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Date Announced: 19 Aug 2010
Hybrid radar/optical approach could reduce traffic congestion.
ANNAPOLIS, MD--(Marketwire - August 18, 2010) - TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced the issuance by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of patent number 7,764,219 for "Cellular-Augmented Radar/Laser Detector." This TCS invention allows a cellular-based radar/laser receiver to share emission detection information. Importantly, it provides an independent location determination and a tiered data structure for more accurate warning.
Cellular-augmented radar detectors use the mobile operator's location infrastructure to determine other detectors that are nearby, and to send information to those other devices. Current radar/laser receivers are only able to alert a driver about local transmissions that their devices detect directly. By conveying information from nearby, but undetectable, devices, TCS' innovative solution will increase the amount of advance notice, allowing a driver significantly more time to react. This invention can be used in many capacities, including:
* Public Safety
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, existing laser-distance-detection systems can help reduce the likelihood of rear-end collisions, which represented 30% of 2005 police-reported collisions; applications of this invention can improve notification by increasing the range of detection beyond the individual vehicle.
* Commercial
Traffic congestion identified by a vehicle that is equipped with this technology could notify other nearby vehicles which haven't yet reached the congestion point, allowing them to choose an alternate route.
* Homeland Security
Vehicles in a convoy can constantly communicate position, traffic density, and traffic flow over a long distance, allowing a high-profile individual to navigate along a more efficient, safe and protected route.
"This patent demonstrates the importance of how technologies such as cellular-based radar/laser receivers can leverage location-based services to help increase overall user value in both commercial and government mobile settings," said Drew Morin, senior vice president and chief technical officer for TCS. "Machine-to-machine location-based functionality expands the addressable market for location-based services considerably. TCS provides not only the infrastructure necessary for operators to derive a device's location but also provides a method whereby devices are communicating amongst themselves."
TCS now holds 117 patents with over 300 applications pending. To learn more about TCS patents, please visit: http://www.telecomsys.com/about/ip-licensing/patents.aspx
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