RU2625522C2 - Mobile communication system and method of analysing warnings related to automobile traffic - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: server performs analytical algorithms that analyze data received from various data sources and signals to develop predictions about the likelihood of future warnings or threats on geographic locations. The server transmits forecasts to the communication devices based on the geographical location corresponding to each communication device. The communication system integrates data through interfaces between the data collection components and mobile communication devices that include a communication element. The communication element transmits information between the information collection components and the mobile communication device. The user interface of the mobile communication device can transmit information to the user of the electromagnetic signal detector.

EFFECT: providing more reliable and accurate alarms, which allows to change the model of traffic.

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Description

CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority according to partly continuing application US No. 13/840, 496, filed March 15, 2013.

[0002] Partially continuing US application is partly continuing US application No. 13/518, 167, referred to as a "Radar Detector Interacting with a Mobile Communication Device" and filed August 9, 2012, which claims the priority stated in provisional application US No. 61/289 , 278, referred to as a “Radar Detector Interacting with a Mobile Communication Device” and filed December 22, 2009. This partially continuing US application is also partly continuing US application No. 13/51, 232, entitled "Method for Analyzing Data Received from Combined Radar Detectors" and filed August 9, 2012, which claims the priority of provisional application US No. 61/267, 172, referred to as “Data Analysis from a Network Radar Detector” and filed December 7, 2009. Previous applications are incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0003] This invention relates to the field of detection and communications, which are intended to alert drivers and passengers of vehicles of potential safety hazards and risks. The invention further relates to the field of radar detector interfaces, in which the detection means provide an interface for alerting drivers of detailed threats to specific geographical locations. The present invention also relates to the field of topographic hazard level conditions in which detection means alert car drivers of the threat level predicted for specific geographical locations. The invention also relates to the transmission of data related to a geographical location between car users.

INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION

[0004] Conventional radar detectors detect electromagnetic signals (eg, microwave signals) or laser signals transmitted by radar or laser speed measuring equipment, such as police radar signals. Consequently, radar detectors provide early warning of drivers entering the field of action of a police radar. But radar detectors and scanning algorithms are imperfect technology. In vivo electromagnetic waves are prone to reflection and scattering. These characteristics create instability and “noise”, which the radar detector must detect and analyze before determining the need to warn the car driver about a potential threat. In addition, radar detectors do not warn about a territorial threat sign, instead they respond to signals from the environment, which limits the possibility of early warning. Also, radar detectors usually have interfaces that limit the amount of information provided to the car driver and / or limit the ease of user configuration of the used radar detector. However, increasing the size of the interface display for the radar detector may not be cost-effective.

[0005] There are a large number of tools and / or types of detection tools that drivers use to warn of such traffic control devices, typically with radar or laser detectors. As used herein, the terms “radar detector” and “electromagnetic signal detector” will be used interchangeably to mean any known signal detection device capable of detecting electromagnetic signals in the X-band, K-band or Ka-band. In addition, the terms “radar detector” and “electromagnetic signal detector” will be used interchangeably to denote radar and / or laser detectors, and may refer to any electromagnetic or light wave detector. Examples of known technologies in this field are US Patents No. 5,784,021 and No. 5,151,701.

[0006] The failure of existing radar detectors to give warnings before receiving electromagnetic signals limits the ability of each driver to safely regulate their driving when approaching a hazard or other safety hazard. The operation of radar detectors is also hindered by sources of false signal recognition, including motion sensors on the doors of commercial buildings, burglar alarms that detect movement, other radar detectors, and light signals from sources other than laser weapons. Recently, luxury car manufacturers have begun offering a “collision detection” system that uses microwave motion detectors mounted around the car. A radar detector, following one of these vehicles, can give false signals caused by a collision detection system, which can reduce the possibility of detecting a hazard to the driver of the vehicle. These factors together make radar detection problematic.

[0007] US Patent Nos. 6,118,403, 6,384,776, 6,670,905, 6,895,324 and 7,471,236 describe radar detectors and radar detector systems. But none of the systems fix the problems associated with existing radar detectors. In addition, none of the systems provides warnings or forecasts based on a statistical analysis of centralized aggregate data. Existing radar detectors and radar detector systems do not minimize false alarms when providing preliminary statistics on potential threats.

SHORT DESCRIPTION

[0008] A radar detector is, first of all, a device that turns data into information for action. Data problems such as these can be solved with database architectures and analytic algorithms. These analytic algorithms can filter out noise and internal vibrations in the sampling method to provide more accurate data for the action. Some problems of radar detectors can be minimized by using an analytical database strategy. In general, networked radar detectors can transmit data from radar detectors about a geographic location to a server that implements analytical algorithms for analyzing the total data, and make forecasts about law enforcement speed control activities and potential security risks at a geographic location. The server provides alert management, which dynamically sets alerts based on statistical probability, and transmits forecasts to network radar detectors near a geographic point. Network radar detectors at a geographical point transmit the threat level and / or preliminary information about the threat level to drivers of vehicles and / or passengers. These warnings will help vehicle drivers minimize the dangers associated with speed control by law enforcement agencies and reduce the likelihood that a radar detector user will fall into a police trap for high-speed offenders. The present invention can also lead to an increase in safe driving zones in compliance with local laws, which is the goal of all traffic authorities. To solve some problems and / or limitations of radar detectors, external mobile communication devices, such as a cell phone or smartphone, can be used as the radar detector interface. Radar detector data is transmitted to a mobile communication device, which includes a display that can display significant amounts of information about speed control by law enforcement agencies and potential dangers at a geographical location in an easy to understand format. This detailed information will help car drivers minimize the dangers associated with speed control by law enforcement agencies and reduce the likelihood that a radar detector user will fall into the police trap for high-speed offenders. The screen of the mobile communication device, which is larger than the displays of radar detectors, will simplify the user’s settings for the operation of the radar detector for specific needs, and will also increase the safe driving zones in accordance with local laws, which is the goal of all traffic control authorities. In addition, since many mobile devices use similar colors, gradients, fonts and layouts for many users of such devices, working with the presentation of information in these formats is already familiar and convenient.

[0009] In order to solve some problems and / or limitations of radar detectors, external mobile communication devices such as a cell phone or smartphone can be used as the radar detector interface. Radar detector data is transmitted to a mobile communication device, which includes a display that can display significant amounts of information about speed control by law enforcement agencies and potential dangers in a geographical location and in an understandable format. This detailed information will help car drivers minimize the dangers associated with speed control by law enforcement agencies and reduce the likelihood that a radar detector user will fall into a police trap for high-speed offenders. The screen of the mobile communication device, which is large enough in comparison with the current displays of radar detectors, will simplify for users the adjustment of the radar detector to specific needs, and will also increase the safe driving zones in compliance with local laws, which is the goal of all traffic control authorities. In addition, since many mobile communication devices use similar colors, gradients, fonts and layouts, the display of information in these formats is already familiar to most users of such devices and convenient for them.

[0010] Mobile communication systems can simplify the growing amount of information from various sources to improve and / or customize traffic and control alerts. Devices and systems can be designed to improve communication with moving objects, as well as improve the safety of driving users. For example, an improved user interface and information allows you to provide more reliable and accurate alarms and the ability to change traffic patterns in order to take into account potential dangers and threats in advance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the system of the present invention.

[0012] Figure 2 shows the interface of a mobile communication device showing the data of the present invention in a cartographic drawing.

[0013] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the operation process of the present invention.

[0014] Figure 4 is a block diagram illustrating another embodiment of the system of the present invention.

[0015] Figure 5 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a process of the present invention.

[0016] Figure 6 is a block diagram illustrating another embodiment of the system of the present invention.

[0017] Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a process of the present invention.

[0018] Figure 8 presents an embodiment of the drawing, showing the communication areas of the present invention.

[0019] Figure 9 shows another embodiment of the drawing, showing the communication areas of the present invention.

[0020] Figure 10 shows another embodiment of a cartographic drawing showing communication areas of the present invention.

[0021] Figure 11 shows an embodiment of a cartographic drawing showing the legend of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 12 shows an embodiment of a smartphone showing a user interface of the present invention.

[0023] Figure 13 shows an embodiment of a smartphone showing a cartographic drawing of the present invention.

[0024] Figure 14 shows another embodiment of a smartphone, showing a cartographic drawing of the present invention.

[0025] Figure 15 shows another embodiment of a smartphone showing a user interface of the present invention.

[0026] Figure 16 shows another embodiment of a smartphone showing a user interface of the present invention.

[0027] Figure 17 shows an embodiment of a user system operating with the systems of the present invention.

[0028] Figure 18 shows an embodiment of a device operating with the systems of the present invention.

[0029] Figure 19 shows another embodiment of a device operating with the systems of the present invention.

[0030] Figure 20 shows an embodiment of a radar detector that interacts with the systems of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] Although the present invention may be embodied in various forms, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail herein with the understanding that this description should be considered an example of the principles of operation of the invention and does not limit the broad aspects of the application of the present invention to the exclusively illustrated examples. It should be understood that the invention can be implemented in other specific forms without deviating from its essence or basic characteristics. Therefore, these implementation options should be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and the invention should not be limited to the information specified in this document. Those skilled in the art will agree that the predicted alert levels, alert probabilities, forecasts and threat levels are similar and are based on data analysis by analytical algorithms 424 in an electromagnetic signal detector, on a server or elsewhere, and the alert level, warning level for recognition and the initial level of warnings are based on the normal operation of electromagnetic signal detectors and signal detection prior to analysis by analytical algorithm 424.

[0032] With reference to Fig. 1, a block diagram illustrates a system 100 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The system 100 shown includes a first radar detector 102 and a second radar detector 104. The first radar detector 102 is used by the first car 106, and the second radar detector 104 is used by the second car 108. To devices emitting electromagnetic signals and shown in Fig. 1 include: a mobile police radar 110 that a police motorcycle is equipped with; stationary police radar 112, such as a high-speed video recording camera, which is located in the direction of the road on which cars 106-108 go. Radar detectors 102-104 can pick up electromagnetic waves emitted from devices 110-112.

[0033] The system 100 may also include a first mobile communication device 114, a second mobile communication device 116, a server 118, a database 120, and an analytic algorithm 122. The mobile communication device 114-116 may be a mobile phone, cell phone, smartphone, satellite telephone, navigation system, personal digital computer, laptop computer, laptop, tablet and / or any other device with a user interface and wireless connectivity. Mobile communication devices 114-116 allow radar detectors 102-104 to communicate with users on mobile communication devices 114-116 through the respective user interfaces of mobile communication devices 114-116. Many users of radar detectors already own and regularly use mobile communication devices 114-116, such as mobile phones, and, therefore, may not need to purchase such mobile communication devices 114-116 to serve as a means of communication with radar detectors 102- 104. Specialists in this field understand that the system 100 can include any number of radar detectors 102-104, cars 106-108, devices emitting electromagnetic waves 110-112, mobile communication devices 114-116, servers 118, databases 120 and analytical algorithms 122 and should not be limited by the example shown in Fig. one.

[0034] The first radar detector 102 communicates with the first mobile communication device 114 using a first communication standard, for example, the BLUETOOTH communication standard, the ZIGBEE communication standard, the WI-FI communication standard, or any other communication standard. One skilled in the art will recognize that the first communication standard can be either wired or wireless, as part of the concept of the invention. Although specific communication standards for the illustrative examples given may be determined, one skilled in the art will recognize that other communication standards may be used within the concept of the invention. Similarly, the second radar detector 104 communicates with the second mobile communication device 116 using the first communication standard, for example, the BLUETOOTH communication standard. In contrast to providing each of the radar detectors 102-104 with the possibility of interaction through a regional data network, which can be a complex and expensive solution, providing each of the radar detectors 102-104 with the possibility of interaction using the BLUETOOTH communication standard or another local communication standard can be simple and relatively inexpensive solution. In addition, many 114-116 mobile communication devices either already support BLUETOOTH or other communication capabilities, or can be easily and relatively inexpensively upgraded to support BLUETOOTH or other communication capabilities.

