US Patent No: 6,804,602

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Incident-aware vehicular sensors for intelligent transportation systems

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Abstract

A system and method for mobile platform real-time collection, transmission, and processing of an array of environmental and vehicle-related data in the context of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) network. The system and method provide enhanced in-vehicle data collection, enhanced communications capability between the vehicle and the ITS system, and enhanced ITS implementation functionality to provide real-time incident reporting to ITS users.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONBETHESDA, MD5429

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Impson, Jeremy D Vestal, NY 11 80
Mehravari, Nader Ithaca, NY 18 165

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