请日：2007-09-25

申请人： Jim Allen ,  Tom Cloonan

发明人： Jim Allen ,  Tom Cloonan

IPC分类号： H04B3/46 ,  H04B17/00 ,  H04Q1/20

CPC分类号： H04B17/345

摘要： A method halts transmission and/or reception of a desired signal on a channel in a communication network and samples an analog metric versus time on the channel at a predetermined sample rate. Successively sampled sets of data are stored first to a one dimensional array, each of which set is then stored to a two-dimensional array. The two dimensional array is analyzed in the time domain to determine the presence of impulse noise. Analog parameters represented by values contained in the samples can be analyzed to determine where, with respect to time, impulse noise occurs, and what is the amplitude of the impulse noise as well as AWGN.

摘要翻译： 一种方法停止在通信网络中的信道上发送和/或接收期望信号，并且以预定采样率在信道上采样模拟度量与时间相关。 连续采样的数据集首先存储到一维阵列，然后将其中的每一个阵列存储为二维阵列。 在时域中分析二维阵列以确定脉冲噪声的存在。 可以分析由样本中包含的值表示的模拟参数，以确定在时间上发生脉冲噪声的位置以及脉冲噪声的幅度以及AWGN。

公开(公告)号：US20110013022A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-20

申请号：US12818024

申请日：2010-06-17

申请人： Jim Allen ,  Sheng Zhong ,  Raghavan Venugopal ,  Tiegang Xie ,  Fajie Sun ,  Sangmesh Reddy ,  Brijesh Rei Chawla ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Shyamnath Harinath

发明人： Jim Allen ,  Sheng Zhong ,  Raghavan Venugopal ,  Tiegang Xie ,  Fajie Sun ,  Sangmesh Reddy ,  Brijesh Rei Chawla ,  Balaraju Banna ,  Shyamnath Harinath

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G08G1/017 ,  G07B15/063 ,  Y10S707/92

摘要： A system and method for accurate express tolling of highway vehicles. A multilane tolling system comprises a tolling (MVIC) unit that collects information from tolling subsystems arranged to take various vehicle measurements. Preferably, an intelligent vehicle identification subsystem sends vehicle information to the MVIC unit many times per second. Preferably, a vision tracking system (VTS) communicates with the MVIC unit and sends the latter information about the vehicle position using vision tracking sensors. Preferably, an RF subsystem conducts multiple reads of a transponder on a passing vehicle and forwards the read information to the MVIC unit. Preferably, a vehicle image capture unit (VICU) captures images of the passing vehicle when a camera in the VICU receives a trigger from the MVIC unit. Preferably, a driver alert module is used alert a driver passing through a tolling point as to account balance associated with a silent toll tag or pay by plate system.

摘要翻译： 一种用于公路车辆精确快速收费的系统和方法。 多路收费系统包括收费（MVIC）单元，其收集布置成进行各种车辆测量的收费子系统的信息。 优选地，智能车辆识别子系统每秒向MVIC单元发送车辆信息多次。 优选地，视觉跟踪系统（VTS）与MVIC单元通信，并使用视觉跟踪传感器发送关于车辆位置的后一信息。 优选地，RF子系统在经过的车辆上进行应答器的多次读取，并将读取的信息转发到MVIC单元。 优选地，当VICU中的相机从MVIC单元接收到触发时，车辆图像捕获单元（VICU）捕获经过的车辆的图像。 优选地，使用驾驶员警报模块来警告通过收费站的驾驶员关于与无声收费标签相关联的账户余额或由盘系统支付。