[0035] In some embodiments, the communication capabilities of radar detectors 102-104 and mobile communication devices 114-116 can be used to automatically apply the system and / or method in each of the radar detectors 102-104 and mobile communication devices 114-116 when they are at a certain distance, such as the range of the first communication standard. For example, the radar detector 102 and the mobile communications device 114 may include paired components of radio frequency identification (RFID). When the distance between the radar detector 102 and the mobile communication device 114 is within the range of the RFID signal, the RFID components cause an application in the mobile communication device 114 to automatically apply the system and / or method. For example, when the radar detector 102 and the mobile communication device 114 are within reach of each other, these devices can be “combined” using the BLUETOOTH standard. As will be understood by a person skilled in the art, communication capabilities can be used to automatically apply all or part of the system and / or method to radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 within the framework of the concept of the invention. In addition, one of ordinary skill in the art will understand that communication capabilities can be used to enable, prohibit, and / or modify other operations of radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 as part of the concept of the invention.

[0036] Each of the mobile communication devices 114-116 has its own user interface with which the user may already be familiar. In contrast, a user who has recently purchased a typical radar detector may not be fully familiar with the new and possibly unfamiliar radar detector interface. This interface of a mobile communication device, separated from the user interface of any radar detector, may have more features than the user interface of typical radar detectors. The user interface of a mobile communication device can display much more information than typical radar detectors can display, for example, a navigation map showing different road segments and corresponding predicted warning levels, as shown in Fig. 2 and discussed below. The user interface of the mobile communication device may also show a history of specific types of detected electromagnetic signals, such as specific types of electromagnetic signals detected along a travel route.

[0037] The user interface of mobile communication devices 114-116 can improve the visual appearance and informative presentation of data in a safe, usable manner. The user interface can also display warnings based on various levels, for example, the probability that the detected signal is a signal of speed control by law enforcement agencies, or warning levels based on colors from a certain range, such as yellow, yellow-orange, orange, orange- red and red, or based on any other color scheme. Unlike typical radar detectors, which can use a limited number of colors to display different warning levels, the interface of a mobile communication device can display an almost unlimited number of colors. The user can select any color that will be displayed by the user interface for each type of alert and / or to match alert levels. In addition, the user interface can also display almost any amount of additional information, such as a compass course and the calculated speed of the user's car.

[0038] The user interface of the first mobile communication device 114 also allows the user of the first mobile communication device 114 to easily enter data to configure the operation of the first radar detector 102 without the need for a user interface physically connected to or part of the first radar detector 102. For example, a user may use the user interface of the first mobile communications device 114 to control radar events on an interactive map, for example, to remove false alerts and confirm true alerts using the touch screen of a mobile phone. In addition, the present invention may include one or more additional safety features, such as the ability to prohibit or restrict the ability to control the system while the vehicle is in motion.

[0039] The user can also easily select from a variety of options displayed by the user interface of the mobile communication device, for example, the ability to transmit radar events detected by the user radar detector to servers and / or databases that can transmit these radar events to other mobile communication devices. Providing radar events to other mobile communication devices may allow each of the mobile communication devices 114-116 to transmit the detected radar events by the second communication standard to server 118, which may be a central server that collects radar events and reports threats or predicted alert levels to mobile devices 114 -116 over the network. The collection of radar events can provide each of the mobile communication devices 114-116 with information about detected or predicted radar events in certain places long before the respective radar detectors 102-104 can detect these radar events. One skilled in the art will recognize that radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 may include a positioning device, such as a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, to determine the current location of radar detectors 102-104 and / or devices mobile communications 114-116.

[0040] Options displayed by the user interface of the mobile communication device may also include the ability to adjust the sensitivity of the user radar detector depending on the environment of a particular city and highway. For example, the user can set for certain road segments shown on the map. 2, lower sensitivity settings, depending on the user's experience in recognizing false signals during daily driving on these specific road segments. The user can also configure the streaming sound alerts of the radar detector to external speakers, a piezoelectric device and / or any other sound transducers. Among the options displayed in the large user interface, it may also be possible to review alert levels and display warning indicator indicators, for example, green for minor alerts and / or mute the alert for minor alerts. In addition, the parameters displayed by the user interface of the mobile communication device may also include the possibility of increasing or decreasing the probability of a threat associated with each warning level, for example, increasing the probability of a threat for a warning, to classify it as a minor warning, and lowering the probability level threats to the warning, to classify it as a significant warning, and the difference between a minor and a significant warning may be the number or color of the visual signal and / or the volume, melody or tone of the audible warning. In addition, the options displayed by the user interface of the mobile communication device may also include the ability to select various operating modes, such as zoom mode, city mode, or rural mode. Also, the user interface of the mobile communication device can be used to configure the radar detectors 102-104 to enable or disable the selection of such modes. In addition, these modes can be selected by any combination of system components (first radar detector 102, first mobile communication device 114, server 118) or by a user of the first mobile communication device 114. In addition, the mode selection can be transmitted from the first radar detector 102, the first mobile communication devices 114 and / or server 118 to a first radar detector 102, a first mobile communication device 114 and / or server 118. The first radar detector 102, a first mobile communication device 114 and / or server 118 may comprise a map base data used to determine the moment of transition to a specific mode. For example, the first mobile communication device 114 switches from rural mode to urban mode depending on the current geographic location of the first mobile communication device 114 and the map database stored in the memory of the first mobile communication device 114. In another example, the user of the first mobile communication device 114 can go in urban mode through the user interface of the mobile communication device, even if the map database stored in the memory of the first mobile communication device 114, shows that the rural regime is still optimal for a given geographical location. One skilled in the art will recognize that the modes of operation and methods and / or possibilities for selecting a mode of operation may vary within the concept of the invention. One skilled in the art will also understand that a map database may contain data representing roads, geographic areas, including specific geographic areas (such as a country, state, and / or municipal boundaries) and / or general geographic areas (such as geometric shapes with pattern), geographical points and / or any other geographical information. One skilled in the art will also understand that the size, shape, volume, calculation, and / or any determining parameters for geographic information in a cartographic database may vary within the scope of the concept of the invention.

[0041] Since the display of the first mobile communication device 114 may be relatively larger than the screen of modern radar detectors, the mobile communication device can provide the user with the interface of the first radar detector 102, while the first radar detector 102 may not have a display, but the number of small indicators and / or Buttons may be minimal, or these indicators and buttons may be absent altogether. If these small indicators are present, they can indicate that the first radar detector 102 is receiving enough electrical energy to operate, and whether the first radar detector 102 is connected to the first mobile communication device 104 using BLUETOOTH or another communication standard. The first radar detector 102 may also have small buttons to control the volume and / or mute the audio signals of the first radar detector 102.

[0042] Using the network connectivity of such mobile communication devices 114-116 is a cost-effective alternative to the cost needed to add such network connectivity to the radar detectors 102-104. Mobile communication devices 114-116 allow radar detectors 102-104 to communicate with server 118 via a second communication standard different from the first communication standard. This second communication standard may have the ability to work in a global network, support a greater distance or other communication protocol other than the first communication standard. Taking advantage of the second communication protocol through mobile communication devices 114-116, radar detectors 102-104 will be able to take advantage of these communication advantages. Mobile communication devices 114-116 allow radar detectors 102-104 to communicate via a second communication standard over a network, such as a cellular telephone network, satellite network, Wi-Fi, another wireless network and / or the Internet. As one skilled in the art understands, system 100 may operate on one or more public networks, private networks, or combinations of public and private networks. Using the existing capabilities of the interaction of mobile communication devices 114-116, the radar detectors 102-104 can inexpensively, quickly and easily exchange data with the server 118.

[0043] Each radar detector 102-104, each mobile communication device 114-116, and server 118 have the ability to initiate a process for transmitting or receiving data. This data may relate to the location, speed and / or acceleration of vehicles 106-108, law enforcement actions, detectable electromagnetic signals, traffic conditions, any other hazards or warnings, and / or condition of the radar detector, including operating mode, available detection ranges, and so on. .P. Any or all of such data may be determined and labeled at the discretion of the server 118 and / or users of the radar detectors 102-104. As one skilled in the art understands, law enforcement includes the operation of speed control posts, speed control cameras and video recordings of driving in red and any law enforcement officials and / or traffic control devices. This data may also include 106-108 car models and / or specific models of driving by a person, including models related to a typical driver’s response to specific warnings under certain circumstances. For example, the system may detect that the vehicle in which it operates suddenly slowed down in response to a specific electromagnetic signal. This action of the car may mean that the driver felt the actual danger or the activities of law enforcement agencies, showing that the signal source is legal. This allows the server 118 to use the database 120 to configure a predictable alert and / or threat levels loaded for each user to adjust the correlation of alert levels with the advance warning needed by the driver.

[0044] For example, the first radar detector 102 detects a mobile police radar 110 and a stationary police radar 112 and transmits data about these findings to the first mobile communication device 114 via the BLUETOOTH communication standard, and the first mobile communication device 114 reports this data indicating the time and location, associated with the discoveries, the server 118 over the communication network. In another example, the second radar detector 104 also detects a stationary police radar 112 and transmits this detection data indicating the time and location of the second mobile communication device 116 via BLUETOOTH, and the second mobile communication device 116 reports this data to the server 118 over the telephone network.

[0045] As one skilled in the art understands, the radar detectors 102-104 and server 118 can use various standards of mobile communication devices 114-116 to transmit real-time data, or they can report data according to a schedule or trigger event (such as reaching a quantity threshold data or data storage size threshold) and / or a combination of schedules and trigger events, while remaining within the scope of the inventive concept. For example, the first radar detector 102 detects a mobile police radar 110 and a stationary police radar 112 and stores these detection data in internal memory, for example, in a buffer. When a threshold amount of data is reached or exceeded in the buffer, the first radar detector 102 transmits data about these findings to the first mobile communication device 114 via the BLUETOOTH communication standard, and the first mobile communication device 114 reports this data to the server 118 via the telephone network. In another example, the second radar detector 104 cannot receive any detections while traveling on other roads and stores data representing the absence of detections along the path traveled. At scheduled times, the second radar detector 104 may transmit no-detect data to the second mobile communication device 116 via the BLUETOOTH communication standard, and the second mobile communication device 116 reports this data to the server 118 via the telephone network. In yet another example, any mobile communications device 114-116 can buffer the stored data and wait for the threshold to be reached or exceeded in the buffer before transmitting this data to server 118 via the telephone network.

[0046] Upon receiving such data, server 118 stores the data in physical or electronic memory in database 120, which may be part of server 118 or located separately from server 118. Server administrators can also add other data (related to law enforcement) to database 120 activities, safety or driving in general), which cannot be measured using the radar detectors 102-104 in the electromagnetic and laser parts of the spectrum. Examples of this kind of data include traffic conditions, dangerous intersections, and speed limits for different sections of the road. These additional data may be periodically updated on the server 118, automatically or by manual data entry. Some data changes frequently, such as weather conditions and traffic conditions in local areas. Other data rarely changes, for example, approximation of roadmaps by “segments” and the physical location of school zones and / or control installations of law enforcement agencies. These settings include, but are not limited to, red light and speed cameras. This data may include data from radar detectors 102-104, other data added by administrators as described above, as well as data from other data providers.

[0047] Server 118 runs an analytic algorithm 122 that periodically collects, sorts, organizes, and analyzes this data. The results of this analysis are stored in new records of database 120. In a preferred embodiment, the data is associated with database 120, but as one skilled in the art understands, analytic algorithm 122 may include or otherwise analyze data from sources other than database 120, remaining as part of the concept of the invention. Analytical algorithm 122 may include statistical or predictive calculations related to the likelihood of future threats, dangers, warnings, speed control by law enforcement agencies, or traffic conditions. In the context of the present invention, the terms “threat”, “predicted warning”, and “predictable warning” can be used interchangeably to indicate the likelihood that a user of the present invention will encounter a police radar, a dangerous section of the road or other event triggering a warning displayed on radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116.

[0048] Compared to the capacity and performance of radar devices 102-104, the capacity and performance of mobile communication devices 114-116 can provide the ability to execute complex analytic algorithm 122 using a significant amount of aggregated data, including data that is difficult to access for radar detectors 102-104. In addition, compared with the capacity and performance of radar devices 102-104 and mobile communications devices 114-116, the capacity and performance of database 120 and server 118 can provide the ability to execute complex analytic algorithm 122 using a significant amount of aggregated data, including data that is difficult to access. radar detectors 102-104 and mobile communication devices 114-116. But it will be understood by those skilled in the art that, with an increase in computing power, the execution of algorithm 122 may also become possible on radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116, while remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention.

