Title of Invention

A DEVICE FOR SENSING AND RECORDING THE TOPOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND MOVEMENTS OF A VEHICLE

Abstract

A device for sensing and recording the topographical location and movements of a vehicle comprises a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals; a RF receiver for receiving RF signals from RF transmitters positioned at predetermined places ; a Memory for storing the GPS and RF so received as data; a microcomputer for analysing the said data; and a communication system for communicating the said data to predetermined destinations.

Full Text

This invention relates to a device for locating and recording the the topographical location and movements of a motor vehicle. The automobile industry' is one of the most important industries in the world. One of the key indicators of economic growth is the significant growth in the automobile sector as evidenced by the increasing number of motor vehicles on the road. Everyday, we face difficulties in paying for parking of motor vehicles , toll by cash or credit cards. Besides, we do also witness traffic violations like jumping traffic signals, driving in one-way designated zones, parking vehicles in "No Parking" areas among a host of other violations. Although the police do their best to book the offenders, it is becoming rather "impossible" to hold every violator responsible for a traffic offence. This invention therefore proposes a device for sensing and recording the topographical location and movements of a vehicle by which traffic offences can be sensed and recorded within a non-erasable memory for future use by the police. Il is therefore proposed to equip each and every motor vehicle with the device proposed herein. Each such device has its unique ID linking with the chassis number of the engine. The device keeps receiving GPS signals at regular intervals and stores them in its internal memory. The device is also provided with an inbuilt RF receiver, which receives RF signals and stores the same in its nonerasable memory as and when it receives them. Points where traffic light jumping have to be monitored are equipped to have a small range RF transmitter. RF transmitters commissioned at each of such points is linked to the traffic lights. The device for sensing and recording the topographical location and movements of a vehicle, according to this invention, comprises a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals; a RF receiver for receiving RF signals from RF transmitters positioned at predetermined places; a Memory for storing the GPS and RF signals so received as data; a microcomputer for analysing the said data generated by the said signals; and a communication system for communicating the said data to predetermined destinations. The GPS or Global Positioning System (GPS) is a worldwide radio-navigation system formed from a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations. GPS uses these "man-made stars" as reference points to calculate positions accurate to a matter of meters. This invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings the single Figure in which illustrates by way of example and not by way of limitation one of possible embodiments of this invention. The RF transmitters RT keep sending the sensed and recorded data, which include the time stamp, ID of the transmitter and the status of the traffic light. In the case of jumping a traffic signal tight, for instance, consider. A four way crossing: 1. North to South direction Traffic tight RF transmitter has got ID 1. 2. South to North direction Traffic tight RF transmitter has got ID 2. 3. East to West direction Traffic tight RF transmitter has got ID 3. 4. West to East direction Traffic light RF transmitter has got ID 4. Consider also: • Car heading from North to South. • Traffic light is turned from Green to Red. • RF transmitter (ID -1) sends status ofthe traffic light (Red). RC is the RF receiver. • TheRF receiver of the device catches the status of the traffic tight and logs the exact location (x, y coordinates) of the signal, position of the device, RF transmitter ID, time stamp, and status of the traffic tight • A"challan" for the exact fine leviable is sent to the vehicle owner for the offence committed. A similar situation is applicable tp an over speeding case as well. Consider also: A One-Way One Way / No parking Zone" • An automobile enters a "One-Way" street or is parked in a No parking zone. • The exact time period and the exact location where it has traveled are recorded by default as the system keeps logging these data periodically. • The "chalkn" is sent automatically to the car owner. For tiie exact fine leviable for the offence committed. Consider also: Toll collection and Parking fee An automobile enters the parking area / Toll gate. • Tlie device registers the details of the parking area/toll gate in the internal memory. • A"challan" will be send to the owner of the erring vehicle. In this manner, users who commit traffic violations are automatically brought to book, leaving no scope for argument, since the device proposed herein does not record a falsehood. Consider also: At the time of filling up the fuel, bar code reader in the fuel S station senses the availability of the said device in the automobile, failing which, fuel filling is not possible. In this way, we ensure that all the automobiles have the said device installed in them. For every fuel filling, through IR communication, feel stations retrieve the data from the said device and send the sainc tome Administration Server A. For authorities like the Police, Insurance companies, this information helps to determine the following: • Driving pattern of the vehicle, (useful for Insurance authorities) • Treating the said device as an aircraft's Block Box and information's retrieved from it, will be very useful in case of traffic violations, accident analysis and so on. A Memory M stores the GPS and RF signals so received fay the respective receivers GC and RC as data. A microcomputer MC connected to the memory M is provided for analysing the said data generated by the said signal. A communication system CS connected to the microcomputer MC is employed for communicating the said data to predetermined destinations. It will be appreciated that various other embodiments of this invention are possible without departing from the scope and ambit thereof. I Claim: 1. A device for sensing and recording the topographical location and movements of a vehicle comprises a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals; a RF receiver for receiving RF signals from RF transmitters positioned at predetermined places ;a Memory for storing the GPS and RF so received as data; a microcomputer for analysing the said data; and a communication system for communicating the said data to predetermined destinations. 2. A device for sensing and recording the topographical location and movements of a vehicle substantially as herein described with reference to, and as illustrated in, the accompanying drawings.

Documents:

1750-che-2006 abstract duplicate.pdf

1750-che-2006 claims duplicate.pdf

1750-CHE-2006 CORRESPONDENCE OTHERS.pdf

1750-CHE-2006 CORRESPONDENCE PO.pdf

1750-che-2006 descrption (complete) duplicate.pdf

1750-che-2006 drawings duplicate.pdf

1750-che-2006-abstract.pdf

1750-che-2006-claims.pdf

1750-che-2006-correspondnece-others.pdf

1750-che-2006-description(complete).pdf

1750-che-2006-drawings.pdf

1750-che-2006-form 1.pdf

1750-che-2006-form 18.pdf

1750-che-2006-form 26.pdf