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Device and method for determining the direction, speed and/or distance of vehicles

US8497783B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Kapsch TrafficCom AG · SE

Inventors

Alexander Leopold · Wien, AT
Andreas Schechora · Wiener Neustadt, AT
Oliver Nagy · Wien, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 2010
Grant date	Jul 30, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 6, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08G1/056
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to the determination of direction, speed and/or distance of vehicles on a roadway by means of a sensor, which operates according to the light-section procedure and is directed onto the roadway, for recording the surface contour of a vehicle, and an evaluation unit, which is connected to the sensor and determines the direction, speed and/or distance of the vehicles therefrom.

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