[0049] The result of the analytical algorithm 122 may contain a calculated predicted value of the warning level or a series of values that try to approximate and quantify the statistical probability of the actions of law enforcement agencies and / or other risks in a geographical location in front of any vehicle 106-108. In some embodiments, analytic algorithm 122 may adjust the predicted alert values to a separate radar detector and / or specific driver, depending on information partially based on any factors entered by the user and / or stored by the user's driving model. This forecast can be based on one factor or a combination of factors. As one skilled in the art understands, a forecast can be based on any data available for analytic algorithm 122 including, but not limited to, radiation detection models, geographic location, signal analysis, user input data, and any other data. One skilled in the art will recognize that signal analysis may comprise signal range analysis, signal frequency analysis, signal strength or signal strength measurements, and / or any other signal analysis. For example, the range of the received signal can be compared with the well-known signal regulation established by the Federal Communications Commission or other legislative or licensing authorities. For example, if the signal is in the X- or K-band, it can be a door signal with a motion sensor, but if the signal is in the Ka-band, it is unlikely to be a door signal with a motion sensor. In another example, the range of the received signal can be compared with the ranges of previously detected signals stored in the database 120. For example, geographic location information may be stored in the database 120, indicating that the X-band signal most likely represents law enforcement actions, and the Ka-band signal is unlikely to represent law enforcement. If the received signal is in the Ka-band, previously identified Ka-band signals in a given geographic location can be taken into account in analysis algorithm 122, which determines the low probability that the received Ka-band signal represents the actions of law enforcement agencies.

[0050] In one embodiment, the warning may be based on an analysis of speed limits on road sections at a geographic location associated with radar detectors 102-104. For example, the database 120 may contain established speed limits on the road section along which the radar detector 102 is moving, and having detected that the radar detector 102 is approaching the site at a reduced speed, then server 118 may report the approaching speed limit to the mobile communications device 114, which it will then transmit a warning to the user of the mobile communication device 114 of an impending change in the speed limit. One skilled in the art will recognize that a section or sections of a road may relate to physical roads and / or physical road data created and / or stored on server 118, in radar detectors 102-104, mobile communication devices 114-116, and / or another computer device. Mobile communication device 114 may also take into account user input indicating when to provide a speed limit warning. For example, a user of mobile communication device 114 may enter a condition that a warning is not provided until the current vehicle speed is higher than an approaching speed limit, or may enter a condition that a warning is not provided if there is no speed control by law enforcement in this area. As one skilled in the art will understand, database 120 may contain any number of different applications of traffic rules that are associated with a geographical location or specific sections of the road and can be transmitted to the user using the warning outputs available to the user, while remaining within the concept of the invention. One skilled in the art will also understand that the default conditions defined by the system and the user conditions for alerts may differ, while remaining within the scope of the inventive concept.

[0051] A third radar detector and a third mobile communication device (not shown in Fig. 1) can benefit from using the system 100 using the discoveries made by the first radar detector 102 and the second radar detector 104, even if the third radar detector and the third mobile device communications for the first time approach the stationary police radar 112. The third mobile communications device may receive a predicted warning or threat level from server 118 and then provide a warning about stationary 112 police radar detector without the use of third radars to track and record radiation in all the bands in a given geographical location. The predicted alert or threat level received by the third mobile communications device and transmitted to the third radar detector may be based on periodically received data from server 118 related to the predicted probability and / or alert levels for potential threats in the region. Thus, the system 100 can provide benefits to users of mobile communication devices who have never traveled on a particular section of the road, using data from several radar detectors 102-104 that previously traveled that particular section of the road. In yet another example, the operator of the fourth mobile communications device (not shown) can benefit from the system 100 using the detections made by the radar detectors 102-104, even if the operator does not have its own radar detector. In particular, the fourth mobile communication device may periodically receive data from server 118 and display warnings, similarly to the method described for the third mobile communication device. Thus, the fourth mobile communication device will be limited only in that it will not receive new electromagnetic signal detections (since it does not interact with an electromagnetic signal detector, such as a radar detector) and, therefore, will not be able to generate or display warnings on based on such data. Instead, the fourth mobile communications device will rely only on historical data collected by other radar detectors and will only display predicted alerts based on this historical data and an analysis of this data by algorithm 122.

[0052] When signals are detected by one of the radar detectors 102-104, the hazard level may be based on the predicted probability that the detected signals are associated with a law enforcement monitoring device or other hazards. When no signals are detected, the warning level may be based on the threat or the predicted likelihood that the monitoring device of law enforcement agencies or other sources of danger are in the vicinity defined by radar detectors 102-104, mobile devices 114-116, server 118 and / or user . The resulting threat level can be determined from any number of levels, according to which each threat level correlates with the range of threat probabilities. In one embodiment, if there are two levels of warnings, a 0-50% probability of a threat can lead to a no warning or a level of ignore, and a 51-100% probability of a threat can lead to a warning. In another embodiment, four alert levels can be defined using threat probabilities of 0-40% (no warning or ignore level), 41-65% (minor warning), 66-85% (medium warning), and 86-100% (high level warning). In yet another embodiment, five alert levels can be defined based on ranges on the threat probability scale from -50 to 50, where the threat probability range from -50 to -30 represents no warning or ignore level, the threat probability range from -29 to -1 represents a minor warning, a threat probability range of 1 to 30 represents a medium level warning, and a threat probability range of 31 to 50 represents a high level warning. Finally, a null probability of a threat indicates the absence of stored data for analysis.

[0053] Analytical algorithm 122 may calculate a variety of threat probabilities and / or associated alert levels based on specific subsets of data, that is, for a particular time of day, day of the week, or month of the year. Predicted warnings and / or threat levels can also be based on data associated with specific geographical boundaries.

This process can create predictable warnings and / or threat levels specific to grid areas limited in latitude and longitude, related to a rectangular, circular or other shape or specific to “road sections” for which detailed map data is available. In addition, analytic algorithm 122 may associate a weighted coefficient with various data to represent the significance and / or reliability of the data. For example, a decrease in the factor significance coefficient may be due to the timing of the data - for older data, a lower coefficient of significance will be used. Or the data can be estimated based on the driver’s actual reactions to the data. For example, if the system detects that the driver has reduced the speed of the car immediately after the detection of a particular electromagnetic signal, this may mean that the signal corresponds to the actual danger or the actions of law enforcement agencies, on the assumption that the data associated with this particular signal may be assigned greater significance. One skilled in the art will appreciate that many variables can be considered to determine the significance coefficients of any data: different significance coefficients can be used for different calculations, significance coefficients can change over time for all or specific data, several significance factors can be associated with any data so that perform a general assessment of evidence during the analysis, while remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention.

[0054] In one example, server 118 may provide a second mobile communication device 116 with a 95% threat probability predicted by analytic algorithm 122 for stationary police radar 112 and associated with the geographical location of the road section that is currently being driven by vehicle 108. Device User mobile communications may respond differently to the probabilities of predicted threats, such as 95%, 50% and 5%. For example, the user of the second radar detector 104 may program the second mobile communications device 116 so that it produces a low warning level for a probability of threat or predicted warning of 50%, and the user of the first radar detector 102 can program the first mobile communications device 114 so that it displays no warnings or ignore rate for a probability of threat or predicted warning of 50%.

[0055] In addition, mobile communication devices 114-116 may issue a warning based on a high probability of a threat or a predicted warning for the suspected movement, where the movement may be the road that the user is currently moving on, and may also take into account various actual distances depending on vehicle speed, system operation mode and / or any relevant variables. For example, the second mobile communications device 116 may, with a certain predicted 95% threat probability, issue a warning before the second radar detector 104 receives a radar signal from the stationary police radar 112 when the second car 108 moves toward the stationary police radar 112. In addition, the second detector radar 104 can increase the level of this warning by receiving a signal emitted by stationary police radar 112.

[0056] The warning levels and / or likelihood of threat that can be predicted by analytic algorithm 122 and which server 118 can transmit to mobile communication devices 114-116 are complementary to the normal operation of radar detectors 102-104. For example, a mobile police radar 110 may be delivered on a police motorcycle to a geographic location where electromagnetic signals have never been detected by radar detectors 102-104. But the first radar detector 102 can, nevertheless, detect the mobile police radar 110 and provide a warning to the driver of the first car 106 even before the first mobile communication device 114 transmits this detection data to the server 118. For example, the first radar detector 102 can detect that the detected signal is not stored in the internal memory of the first radar detector 102 and transmit a warning to the user based on internal analysis and settings of the first radar detector 102 for new or unidentified signals. In one implementation, at default settings, the first radar detector 102 will consider new or unidentified signals to be threats and give default warnings if internal analysis does not show that the signal is most likely a false alarm.

[0057] In addition, before the first radar detector 102 issues a warning to the user, he can continue to analyze the signal. The first radar detector 102 can detect that the record associated with this signal or describing it is not in the detector's own database, and therefore issue a warning based on the likelihood that the new electromagnetic signal is related to a police control device or other source of danger, or the first radar detector 102 may issue a default warning until additional data is received and analyzed.

[0058] Furthermore, when the first radar detector 102 issues an initial warning to the user, he can also transmit a signal to the first mobile communication device 114. The first mobile communication device 114 can detect that this signal is not in its own database and transmit a warning based on the probability that the new electromagnetic signal is transmitted by a police monitoring device or other source of danger, or the first mobile communication device 114 may issue a default warning, by and they are received and analyzed additional data. The first mobile communication device 114 may transmit a warning level different from that determined by the first radar detector 102, since the first mobile communication device 114 may use more aggregated data and / or a deeper analytic algorithm 122 than the first radar detector 102, which can lead to different determining the likelihood of threats.

[0059] In addition, when the first radar detector 102 issues an initial warning to the user, he can also transmit a signal to the first mobile communications device 114, which can transmit a signal to server 118 for further analysis using analytic algorithm 122. Analytical algorithm 122 can detect the absence in the database data 120 records associated with the signal or describing it, and server 118 may report the threat level and / or the level of the predicted warning based on the probability calculated by algorithm 122 that The high electromagnetic signal represents a police monitoring device or other danger, or server 118 may issue a default warning until analytic algorithm 112 receives and analyzes additional data. Server 118 may transmit a threat level and / or a predicted warning level different from that determined by the first detector 102 and / or the first mobile communications device 114, as server 118 may use more aggregated data and / or a deeper analytic algorithm 122 than the first radar detector 102 and / or first mobile communication device 114, which may lead to different definitions of probabilities.

[0060] As one skilled in the art understands, any combination of a first radar detector 102, a first mobile communications device 114, and server 118 can analyze a signal using analytic algorithm 122 and determine its own warning level, while remaining within the scope of the inventive concept. For example, the first radar detector 102 may perform an initial analysis and report the detection data and the initial warning level to the first mobile communication device 114, which reports the initial warning level to the user through the user interface and transmits the detection data to the server 118 without any analysis. Server 118 then uses the analytic algorithm 122 for further analysis and transmits the updated threat level and / or predicted alert based on the analysis to the first mobile communications device 114, which reports the updated alert to the user through a user interface.

[0061] In addition, the mobile police radar 110 may be turned off until the operator turns it on, intentionally pointing it to a specific vehicle. This may prevent the first radar detector 102 from receiving the electromagnetic signal until the operator of the mobile police radar 110 directs the radar into the vehicle while in close proximity. But, as soon as the first radar detector 102 receives the signal and sends it to the server 118 through the first mobile communication device 114, the server 118 can issue an update based on the analysis performed by the server 118 into the memory component of the second mobile communication device 114, as if the second radar detector 104 approached the location of this threat, after which the second mobile communications device 114 issues a warning before the second radar detector receives the electromagnetic signal from the mobile police radar 110.

[0062] Server 118 reports threat probabilities and / or forecasts calculated by analytic algorithm 122 based on specific geographical locations to each of the radar detectors 102-104 using the corresponding geographical locations associated with each of the radar detectors 102-104. As one skilled in the art understands, the geographic locations associated with the first radar detector 102 may include the geographic area in which the first radar detector 102 is currently located, the geographic areas that the first radar detector 102 is approaching or approaching, and / or offered by the component or device responsible for mapping and navigation. One skilled in the art will also appreciate that the size, shape, volume, calculation, and / or any determining parameters of the associated geographical area may vary, while remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention. Each of the radar detectors 102-104 periodically receives or downloads from server 118 a plurality of these threat probabilities and / or predicted warning levels calculated by analytic algorithm 122 using mobile communication devices 114-116 corresponding to the current geographical locations associated with each of the detectors radars 102-104, including, for example, road sections that the car is currently driving through or may travel in the future, and / or at a particular time of the day, day of the week or month of the year. Each of the radar detectors 102-104 uses its location unit and the corresponding timestamp data to provide real-time threat levels and / or predicted warning levels for the respective vehicles 106-108, using specific radar detectors 102-104, for this a day, a given time, a given geographical location, a given course, a given speed, and a given acceleration, under given weather and given traffic conditions.

