Abstract: The disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a diagnostic unit configured to communicate with a rules engine to determine whether a transmission detected in a vehicle is classified as driver wireless device usage based on passenger data indicating whether a passenger is present in the vehicle. The disclosure also includes a system comprising a shielding unit configured to transmit a noise signal to interrupt a transmission detected in a vehicle, and a diagnostic unit configured to communicate with a rules engine to determine whether the detected transmission is classified as driver wireless device usage based on the passenger data indicating whether a passenger is present in the vehicle, and activate a recording if the transmission is classified as driver wireless device usage.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 10, 2020
Assignee:
StopCell, LLC
Inventors:
Jeremy Chalmers, Keith Morgan, Stephen Stewart, Robert Burchett
Abstract: The disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a diagnostic unit configured to communicate with a rules engine to determine whether a transmission detected in a vehicle is classified as unauthorized wireless device usage based on characteristics of RF signals received by a Detector Module collocated with the vehicle, geographic location data, and, optionally, additional secondary data, such determination being made by an external Rules Engine that is in communication with the Detector Module. The Rules Engine can provide instructions to and modify various threshold values used for preliminary RF signal analysis by the Detector Module.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
January 8, 2019
Assignee:
STOPCELL, LLC
Inventors:
Jeremy Chalmers, Keith Morgan, Stephen Stewart
Abstract: The disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a diagnostic unit configured to communicate with a rules engine to determine whether a transmission detected in a vehicle is classified as unauthorized wireless device usage based on characteristics of RF signals received by a Detector Module collocated with the vehicle, geographic location data, and, optionally, additional secondary data, such determination being made by an external Rules Engine that is in communication with the Detector Module. The Rules Engine can provide instructions to and modify various threshold values used for preliminary RF signal analysis by the Detector Module.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 31, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 17, 2018
Assignee:
StopCell, LLC
Inventors:
Arun Madhav, Keith Morgan, Stephen Stewart