Patents Assigned to TransCore, LP
  • Patent number: 12762900
    Abstract: A system, and method thereof, is provided for tracking and referencing stored unique vehicle information corresponding to each of a plurality of vehicles and which is verified through license plate imagery. The system and method may reference past transaction history to increase confidence in data correlations in order to increase processing speed, accuracy and automation of workflow processes. The system may include a database having a plurality of unique vehicle identification data stores saved thereon and a computer program product operatively configured to direct performance of operations comprising receiving vehicle data of a new vehicle event, assimilating the vehicle data into a matching unique vehicle identification data store if the match is above a predetermined confidence threshold, and providing the vehicle data to a manual image review subsystem if the match is below the predetermined confidence threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: TransCore, LP
    Inventors: Todd Almond, Venta Burton, William Darrell Pace, Philipp Orlov, Srinivasan Narasimhan
  • Patent number: 12546605
    Abstract: A system, and method thereof, is provided for determining a vehicle trip on a roadway. The system may include a plurality of detection zones and a computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by one or more processors to direct performance of operations comprising: receiving one or more vehicle detection events corresponding to a given vehicle, each of the one or more vehicle detection events associated with one of a plurality of detection zones; storing a plurality of predefined trip patterns, each of the plurality of predefined trip patterns including at least one detection zone of the plurality of detection zones; and matching the one or more vehicle detection events to a longest matching trip pattern of the plurality of predefined trip patterns to define a trip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: TransCore, LP
    Inventors: Stephen Finn, Hong Chen, Michael Lynch
  • Patent number: 8975516
    Abstract: A pre-fabricated ferromagnetic loop having a footprint characterized by a continuous wire shaped according to a predetermined planar pattern. In some embodiments, the predetermined planar pattern can be multiple contiguous polygons within a larger footprint used for establishing a sensor for the detection of moving vehicles. The footprint may include one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, an ellipse, or a circle, and/or other shapes or configurations. Similarly, each of the multiple contiguous polygons may include one of a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a rhombus, a parallelogram, and/or other shapes or configurations. A loop sensor housing is arranged to enclose a continuous loop sensor wire configured in the predetermined planar pattern. The prefabricated loop sensor is inserted in a groove web pre-cut in a receiving medium to match the predetermined planar pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Transcore, LP
    Inventor: Jim Allen
  • Patent number: 8428861
    Abstract: The Wrong Way Detection System includes detection stations deployed at each egress point along a tollway in addition to various locations along the tollway's mainline. The detection hardware communicates preferably via fiber optic network to a customized software platform housed at a centrally located Incident Management Center (IMC) of the system, where each site is monitored 24/7 in real time for wrong way vehicles. Once a vehicle is detected, operators at the IMC are able to immediately dispatch law enforcement officers and monitor the vehicle's whereabouts via CCTV cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Transcore, LP
    Inventors: Ray Williams, Thuy Le, Tracy Marks
  • Patent number: 7224291
    Abstract: A system for automatic collection of tolls includes an in-vehicle toll processor having memory for storing a toll-money-available quantity purchased by the user, and a toll-facility-identification site that transmits a toll-facility-identifier signal indicating the identity of the upcoming toll facility. As the vehicle approaches the identification site, the in-vehicle processor receives the identifier signal and calculates the toll to be debited. When the vehicle passes through the toll facility, the in-vehicle processor transmits its identity, its net balance and the toll, which it debits from an account balance. The in-vehicle processor may increment a low balance, in which case it transmits information which is relayed to a central system for billing. Various means for shutting down delinquent in-vehicle components or identifying offender vehicles are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: TransCore, LP
    Inventor: John J. Hassett