[0063] In an embodiment, radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 may be operatively coupled to a navigation component or device. In such an embodiment, the geographic location associated with the radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 may comprise a route suggested by a navigation component or device. Analytical algorithm 122 may calculate threat levels and / or predicted warning levels based on data associated with the road on which the first radar detector is currently located 102, and any roads that the corresponding vehicle may travel, and may take into account speed , conditions, driving direction, driving history and / or any other factors associated with driving along sections of the road. If the warning probability threshold is exceeded, the first radar detector 102 and / or the first mobile communication device 114 may prompt a navigation component or device to propose alternative routes. In addition, the radar detector user can respond to threat levels and / or predicted warning levels associated with the main route proposed by the navigation application by requesting an alternative route from the navigation application.

[0064] One skilled in the art will recognize that a positioning device may operate using a relative positioning system, a latitude / longitude system, another coordinate system, a system based on a map area, a system based on cellular or WiFi triangulation, for determining a location accelerometers and a compass or any other system and / or any combination of positioning systems. In one embodiment, radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 use a GPS global positioning system receiver as the positioning device. In another embodiment, radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 use a device that determines the current position in the map area as a positioning device. One of skill in the art will recognize that the positioning device may be part of mobile communication devices 114-116, radar detectors 102-104 and / or any component or device operably connected to mobile communication devices 114-116 and / or radar detectors 102-104 .

[0065] For example, server 118 may issue a threat level and / or predicted warning levels predicted by analytic algorithm 122 for mobile police radar 110, a radar detector, and / or a mobile communications device on the second vehicle 108, since the geographical locations of the second vehicle 108 are currently the moment is approaching or may be approaching the mobile police radar 110. In another example, server 118 no longer provides threat levels and / or predicted warning levels for a stationary police radar RA 112 to the first car 106, because the geographical locations for the first car 106 show that the first car 106 has already passed or is already driving a stationary police radar 112. In another example, mobile communication devices 114-116 can receive data from server 118 based on the corresponding current locations. Such data is usually limited to data relating to a specific geographical area or road section on which a particular mobile communication device is currently operating, or other user-defined subsets of data designed to prevent the transfer of unnecessary data.

[0066] Depending on the geographical locations, server 118 may also report threat levels and / or predicted warning levels to a particular mobile communication device that does not directly interact with any radar detector, based on the corresponding geographical location of a particular mobile communication device. In some embodiments, a particular mobile communications device must be subscribed to a service providing threat levels and / or predicted warning levels. Although a specific mobile communication device cannot communicate directly with any radar detector, a user of a specific mobile communication device can act as an additional data provider by sending a speed control confirmation to law enforcement agencies related to the geographical location of a specific mobile communication device. As one skilled in the art understands, a particular mobile communication device can be any device that can be functionally connected to server 118, including a mobile phone, cell phone, smartphone, satellite phone, navigation system, personal digital assistant, laptop, tablet computer and / or any other wireless device.

[0067] Each radar detector 102-104 and / or each mobile communication device 114-116 may inform the corresponding user of a warning level based on threat levels and / or predicted warning levels corresponding to the geographical locations of the radar detectors 102-104 or mobile communication devices 114- 116. The warning level obtained from the threat level and / or the predicted warning level can be communicated to the user by means of a display, mechanical response and / or sound or voice alerts using a radar detector and / or mobile communication device. For example, the second radar detector 104 flashes red and gives a frequent beep, and the second mobile communications device 116 displays a 95% warning level on the navigation map and gives a voice warning indicating a 95% warning level when the second car 108 approaches a stationary police radar 112 This, in turn, will allow car drivers to better understand the traffic conditions, having received a warning in advance, in order to comply with the established speed limits, to avoid collisions with obstacles or emergency services vehicles and avoid possible hazards such as accidents, adverse weather conditions or other road hazards. One skilled in the art will recognize that radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 may report a warning level to another device that may issue a warning to a user of that device. The other device may be a navigation device, a car component, a mobile device with a display, a mobile audio device and / or any device that can communicate with radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communications devices 114-116, but cannot communicate with server 118.

[0068] As one skilled in the art understands, the warning may be a color change on the second radar detector 104, for example, for a series of LEDs, and / or information may be transmitted using the interface of a second mobile communication device, such as a liquid crystal display, a projected image, and / or any already known or not yet created display that can be used by a second radar detector and / or a second mobile communication device 116, while remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention. As one skilled in the art understands, a mechanical reaction may be vibration, a change in engine operation (for example, an automatic reduction in vehicle speed when approaching danger) and / or any other mechanical reaction known or not yet created, remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention. As one skilled in the art understands, the sound signal may be a beep, buzz, voice message and / or any other sound signal known or not yet created, while remaining within the framework of the concept of the invention.

[0069] Radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 comprise data storage components, such as a buffer or other form of memory and data processing components. In one embodiment, these components may contain a selected data set and allow the entire analytical algorithm 122 or its parts to be executed in radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116 for in-memory data collection. For example, the first radar detector 102 may contain in memory a data set that is associated with the surrounding geographical area and contains threat levels and / or predicted warning levels in that geographical area. In use, the first radar detector 102 collects additional data related to the corresponding geographic area, and aggregates the collected data with the stored data, and also uses analytical algorithm 122 to calculate updated threat probabilities and threat levels based on aggregated data. This implementation option allows you to continue updating in a given area without connecting to server 118, allowing you to continue analysis without occupying the bandwidth of the second communication network, and / or continue analysis if there is no connection to server 118.

[0070] In another example, the first mobile communication device 114 may contain even a larger data set that is associated with the surrounding geographical area and contains threat levels and / or predicted warning levels in that geographical area. In use, the first radar detector 102 collects additional data related to the same geographical area, and reports this additional data to the first mobile communication device 114 using the first communication standard. The first mobile communications device 114 aggregates the collected data with the stored data and performs an analytical algorithm 122 to calculate updated threat probabilities and alert levels based on the aggregated data. This implementation option also allows you to continue updating in a given area without connecting to server 118, allowing you to continue analysis without occupying the bandwidth of the second communication network, and / or continue analysis if there is no connection to server 118. Or, the system user can choose to delay data updates to a certain the time of day when, for example, data rates can be improved. In another example, a user can select a delay in updating data until he can use a Wi-Fi connection instead of a data plan for a mobile device. In addition, it should be noted that any received data is usually stored in the non-volatile memory of the mobile communication device, that is, all data is saved even when the device is turned off or the mobile application is stopped.

[0071] Interaction with server 118 may occur using a schedule for transmitting collected data to server 118 and a schedule for downloading updated data from server 118. For example, if server 118 predicts that a change in warning levels in the geographic area will occur around 16:30, server 118 may start downloading the updated warning levels to the first mobile communication device 114 at 16:15, or, if the device is turned off, the next time it is turned on. In addition, communication with server 118 may be triggered by certain events. For example, when the first radar detector 102 approaches the geographic boundaries of the currently stored dataset, the first radar detector 102 may communicate with the server 118 through the first mobile communications device 114 to download the updated dataset using the current geographic location of the first radar detector 102 and direction of travel. As one skilled in the art understands, the degree and volume of the data set stored in the memory of the radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile communication devices 114-116, as well as the degree of analysis performed by the data processor of the radar detectors 102-104 and / or mobile devices Communication 114-116 may vary, while remaining within the scope of the concept of the present invention.

[0072] As one skilled in the art understands, a system and method can be implemented using a specialized hardware device running specialized software, using an application that can be downloaded and running on existing hardware, or using any combination of hardware and software components, staying within the concept of the present invention. For example, in one embodiment, the user is provided with a software application for downloading to a mobile communication device 114. This software application can be used to exchange data with a radar detector 102, transmit information about predicted warnings and other information using a user interface, receive data entered by a user using the user interface, analysis and storage of the obtained detection data, determining the time and location for the received detection data Nia, and exchange data with the server 118 using a second communication standard. In another embodiment, the user is provided with a set of software applications for installation on a user’s existing radar detector 104 and a mobile communication device 116 to simplify the described operation of the system and method.

[0073] Figure 2 shows one embodiment of a map with superimposed warning levels, which can be displayed using an interface associated with any of the mobile communication devices 102-104 or other devices. For example, a display is displayed on the screen of a mobile phone, laptop computer, and / or electromagnetic signal detector, if one has a screen.

[0074] Symbols 200 show overlaid styles and associate a value, such as a warning level, with each overlay style. As one skilled in the art understands, any value can be associated with this overlay style while remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention. In the depicted embodiment, four overlay styles are used: overlay style 202 associated with a high alert level, overlay style 204 associated with a medium alert level, overlay style 206 associated with a low alert level, an overlay style 208 associated with a warning level not applicable due to lack of data. As one skilled in the art understands, any number of overlays, markups can be used, while remaining within the scope of the inventive concept. In addition, you can use any overlay style, including color overlays, line styles (as shown in the figure), animation, degrees of transparency, other styles and / or any combination of colors and styles.

[0075] Map 210 shows the location of streets with sections on which warning levels are superimposed according to the designation 200. For example, for the overlay segment 212, the overlay style 204 is used, indicating that the average warning level is set for the section of the road covered by overlay segment 212. , the overlay style 206 is used for the overlay segments 214 and 220, showing that a low warning level is set for the road sections covered with overlay segments 214 and 220, and the overlay style is used for the overlay segments 216 and 218 Warning 202, showing that road sections covered by overlay segments 216 and 218 have a high warning level. In addition, for map sections 210 that are not covered by overlay styles 202-206, an overlay style 208 is used, indicating that the alert level is not applied due to lack of data in areas covered by overlay style 208. Overlay segments can be associated with specific road sections such as shown by overlay segments 212-216, or may be based on an area estimate, such as a rectangular overlay segment 218 and a circular overlay segment 220, shown for this embodiment. As one skilled in the art understands, overlay segments can correlate with individual road segments, map grid sections, geographical areas, shapes, and / or any style associated with the map or geographical area represented by the map, while remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention.

[0076] As one skilled in the art understands, styles for various overlay segments 212-220 can be changed when the mobile device downloads updates from server 118. For example, analytic algorithm 122 can predict that a section of road covered by part of overlay segment 214 should be associated with a high level of warning based on data collected by the first radar detector 102. Accordingly, as soon as the first mobile communication device 114 (or the radar detector in other implementations) downloads an update, respectively Enikeev portion of the segment will be displayed overlay 214 using style 202, showing a high level of alert, and for the remainder of the overlay segment 214 remain style overlay 206 showing low warning level. As an additional example, the color of individual sections of the road on the map 210 may be changed to report a change in the estimate of predicted warning levels.

[0077] In the Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing a flowchart showing an implementation of process 300. Process 300 may be a method executed by system 100 and / or a computer program product for predicting based on an analysis of data from radar detectors 102-104.

[0078] At block 302, data is transmitted using the first communication standard. For example, the first radar detector 102 transmits data showing the detection of a stationary police radar 112 to the first BLUETOOTH mobile communication device 114.

[0079] In block 304, data is received using the first communication standard. For example, the first mobile communication device 114 receives data showing the detection of a stationary police radar 112.

[0080] In block 306, data is transmitted to the user of the mobile communication device and / or the user of another device, at least partially using user input from the user interface of the mobile communication device. For example, the user interface of the mobile communication device 114 transmits data showing the detection of the stationary police radar 112 to the user of the mobile communication device 114. As one skilled in the art understands, the data may also contain information received from other radar detectors associated with the system 100 passed through them and / or any other data sources associated with the system 100 or entered into it.

[0081] In Fig. 4, a block diagram illustrates a system 400 according to the present embodiment. The illustrated system 400 includes a first radar detector 402 and a second radar detector 404. The first radar detector 402 is used by the first vehicle 406, and the second radar detector 404 is used by the second vehicle 408. The electromagnetic signal devices shown in Fig. 4 include a mobile police radar 410, such as a police motorcycle equipped with a radar, a stationary police radar 412, such as a traffic light camera or a stationary camera for video recording violations, as well as reaction doors 414, such as automatic restaurant sliding doors overlooking the road on which cars 406-408 pass. Radar detectors 402-404 can detect electromagnetic waves emitted from devices 410-414.

