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Traffic surveillance system

US6466260B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 1998
Grant dateOct 15, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/095
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A traffic surveillance system for surveillance conditions of traffic at a traffic strategic point such as an intersection. The surveillance system has at least one traffic signal light having a housing which contains one set of traffic lights, installed at the traffic strategic point, a television camera adapted to image-pick up the traffic strategic point, and a television monitor for displaying a video signal from the camera. Lighting information of the traffic signal light and the video signal from the television camera are synthesized and displayed on the same screen of the television monitor.

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