Patent · US Expired

Method and device for classifying vehicles

US6865518B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by
4References
36Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 13, 2001
Grant dateMar 8, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 18, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08G1/042
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for obtaining vehicle electromagnetic signature data from electromagnetic signals includes means (16) for obtaining a digitized signal from measured electromagnetic signals. The device further includes means (20) for determining if a digitized signal is a vehicle electromagnetic signature signal. The means (20) then calculate electromagnetic signature data of a vehicle from the digitized signal, and time-stamp each data point of the electromagnetic signature. Vehicles can therefore be classified in accordance with several criteria by specific processing of the digitized electromagnetic signature signals.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.