[0082] The system 400 may also include a first network interface 416, a second network interface 418, a server 420, a database 422, and an analytic algorithm 424. Network interfaces 416-418 may allow radar detectors 402-404 to transmit data over communication networks such as a network cellular telephone, satellite network, Wi-Fi, other wireless networks and / or the Internet. The network interfaces 416-418 can be integrated in a single device together with radar detectors 402-404 or can communicate with radar detectors 402-404 via wired or wireless communication. As one skilled in the art understands, a system can operate on one or more public networks, private networks, or on public networks and private networks simultaneously. As one skilled in the art understands, system 400 may include any number of radar detectors 402-404, vehicles 406-408, electromagnetic devices 410-414, network interfaces 416-418, servers 420, databases 422, and analytical algorithms 424 and are not limited to illustrative example shown in Fig. four.

[0083] The first radar detector 402 accesses the first network interface 416, which activates the transmission of data to the server and from the server 420. In the same way, the second radar detector 404 accesses the second network interface 418, which activates the transmission of data to the server and from server 420. Each of the radar detectors 402-404 and server 420 can start the process of sending and receiving data. Data may relate to the location, speed and / or acceleration of motor vehicles 406-408, the activities of law enforcement agencies, detectable electromagnetic waves, patterns and / or traffic conditions, hazard warnings, evacuation messages and / or other hazards or warnings identified and marked on discretion of server 420 and / or users of 402-404 radar detectors. The data may also include the trajectory of vehicles 406-408 and / or certain trajectories of individuals, including trajectories relating to a typical reaction of the driver to certain warnings in certain circumstances. This allows the server 420 to use the database 422 to configure alert levels that are downloaded for each user to fine tune alert levels to suit the driver.

[0084] For example, the first radar detector 402 detects a stationary police radar 412 and motion-responsive doors 414 and transmits detection data to a server 420. In another example, the second radar detector 404 also detects a stationary police radar 412 and motion-responsive doors 414 and transmits data about detection by the server 420. As one skilled in the art understands, the 402-404 radar detectors and the server 420 can transmit data in real time or based on a schedule that triggers an event (such as threshold amount of data, or data storage capacity threshold) and / or combination and initiating event schedules, while remaining within the scope and spirit of the invention. For example, radar detector 402 detects a stationary police radar 412 and motion-sensitive doors 414 and stores this detection data in internal memory, for example, in a buffer. As soon as the threshold amount of data is reached in the buffer, the radar detector 402 transmits data about this detection to the server 420. Another example: while traveling on other roads, the radar detector 404 may not receive any detection, and then it stores data about the absence of detection along the path traveled. At the scheduled time, radar detector 404 may transmit no detection data to server 420.

[0085] After receiving such data, the server 420 stores the data in physical or electronic memory in the database 422, which may be part of the server 420 or located separately from the server 420. Server administrators can also add other information to the database 422 (regarding the activities of law enforcement agencies , safety, risks, official alerts, local data or driving in general), which is not measured in the electromagnetic and laser spectra of 402-404 radar detectors. Such additional information may be periodically updated by the server 420, automatically or by manually entering data. The analyzed data includes data received from radar detectors 402-404, other information added by administrators as described above, as well as data from other information sources, such as local data and observed conditions.

[0086] Server 420 runs analytic algorithms 424 that periodically collect, distribute, organize, and analyze data. In a preferred embodiment, the data is associated with a database 422, but as one skilled in the art understands, analytic algorithms 424 may include or otherwise analyze data from sources other than database 422, while remaining within the scope and spirit of the invention. These analytical algorithms 424 may include statistical or predictive calculations regarding the likelihood of future threats, risks, warnings, law enforcement efforts to control speed or traffic conditions. The memory capacity and processing ability of radars 402-404 can be significantly less than the memory capacity and processing ability of database 422 and server 420. In this regard, database 422 and server 420 can provide the ability to execute complex analytical algorithms 424 using a significant amount of total data , including data that is not available to 402-404 radar detectors. The output of each analytical algorithm 424 may be a calculated value of the predicted threat level or a series of values trying to more or less accurately measure the statistical probability of the presence of regulatory law enforcement agencies and / or other security threats at geographical points in front or in the immediate vicinity of vehicles 406-408 . In some embodiments of the invention, the analytical algorithm may adjust the received threat level value or several values to a specific radar and / or driver detector, based in part on data provided by the user and / or stored user movement routes. In addition, the analytical algorithm can take into account the current day, time, geographical location, predetermined course, speed and acceleration of vehicles 406-408 to adjust the value of the predicted danger.

[0087] The crowdsourcing method for collecting data is based on the analysis of data collected from several data sources, such as 402-404 radar detectors. Using crowdsourcing to collect data can lead to more accurate results than analysis based on a single data source, such as data from one of the 402-404 radar detectors.

[0088] For example, analytic algorithm 424 analyzes data, which is the detection of electromagnetic signals from a stationary police radar 412 and received by radar detectors 402-404, and determines a very high level of danger, for example, with a 95% probability that the stationary police radar 412 is a law enforcement speed control device. Such a forecast can be based on one factor or a combination of factors. For example, the identical nature of electromagnetic waves repeatedly detected from a stationary police radar 412 by 402-404 radar detectors can with a high degree of probability indicate the presence of a device to control the speed of law enforcement agencies. In addition, the data may mean that the source of these electromagnetic waves does not move and does not cease to emit electromagnetic waves, because there is no data indicating the absence of detection at this point. The regularity confirmed by these data, combined with geographic data indicating that the electromagnetic wave data source is located at a busy intersection, allows analysis algorithm 424 to assume that the stationary police radar 412 is a roadside video camera installed at the intersection that determines the speed of the vehicle. An additional factor used to calculate the level of danger may be confirmation of the activity of law enforcement agencies in controlling the speed, entered by the user of the radar detector. Analytical algorithm 424 can change the high probability of 95% to 100% probability if a certain number of radar detector users enter this confirmation.

[0089] Another example: the analytical algorithm 424 analyzes the data representing the detection by the radar detectors 402-404 of the electromagnetic signals coming from the doors responsive to the movement 414, and determines a very low level of danger, for example, with a 5% probability that the doors are responsive to the movement 414 is a law enforcement device or other security risk. Such a forecast can be based on one factor or a combination of factors. For example, the identical nature of electromagnetic waves repeatedly and constantly detected by radar detectors 402-404 from doors 414 reacting to movement cannot, with a high degree of probability, indicate the presence of a law enforcement device or other threat. In addition, the data obtained may mean that, despite the fact that the source of the electromagnetic wave data is not moving, the emission of electromagnetic waves and the lack of detection of electromagnetic waves coincide with the normal restaurant hours. The regularity confirmed by these data, combined with geographical data indicating that the electromagnetic wave data source is located in the restaurant, allows the analysis algorithm to assume that the 414 doors that respond to the movement are not a law enforcement device or other security risk. Although the calculation of the threat level can be based on the motion-responsive doors 414 and these exemplary factors, forecasts can be based on other types of electromagnetic devices and other factors. As one skilled in the art understands, a forecast can take into account signal analysis, including signal spectrum analysis, signal frequency analysis, signal strength or signal strength measurements, as well as any other signal analysis. For example, the obtained frequency range of the signal can be compared with the well-known signal standards used by the FCC or other regulatory or licensing authority. For example, if the signal is in the X or K frequency range, it can be responsive to the movement of the door, however, if the signal is in the Ka range, it is unlikely that it is responsive to the movement of the door. Another example: the obtained signal range can be compared with previous signal ranges stored in the database 422. For example, the database 422 can store information about one geographical point about the signal in the frequency range X with a high probability that this signal comes from a law enforcement device organs, and the signal in the Ka frequency range with a low probability that this signal comes from the device of law enforcement agencies. If the received signal is in the Ka frequency range, previously detected signals in the Ka range at a given geographic point can affect the analytical algorithm 424, calculating the low probability that the received signal in the Ka frequency range is a device of law enforcement agencies. The already well-known microwave telecommunication tower in the Ka frequency range is an example of a source other than a law enforcement device that can affect analytical algorithm 424.

[0090] A third radar detector (not shown in Fig. 4) can take advantage of the system 400 based on the observations made by the first radar detector 402 and the second radar detector 404, even when the third radar detector approaches the stationary police radar 412 for the very first time. The third radar detector can give a warning about stationary police radar 412 without first detecting and recording radiation from frequencies originating from this geographical point. A warning from a third radar detector may be based on periodically received data from server 420 regarding the predicted probability and / or levels of potential threats in a given area. Thus, system 400 can provide benefits to radar detector users who have never traveled a specific road section before, based on data from several 402-404 radar detectors that have traveled a certain road section earlier. Similarly, devices other than radar detectors that can receive data from server 420 about predicted warning levels and / or danger levels in a given area can also issue warnings based on data from several radar detectors 402-404.

[0091] When signals are detected, the alert level may be based on the predicted likelihood or danger level that the detected signals are a law enforcement tracking device or other security risk. When no signals are detected, the alert level may be based on the predicted likelihood or level of danger that a law enforcement tracking device or other security risk is in close proximity according to radar detector 402, server 420 and / or user data. The alert level can be determined by any number of levels, and each alert level is associated with a number of probabilities. For example, if there are only two levels of warning, then a probability of 0-50% may mean the absence of a threat, a weak or extraneous signal, or an ignored hazard level, while a probability of 51-100% may mean a high level of threat and / or received strong and / or very important signal. Another example: four alert levels can be determined by the following degrees of probability: 0-40% (no threat or not taken into account hazard level), 41-65% (non-significant threat), 66-85% (medium-level threat) and 86-100% ( high threat). Another example: five alert levels can be distinguished based on ranges on a probability scale from -50 to 50; then the probability range from -50 to -30 means there is no threat or the hazard level is not taken into account, the probability range from -29 to -1 means an insignificant threat, the probability range from 1 to 30 means an average threat, the probability range from 31 to 50 means a high threat , and zero probability means the lack of data for analysis.

[0092] The server 420 may calculate a plurality of probabilities and / or corresponding hazard levels based on certain subsets of data. Alert levels can also be based on data associated with the boundaries of a particular geographic point. This process can create hazard levels that are specific to specific grid segments limited by latitude and longitude, or certain “road sections” if there are good geographical maps. In addition, server 420 may correlate the priority coefficient with various data to determine the quality and / or reliability of the data.

[0093] Threat and / or probability levels may be stored in physical or electronic memory on server 420 and / or in database 422. For example, server 420 may store probability data of 95% for stationary police radar 412 and probability 5% for doors 414 responsive to movement in the database 422 related to the geographical location of the road section on which vehicles 406-408 are currently traveling. The radar detector user may respond differently to predicted probabilities, such as 95%, 50% and 5%. For example, the user of the radar detector 402 can program the radar detector 402 to show a low alert level with a predicted probability or threat level of 50%, while the user of the radar detector 404 can program a radar detector 404 not to give alerts or show an ignored hazard level with a predicted probability or a threat level of 50%.

[0094] The density of data stored for individual geographic locations may vary by region. Database algorithms can automatically adjust data density for specific areas based on population density, data density, or other factors in each area. Server 420 may adjust the frequency of execution of analytic algorithms 424 and evaluate how an ever-increasing dataset affects the performance of analytic algorithms 424.

[0095] The server 420 may issue commands to the radar detectors 402-404 from time to time to cancel, mute, or change any audio alerts that the server 420 is likely to detect as false alerts, thereby suppressing false alerts in real time if necessary or with a slight delay. For example, server 420 can instruct 402-404 radar detectors to issue alerts with a high threat level of 95% for vehicles 406-408 passing a stretch of road near which there is a stationary police radar 412, and suppress alerts with a minor threat level of 5 % of doors 414, responsive to movement, located next to the same section of the road. In addition, 402-404 radar detectors can give an early warning based on a high level of threat on the expected track section. For example, radar detector 402 may give an early warning before receiving a radar signal from a stationary police radar 412 when the vehicle 406 travels in the direction of the stationary police radar 412 with a certain threat level of 95%. In addition, the radar detector 402 may amplify the warning after receiving a signal from a stationary police radar 412.

[0096] The levels of threat and / or likelihood that analytic algorithm 424 can predict and which server 420 can transmit to radar detectors 402-404 are additional functions of the normal operation of radar detectors 402-404. For example, a mobile police radar 410 may arrive on a police motorcycle to a geographic location where electromagnetic waves had never been detected by 402-404 radar detectors before. However, the first radar detector 402 can detect a mobile police radar 410 and show the warning level and / or hazard detection level to the driver of the first vehicle 406 even before the first network interface 416 transmits this detection data to the server 420. Also, the radar detector 402 can either check or not, its internal database for the likelihood or level of threat before giving an alert to the user. For example, the first radar detector 402 can determine that the detected signal is not stored in the internal memory of the radar detector 402, and transmit a notification to the user based on the internal analysis and settings of the radar detector 402 for new or unrecognized signals. In one embodiment, according to the default settings, the radar detector 402 will evaluate new or unrecognized signals as a threat and will give a default or detection alert if internal analysis does not show that the signal is most likely erroneous. In addition, when an initial alert is sent to the user, the radar detector 402 may also transmit a signal to the server 420 for further analysis. Server 420 can recognize that the signal is not in the database and send an alert based on the likelihood that the new electromagnetic wave is a police tracking device or other security risk, or server 420 can display the default threat level before receiving and analyzing additional information . Server 420 may show a different level of danger than that set by radar detector 402, since server 420 may use more collected data and / or a more detailed analytic algorithm 424 than radar detector 402, which may lead to differences in the determination of probabilities.

[0097] In addition, the mobile police radar 410 can be turned off until the operator turns it on and points it at a particular vehicle. This may prevent the radar detector 402 from receiving an electromagnetic signal until the operator of the mobile police radar 410 directs it to a vehicle in close proximity. However, after the radar detector 402 receives the signal and uploads it to the server 420, the server 420 can update the memory component of the radar detector 404, so that when the radar detector 404 approaches the location of this threat, the radar detector 404 will send an advanced alert before receiving an electromagnetic signal from the mobile Police Radar 410.

[0098] The server 420 transmits forecasts based on specific geographic locations with respect to each of the radar detectors 402-404, based on corresponding geographic locations associated with each of the radar detectors 402-404. As one of ordinary skill in the art understands, the geographic locations associated with the radar detector 402 may include information about the geographic area where the radar detector 402 is currently located, the geographic areas that the radar detector 402 is approaching or likely to approach, as well as geographical areas specified by the user of the radar detector 402 and / or intended according to the map or navigation element or device. Each of the radars 402-404 periodically receives or downloads a subset of the data of the predicted warning levels and / or danger levels from the server 420 corresponding to the current geographical location associated with each of the radar detectors 402-404. Each of the 402-404 radar detectors uses its own position identifier and corresponding time data to provide predicted levels of danger in real time specifically for the respective vehicles 406-408 using 402-404 radar detectors, on a given day, given time, in a given geographical point, in a given direction, at speed and acceleration data, in given weather and traffic conditions.

[0099] In one embodiment, the radar detectors 402-404 may be operatively coupled to a navigation element or device. In such an embodiment of the invention, the geographic location associated with the radar detectors 402-404 may include a route suggested by a navigation element or device. Analytical algorithm 424 can calculate predicted threat levels based on data associated with the road on which the 402 radar detector is currently located and any roads that the vehicle will most likely take, given speed, conditions, heading, history traffic and / or any other factors associated with traffic on sections of the road. Radar detector 402 can help a navigation element or device offer alternative routes if a hazard threshold is exceeded. Alternatively, the radar detector user may respond to threat levels associated with the main route proposed by the navigation application by requesting the navigation application to find an alternative route.

[0100] One skilled in the art will recognize that a location identifier can operate based on an appropriate geolocation system, a coordinate system based on latitude and longitude, another coordinate system or a system based on dividing a map or road into segments (such as, for example, systems supplied by such companies like Google, Inc., Navteq, etc.), a cellular triangulation system or Wi-Fi, any other positioning system and / or a combination of geolocation systems. In one embodiment, radar detectors 402-404 use a global positioning system (GPS) receiver as an identifier for a location. In another embodiment, radar detectors 402-404 use a device that detects the current position on a map segment (or proximity to the nearest map segment) as an identifier for location. One skilled in the art will recognize that a map segment is a mapping of a physical section of a road.

[0101] For example, server 420 may transmit threat levels in the geographical area where the stationary police radar 412 is located, and in the second geographical area, where the doors 414 respond to movement, to the second vehicle 408, because the geographical position of the second vehicle 408 indicates that the second vehicle 408 is currently approaching or may be approaching the stationary police radar 412 and the doors 414 responsive to movement. Or, conversely, the server 420 no longer transmits Look out for threats to the stationary police radar 412 to the first vehicle 406, because the geographical position of the first vehicle 406 indicates that the first vehicle 406 has already passed and is currently moving away from the stationary police radar 412.

[0102] The server 420 may also transmit forecasts based on a specific geographical location to a mobile communication device, such as a mobile phone, which is not shown in Fig. 4, based on the corresponding geographical location of the mobile communication device. In some embodiments of the invention, the mobile communications device needs to subscribe to a threat level alert service. Although the mobile communication device may not have the function of detecting electromagnetic signals, the user of the mobile communication device may act as a provider of additional data, sending confirmation of the activities of law enforcement agencies to control the speed at the geographical point where the mobile communication device is located. In some embodiments of the invention, the mobile communication device can act as a network interface 416, exchanging data with the server 420 and the radar detector 402. As is clear to a person skilled in the art, the mobile communication device can be any device that is functionally connected to the server 420, including a mobile phone , smartphone, satellite phone, laptop, navigation system with wireless connectivity, electromagnetic signal detector, portable radio station OD-radio and / or any other device with wireless capability. In addition, a device without the possibility of a wireless connection, such as a navigation system or a GPS system without a wireless connection, can use a stationary but updated version of the system by loading the database from server 420 into the device’s memory element. A device without the possibility of a wireless connection could transmit predicted warnings to the user of such a device based on threat levels stored in the device’s memory. The user could periodically update the device’s database by connecting it to a device connected to the network or to an external storage device, such as a portable hard drive, on which the database is stored.

[0103] Each of the radar detectors 402-404 transmits a warning level to the user of the corresponding radar detector based on forecasts or threat levels corresponding to the geographic location of the radar detectors 402-404, as well as other predicted data mentioned above. The resulting warning can be transmitted to the user of the radar detector using a display, a mechanical response and / or sound or voice notification through a radar detector or other mobile device, such as a mobile phone. For example, the second radar detector 404 blinks red, gives a quick beep, shows a danger level of 95% and gives a voice warning that the danger level is 95% when the second vehicle 408 approaches a stationary police radar 412. Each of the radar detectors 402-404 may transmit information to the user of the radar detector about the initial hazard level, the predicted hazard level or threat level and / or the combined average value of the hazard level. In addition, each of the 402-404 radar detectors can transmit other necessary data, such as alerts about local traffic, traffic safety and evacuation notices. For example, the first 402 radar detector can show an average hazard level on the first display, a threat level with a probability of 85% on the second display, an average overall hazard level of 95% on the third display and give an audible voice alert that is strictly monitored in the area complying with speed limits. As one skilled in the art would understand, a display may be a color change on a radar detector, a series of LEDs, a liquid crystal display and / or any other display that exists or will still be invented, which will remain within the scope and essence of the invention. As one skilled in the art understands, a mechanical response may be a change in the operation of the vehicles, for example, an automatic decrease in vehicle speed when approaching a safety hazard and / or any other mechanical response that exists or will still be invented, which will remain within the scope and essence of the invention. As one skilled in the art understands, an audible alert may be an audible signal, a beep, a voice response, and / or any other audible alert that exists or is yet to be invented, which will remain within the scope and spirit of the invention.

[0104] Radar detectors 402-404 include data storage elements, for example, a buffer or other type of memory, and data processing elements. In one embodiment of the invention, these elements may contain a certain data set and have the ability to process the entire analytical algorithm 424 or some of its parts with radar detectors 402-404 for a given data set stored in memory. For example, the radar detector 402 may contain in memory a set of data relating to the surrounding geographical area, including the predicted hazard levels in that geographical area. During operation, the radar detector 402 collects additional data regarding a given geographical area and combines the collected data with the stored data, and the analytical algorithm 424 calculates updated probabilities and threat levels based on common data. Such an embodiment of the invention provides continuous updating of information about a given area without connecting to the server 420, allowing continuous analysis without occupying the bandwidth of the communication network, and / or analysis when the connection to the server 420 is not available. Communication with server 420 can be based on a schedule for sending collected data to server 420 and a schedule for downloading any updated data from server 420. For example, if a server predicts that threat levels in a given geographic area will change around 16:30, it may start downloading the updated threat levels with the 402 radar detector at 16:15. In addition, communication with server 420 may be triggered by certain events. For example, when the radar detector 402 approaches the data boundary within the currently stored dataset, the radar detector 402 can initiate communication with the server 420 to download an updated dataset based on the current location of the radar detector 402 and the direction of movement. As one skilled in the art understands, the volume of the data set stored in the memory of radar detectors 402-404, and the degree of thoroughness of the analysis performed by the data processor of radar detectors 402-404, may vary, while remaining within the scope and essence of the present invention.

[0105] Figure 5 is a flowchart depicting an embodiment of a process 500. Process 500 may be a method executed by a system 400 and / or a computer program for making predictions based on analyzed data received from networked radar detectors.

[0106] At block 502, data is transmitted to the server from electromagnetic signal detectors. For example, the first radar detector 402 and the second radar detector 494 transmit the detection data of the stationary police radar 412 to the server 420.

[0107] At block 504, an analytical algorithm is performed to analyze data and make forecasts of hazard levels based on geographic location. For example, an analytical algorithm predicts a probability of 95%, or the threat level, that the stationary police radar 412 is a device for controlling the speed of law enforcement agencies, based on the collected data received from the first radar detector 403 and the second radar detector 404. As one skilled in the art understands, The data collected may also include information obtained by other radar detectors associated with the system that have traveled to the same site or sites in the immediate vicinity of the site. stka, and / or any other data sources associated with the system or loaded into it. In addition, one of ordinary skill in the art will understand that there is no need for multiple radar detectors, since a single radar detector can collect enough data over time to conduct advanced analysis.

[0108] In block 506, predictions of warning levels and / or threat levels based on geographical locations are transmitted to the mobile communication device. For example, server 420 transmits 95% probability data and / or a high threat level to 402-404 radar detectors each time any of 402-404 radar detectors approaches a geographic area in which most likely there is a stationary police radar 412.

[0109] In block 508, forecasts of warning levels and / or threat levels based on geographical locations are transmitted to users of mobile communication devices. For example, the second radar detector 404 receives information about a 95% probability, or threat level, and transmits a warning level to the driver of the second vehicle 408 each time the second vehicle approaches a geographic area in which most likely the stationary police radar 412 is located.

[0110] Radar detectors 402-404 and / or mobile communication devices can use the software user model of "cloud computing", when individual client devices can quickly start using the latest software without the need for updating firmware or replacing hardware. Changes made to the database or “cloud” for the installed client / user database can be seen in real time (or with a slight delay).

[0111] Upon loading, radar detectors 402-404 may send a request to server 420 and / or database 422 for updates to the packet data download protocol and, if necessary, to download available updates. Updates may include simple software changes, firmware updates, and / or any other updates. After downloading the packet protocol, the 402-404 radar detectors can read the data coming from the data collection results of the 402-404 radar detectors in real time and can analyze this data according to the loaded packet protocol before reformatting and sending the data to the server 420. Depending on of the amount of data received by server 420 from 402-404 radar detectors, server 420 can adjust the packet protocols and analytical algorithms to obtain high quality data using the minimum possible throughput.

[0112] In another embodiment, the radar detectors 402-404 have an proximity mode for use when multiple radar detectors and / or mobile communication devices are within a certain proximity of each other. Server 420 can monitor the geographical proximity of radar detector 402 to radar detector 404. When server 420 determines that radar detectors 402-404 are a certain distance from each other, server 420 can instruct radar detectors 402-404 to operate in proximity mode. In proximity mode, the 402-404 radar detectors operate in real time (or with a slight delay) with the server 420, which analyzes and sends updates to each radar detector in a given proximity. For example, when the radar detectors 402-404 are at a certain distance and operate in proximity mode, if the radar detector 402 detects an electromagnetic signal, the radar detector 402 transmits information about the detected electromagnetic signal to the server 420 in real time (with a slight delay). Server 420 analyzes new data received from radar detector 402, updates threat levels based on new data, and transmits updated threat data to radar detector 404 in real time (with a slight delay). When the 402-404 radar detectors move apart from each other beyond a certain distance, both radar detectors exit the proximity mode (except when one of the radar detectors is in the vicinity of the other device). As one skilled in the art understands, the proximity distance can be different, as well as the distance at which the devices enter the proximity mode, and the distance after which the devices exit the proximity mode can be the same or different, while remaining within the scope and essence of the present invention. The functional distance of the proximity mode may differ depending on the speed of the vehicle, its direction, time of day, the amount of data at a given location in the database, or any other criteria not specified here, while remaining within the scope and essence of the present invention.

[0113] Figure 6 shows a block diagram of a system 600 in accordance with another embodiment of the invention. System 600 facilitates communication to determine potential threat levels associated with traffic. The illustrated system 600 includes a first mobile communication device 602 associated with a user of a first vehicle 604, including also a navigation element 603. System 600 also includes a second mobile communication device 606, associated with a user of a second vehicle 608, also including an OD- radio 610. In addition, a third mobile communication device 612 and a computer 614 are included in the system 600. The first mobile communication device 602, the second mobile communication device 606, OD radio 610, the third mobile communication device 612 and the PC 614 together can be called communication devices.

[0114] For example, the first vehicle 604 may be a vehicle for everyday use by one person or several people for travel to and from work. The first mobile communication device 602 may be a smartphone associated with a driver or passenger of the first vehicle 604. In some embodiments, a display associated with the navigation element 603 may be used for the convenience of the user of the first vehicle 604. In some embodiments, the navigation element is a navigation element 603, both the first mobile communication device 602 can be equipped with elements for connecting to a communication network 616 and facilitating communication on a communication network 616. In others x embodiments of the invention, the navigation element 603 cannot be directly connected and / or connected over the communication network 616. In some embodiments, to access the communication network 616, the navigation element 603 can be connected to the first mobile communication device 602 by means of a close communication standard, for example Bluetooth communication standard.

[0115] In this embodiment, the second vehicle 608 may be a commercial vehicle used for long trips, often in unfamiliar areas. In the shown embodiment, the second vehicle 608 includes an OD radio 610 and a second mobile communication device 606, which may be, for example, a tablet computer. In some embodiments, both the OD radio 610 and the second mobile communication device 606 may be equipped with elements for connecting to the communication network 616 and transmitting data and communication over the communication network 616. In other embodiments, the OD radio 610 may provide an opportunity communications in the frequency range of civilian radio communications without direct connection and / or communication over a communications network 616. In some embodiments, an OD radio 610 may connect to a second mobile communications device 606 to receive up to stupid to the communication network 616. For example, the OD-radio 610 can be connected to the second mobile communication device 606 using a close communication standard, for example, the Bluetooth communication standard, which can act as a channel so that the user can use the OD- radio for communications over a communications network 616, as described in more detail in US Pat. No. 8,078,120, the rights to which are transferred to Cobra Electronics Corporation and which is incorporated herein by reference. Although an OD radio is provided herein as an illustrative embodiment of the invention, one skilled in the art will appreciate that other radio transceivers may be used in conjunction with or instead of the OD radio. Such radio transceivers can operate at any frequency, while remaining within the scope and essence of the present invention, including the frequency range of professional radio communications, aviation, the meter wavelength range, the maritime service frequency band and the frequency range of public security agencies. Radio transceivers can also operate on the frequencies of the universal radio service and / or the general mobile radio service.

[0116] In this embodiment, the third mobile communications device 612 may be another smartphone used by a cyclist. A third mobile communication device 612 can be mounted on the front of the bicycle so that the user can see the display while riding. In addition, the third mobile communications device 612 may be operatively connected to speakers and a microphone attached to or integrated into the cyclist's equipment (e.g., helmet, goggles, etc.). In such an embodiment of the invention, the cyclist can control the third mobile communication device 612 via a voice control system and receive audio and video information from the system 600 using the third mobile communication device 612. As one skilled in the art will understand, the third mobile communication device 612 can be controlled by other types users, for example, pedestrians, emergency services, enterprises and other segments of the population.

[0117] Computer 614 may be a home computer used to transmit local information and recent observations, as well as to view information about an upcoming trip. In some embodiments of the invention, computer 614 may be part of a network of computers used by system 600 to improve the processing of analytic algorithm 622.

[0118] As one skilled in the art understands, some of the elements described herein for illustrative purposes can be used in alternative ways. For example, a third mobile communication device 612 can be used in a third vehicle (not shown), a second mobile communication device 606 can be used by a client in a restaurant to send good or bad feedback over a communication network 616, computer 614 can be a laptop that is used in a vehicle for collecting and storing information received by other elements of the vehicle for subsequent transmission via a communication network 616. In some embodiments, devices may be l removable, while other devices are attached to other elements and / or built in to prevent or increase the difficulty of dismantling them. For example, the OD radio 610 may be integrated into the dashboard of the second vehicle 608, while the second mobile communication device 606 may be arranged to be easily mounted and just as easily removed from its mounting location in the second mobile communication device 606.

[0119] In some embodiments of the invention, the system and method can be implemented as a special hardware device running on special software, or as an application program that can be downloaded and executed on an existing hardware device, or as any combination of hardware and software components, while remaining within the scope and essence of the invention.

[0120] System 600 also includes a communication network 616 through which communication devices can communicate with north 618. In this embodiment, server 618 is connected to a database 620 and analytic algorithm 622. Communication network 616 may consist of one or more public networks , private networks or a combination of public and private networks operating through and / or in combination with a cellular telephone network, satellite network, Wi-Fi, another wireless network, the Internet and / or any other communication network. As shown herein, communication network 616 may include protocols, controls, systems and / or components that facilitate communication between different types of networks.

[0121] Communication devices may operate on the same communication network 616 and / or in different communication networks 616. For example, the third mobile communication device 612 may operate on a Wi-Fi network in a local bookstore to gain access to the Internet, the first device mobile communications can work on a cellular network to access the Internet, and computer 614 can connect to the Internet directly. As one skilled in the art would understand, system 600 may include any number of communication devices (602, 606, 610, 612, and 614), vehicles 604 and 608, communication networks 616, servers 618, databases 620, and analytical algorithms 622 and should not be limited to the illustrative example presented in Fig. 6.

[0122] The first mobile communication device 602 accesses the communication network 616 and provides data exchange with the server 618. Similarly, the second mobile communication device 606, OD radio 610, the third mobile communication device 612 and computer 614 can access the communication network 616 and provide data exchange with server 618. Each of the communication devices and server 618 can start the process of transmitting and receiving data. This data may relate to the location, speed and / or acceleration of vehicles 604-608, law enforcement activities, detectable electromagnetic waves, traffic patterns and / or conditions, safety warnings, evacuation notices and / or any other threats or alerts established and marked at the discretion of the server 610 and / or users of communication devices. Safety alerts may include notifications provided by emergency services and vehicles, weather alerts, user alerts and / or other alerts to ensure driving safety. For example, a cyclist can create a custom alert to warn vehicles in advance of their location so that vehicles can change lanes or closely monitor their surroundings to avoid running into a cyclist. Similarly, a pedestrian can activate an alert to alert users in the area of the location of the pedestrian if they are near or on a roadway. In some embodiments of the invention, cyclist and pedestrian mobile communication devices, respectively, can limit or modify alerts based on the user's proximity to the carriageway. Another example of a safety alert: emergency vehicles can transmit their location and / or route to system 600 during emergency operations to alert users of system 600 to such conditions.

[0123] The data may also include vehicle routes 604-608 and / or specific individual routes, including routes related to a typical driver’s response to specific alerts under certain circumstances. For example, the data may include time records from the moment the first mobile communication device 602 sent a notification to the user of the first vehicle 604 until the moment the driving pattern changed, for example, acceleration or change of lane or direction of travel, after which the reaction data can be subsequently used to determine the degree of prior warning required by the user to adjust driving under the circumstances. This allows the server 618 to use the database 620 to configure alert levels for each user, so that alert levels match the driver’s desire for early warning.

[0124] As stated in previous embodiments, data exchange with server 618 can be performed in real time or based on a schedule that triggers events (such as reaching a data quantity threshold or storage capacity threshold) and / or a combination of a schedule and initiating event, while remaining within the scope and essence of the invention. In addition, each of the communication devices can operate on different communication models. For example, the first mobile communication device 602 can communicate in real time with the server 618, the computer 614 can only connect at the command of the user of the computer 614, and the third mobile communication device 612 can exchange data based on a triggering event, for example, the inclusion of Wi -Fi.

[0125] After receiving such data, server 618 may store the data in physical or electronic memory in a database 620, which may be part of server 618 or located separately from server 618. Server administrators and / or other users may also add other data and / or lead to the addition of other data to the 620 database (regarding law enforcement activities, security, threats, official communications, local features or driving in general). For example, the user of the computer 614, based on knowledge of local features and the observed conditions, can add data, for example, about the places of frequent accidents, a new area of active public action and / or an upcoming event, for example, a parade. Another example: the system administrator can set a schedule for periodic updates of information from other databases, in addition to database 620, for example, from a traffic analysis database, a public media database, a map database, emergency service databases, weather databases (for example , database of weather warnings of the National Oceanic and Meteorological Association, NOMA), databases of working areas, use of law enforcement equipment at a specific geographical point (for example, a database of s, identifying the types of radars and laser guns used in a particular district), as well as other databases that may be useful to the 600 system. Such additional data may be periodically updated by server 618, automatically or by manually entering data. The analyzed data may include data from radar detectors, communication devices, databases, administrators and other data providers.

[0126] In this embodiment, the server 618 executes analytic algorithms 622 that periodically collect, sort, sort, and analyze data. As discussed above for other embodiments of the invention, analytical algorithms 622 may use data in a database 620 and / or add or otherwise analyze data from sources other than database 620. Such analytical algorithms 622 may include statistical or predictive calculations with respect to probabilities of future threats, dangers, notifications, activities of law enforcement agencies to control speed, traffic conditions, communication information, significance for the local community information and / or other information. For example, analytic algorithm 622 may receive data from a second mobile communications device 606, indicative of a signal being received in the frequency range K and geographic location. Based on geographic location, analytic algorithm 622 may issue a low level hazard warning or cancel the alert based on the installation that law enforcement equipment in the area does not use signals in the frequency range K.

[0127] As discussed above for other embodiments of the invention, the memory capacity and processing ability of the respective devices may differ and affect the amount of information stored on the device and the performance of the device. A person skilled in the art will understand that, despite the fact that the analytical algorithm 622 has been considered with respect to the server 618, any of the elements - including communication devices (602, 606, 610, 612 and 614), server 618 and other related devices, such as radar detectors, navigation elements, displays, etc. - may include and control analytical algorithm 622. In addition, in some embodiments of the system 600, different aspects of the analytic algorithm 622 can be controlled by different elements, so that any one or more elements can execute the analytic algorithm 622 in whole or in part, while remaining within the scope and essence of the invention. In such implementations, when the analytic algorithm 622 is controlled in whole or in part by different elements, the various elements can start the analysis in real time, based on a cycle, schedule, or trigger event.

[0128] In some embodiments of the invention, analytic algorithm 622 may tailor the received data to a particular user, based in part on any information entered by the user and / or on the user's stored travel routes. In addition, the analytical algorithm can take into account the current day, time, geographical location, course, speed and acceleration of vehicles 604-608 to adjust the predicted hazard value.

[0129] Analytical algorithm 622 may analyze a plurality of probabilities, data, and / or corresponding threat levels based on certain subsets of data, i.e. for a specific time, day of the week or month. In addition, the analysis may be based on data associated with the boundaries of a particular geographical location. Such a process can generate alerts, messages and / or other output corresponding to grid segments limited by latitude and longitude, or characteristic of road sections displayed on a detailed map. In addition, the analytical algorithm can correlate the priority coefficient with various data to determine the quality and / or reliability of the data. For example, a decreasing priority coefficient can be mapped to data based on their time, so that older data has a lower priority coefficient. A person skilled in the art will understand that to determine the priority coefficient of any data, various variables can be taken into account, different priority coefficients can be used for different calculations, the coefficients for all or individual data can change over time, several priority coefficients that affect a general indicator of priority during analysis, while remaining within the scope and essence of the invention. For example, the time during which a recording is available, for example, a notification, announcement or notification, may depend on the date of the recording, the content of the recording, the source of the recording, additional activity regarding the recording (i.e. comments, views, etc.), additional records of geographical location in the immediate vicinity of the place of initial recording and other factors. Each of the factors can be evaluated in accordance with analytical algorithm 622, settings and / or user activity and / or other data and analysis. The history and / or settings of the user who started the recording, the user receiving the recording, and / or system administrators can also affect the applicability and availability of the various recordings.

[0130] In addition, the density of data about any geographical location may vary depending on the region. Database algorithms can automatically adjust data density for individual regions based on population density, data density, or other factors in each region. Server 618 can adjust the frequency of execution of analytical algorithms 622 and evaluate the impact of an ever-expanding data set on the effectiveness of analytical algorithms 622.

[0131] Based on the geographic locations associated with each communication device, server 618 can transmit data in real time or with a slight delay, recorded data and / or forecasts obtained using analytical algorithm 622. As one skilled in the art understands, geographic locations associated with communication devices may include the geographical area in which each communication device is currently located, the geographical areas that the devices are approaching or may be approaching communications, geographical areas marked by the user of each communication device and / or proposed by a geolocation or navigation element or device. In addition, one of ordinary skill in the art will understand that the size, shape, limits, calculations, and / or any other determining parameters of the respective geographical area may differ, while remaining within the scope and spirit of the present invention. Each communication device periodically receives and downloads from server 618 a subset of data, records, announcements, predicted danger levels and / or threat levels corresponding to the current geographical location of each communication device, including, for example, already covered sections of the road and sections of the road that will be completed future traffic, as well as / or a specific time of day, day of the week or month of the year. Each communication device uses its own location identifier and corresponding date and time data to provide the user with real-time data and / or forecasts, taking into account a specific day, time, geographical location, course, speed, acceleration, weather and traffic conditions.

[0132] Recordings may include stored audio data (eg, voice recordings, music, sound signals, tones, etc.), visual data (eg, photographs, drawings, text, etc.) and combinations of audio - and video data (e.g. video with sound, text with voice, etc.). In addition, the records can be stored in any format, for example, digital format, analog format and / or any other data storage format.

[0133] Each of the communication devices transmits information, for example, data, records and / or warnings of hazard levels, to the corresponding user based on the geographical location of the communication devices, as well as other forecast data indicated above. The obtained information can be transmitted to the user through a display, mechanical response and / or sound or voice messages using a mobile communication device or other mobile device, such as a mobile phone, OD radio or other radio. For example, the light on the OD radio 610 may begin to flash red when the second vehicle 608 approaches the place of the recorded message, and a voice notification may be heard classifying the recorded message. In addition, some communication devices may transmit other necessary data, for example, local traffic information, safety alerts, evacuation notifications, user alerts, local messages and / or the number of potential users available for communication. For example, the first mobile communication device 602 can show danger levels and active user alerts on the first display, on the second display a list of users within a given radius, on the third display records of places of entertainment, and also give an audible voice notification that This area strictly monitors compliance with speed limits. This, in turn, will allow vehicle drivers to have more information about road conditions, will allow them to avoid a collision with emergency vehicles and not create obstacles to them, as well as avoid possible dangers, such as accidents, weather and other road hazards. In addition, drivers will be warned in advance that the specified speed limits must be observed. For example, server 618 may receive a weather alert from an appropriate source, such as NOMA, and send a weather alert to a first mobile communications device 602. The first mobile communications device 602 may display a map showing the districts covered by the weather alert, on a blinking purple background. In addition, the first mobile communication device 602 may provide an audible weather alert automatically or based on user controls, geographic location, and / or other factors.

[0134] As one skilled in the art understands, a display may be a color change on a radar detector, a series of LEDs, a liquid crystal display and / or any other display that exists or will still be invented, while remaining within the scope and spirit of the invention. As one skilled in the art understands, a mechanical response may be a change in the operation of the vehicles, for example, an automatic decrease in vehicle speed when approaching a safety hazard and / or any other mechanical response that exists or will still be invented, which will remain within the scope and essence of the invention. As one skilled in the art understands, an audible alert may be an audible signal, a beep, a voice response, and / or any other audible alert that exists or is yet to be invented, which will remain within the scope and essence of the invention.

[0135] System 600 may be used for various alerting and communication processes. For example, system 600 can facilitate the transmission of predicted and / or confirmed alerts regarding traffic, such as heavy traffic areas, law enforcement, traffic accidents, hazards, cyclist warnings, and other traffic alerts. Another example: system 600 can facilitate oral communication among groups of people based on one or more factors. In some embodiments, analytic algorithm 622 may include voice recognition capabilities for analyzing live broadcasts and recorded voice messages to evaluate potential alerts in conjunction with additional information from users of the system 600.

[0136] Another example: system 600 may facilitate the exchange of records between users. In some embodiments of the invention, system 600 may include elements and / or software for converting audio data into visual data and visual data into audio data. For example, a user of the first mobile communication device 602 can create a voice recording that is transmitted to the server 618. After receiving the recording, the server 618 converts the voice message into a text message and provides a text message to the second mobile communication device 606. Another example: the user of the third mobile communication device 612 can create a text entry that is transmitted over the communication network 616 to the first mobile communication device 602.

Upon receipt of the recording, the first mobile communication device 602 can determine that the first mobile communication device 602 moves faster than the threshold speed and automatically convert the text message to a voice message that will be played to the user of the first mobile communication device 602 using functionally connected speakers inside the first vehicle 604 .

[0137] In some embodiments of the invention, system 600 may use a database 620 and / or analytic algorithm 622 to facilitate and / or control the distribution of alerts, messages, records, and other information. For example, analytic algorithm 622 may determine which users in system 600 will receive a notification, message, record, or other information based on settings for each user (including both the sending user and potential recipient users), the system status of each user, and others system management tools. In addition, analytic algorithm 622 can calculate when to provide certain information to the recipient based on various factors, such as information content, historical analysis of the driving characteristics of the potential recipient, geographic location of the potential recipient, and / or any other indications of the potential recipient or sender user. For example, analytic algorithm 622 can find information about an obstacle, for example, a traffic accident, on the user's current path or route set by navigation element 603. After such information is detected, analytic algorithm 622 can calculate when to provide this information based on potential alternatives for the alternative route and historical characteristics of the user, for example, the characteristics of the response to alerts about traffic accidents, and Meni necessary to take measures to change the route. In some embodiments, various functions and / or capabilities of system 600 may be included in part or in whole.

[0138] Figure 7 is a flowchart depicting an embodiment of a process 700. Process 700 may be a method performed by a system 600 and / or a computer program product to facilitate the transfer of data, records, and / or forecasts based on data in a database 620 and / or assembled from system elements 600.

[0139] At block 702, data is transmitted over the communications network to the server. For example, the first mobile communication device 602 transmits traffic data for traffic on the communication network 616 to the server 618. In some embodiments, the communication network 616 may use an alternative to server 618 or otherwise bypass server 618.

[0140] In block 704, in some cases, the data may be analyzed based on internal server parameters and / or other received data. For example, a voice recording transmitted using OD radio 610 can be analyzed by an analytic algorithm 622 to determine if there is an indication in the recording of a potential warning or threat at a specified location. If the record indicates the presence of a threat in a particular place, analytical algorithm 622 may include this data in the analysis of the warning level along with other information relating to this place and / or the specified threat.

[0141] At block 706, data is received from the server over the communication network. For example, a motorcyclist using a third mobile communications device 612 may receive a record from a server 618 from a person in the motorcyclist’s user group that anyone nearby can meet and have a bite to eat at a local restaurant at the nearest exit.

[0142] At block 708, data is transmitted to a user of a mobile communication device and / or to a user of another device based at least in part on information entered by the user through the user interface. For example, the user interface of the first mobile communication device 602 transmits data that an ambulance hospital is located in front, and a record that instructs vehicles to be careful, because due to an accident in the area there are many ambulance teams at the exit. As one skilled in the art understands, such data may also include information received from other communication devices associated with or entered into the system 600 and / or other data sources.

[0143] Figure 8 is an example of a map with overlay communication areas. In some embodiments, a map image may be displayed on an interface associated with any communication device. In other embodiments of the invention, only portions of a map image are shown to a user of an interface associated with one of the communication devices. For example, the user interface may show only the map 800 and the current location of the user 802 associated with the communication device.

[0144] Map 800 shows the location of streets with sections superimposed on the first communication area 804 and the second communication area 806. Communication areas 804 and 806 are presented to illustrate possible options for designating communication areas and / or disseminating information to users of the system 600. Images of areas communications may or may not be shown on displays associated with the 600 system.

[0145] In this embodiment, each communication region 804 and 806 is highlighted using a separate pattern that can be associated with individual communication settings. For example, the first communication area 804 is highlighted by the first overlay pattern, indicating that the area is in the open broadcast area. The second communication area 806 is highlighted by a second overlay pattern, indicating that the area is in the broadcast area for a group of users. Let's continue with an example: user 802, who controls the first communication device 602, can send voice messages to server 618 using network 616. Based on user settings and the geographical location of participants in system 600, analytic algorithm 622 determines which users send these voice messages. Based on this decision, the server 618 can start transmitting voice messages to other users in the communication area 804 with settings that allow the reception of open messages, and users in the communication area 806 located in the user group associated with the first communication device 602 and / or user 802. B in some embodiments, each group of users associated with the first mobile communication device 602 may be associated with separately defined communication areas. In addition, portions of the card 800 not designated by the communication areas 804-806 may indicate areas in which the user 802 will not be able to receive or transmit messages or information at the current settings. In other embodiments of the invention, portions of the card 800 not designated by the communication areas 804 and 806 may mean that communication is possible only between individual users, for example, selected subscribers, invited users, family members and / or other specified users.

[0146] As one skilled in the art understands, any value may be associated with a particular overlay pattern, which will remain within the scope and spirit of the invention. In the depicted embodiment, the two overlay patterns correspond to the communication areas 804 and 806. As one skilled in the art understands, any number of overlay patterns can be used that will remain within the scope and spirit of the invention. In addition, the overlay pattern itself can be various, including the overlay of color, lines (as shown in the figure), animation, degrees of transparency and other patterns and / or any combination of colors and patterns.

[0147] The communication areas may correspond to certain sections of the road and / or areas, such as the radial communication areas 804 and 806 shown in this embodiment as areas based on the location of the user 802. As one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize may correspond to individual sections of the road, grid segments on the map, geographical areas, shapes and / or any drawings associated with the map or geographical area represented on the map, while remaining within the scope and spirit of the invention. The following are some additional non-exhaustive examples of communication areas and options for implementing the 600 system.

[0148] As one skilled in the art understands, various communication areas 804 and 806 may change their appearance and / or action when the mobile communication device receives an update from server 618 or receives changed parameters through a user interface associated with the mobile communication device. For example, while user 802 continues to travel along road 808, communication areas 804 and 806 can move with the movement of user 802. Another example: analytic algorithm 622 can automatically scale each communication area based on the characteristics of the environment and the history of user 802. For example, analytic algorithm 622 may apply various restrictions based on whether the 802 user is in a city or rural area. For example, the radius of the communication area 804 for open communication may be smaller in the city due to the fact that a large number of users can connect to the system 600, while the communication area 606 associated with the user group of the user 802 remains the same. In rural areas, both communication areas 804 and 806 may be wider. Analytical algorithm 622 can estimate the scale of communication areas based on any number of factors, including but not limited to user statistics of the system 600, communication parameters (i.e., content, duration, noise level, etc.), environment parameters (t ie, weather, warning level, traffic, etc.), current activity in the system 600, history of activity in the system 600, time, distance to other users and / or other factors.

[0149] In addition, user controls can scale the communication areas 804 and 806. For example, the user 802 can set the communication area 804 as 50 miles and mute the microphone for the communication area 804 to hear community comments on open broadcasting. User 802 may also limit the size of the communication area 806 to 10 miles, but not mute the microphone to communicate with friends nearby in the communication area 806. One skilled in the art will understand that user controls may work in whole or in part in combination (or alternatively) with control of analytic algorithm 622. In some embodiments, analytic algorithm 622 may override user control.

[0150] Figure 9 shows another example of a map with an overlay communication area. As stated in relation to Figure 8, the map image may be displayed in an interface associated with any communication device, in whole or in part, or, in some embodiments of the invention, not displayed.

[0151] Map 800 depicts the location of streets with sections superimposed on the third communication area 814. In this embodiment, the user 802 moves along a selected route from road 810 to second road 812. The route can be selected on any communication device and / or other device directly or indirectly associated with system 600, including navigation or route selection functions. For example, user 802 could select a route on the navigation element of the first vehicle 604 connected to the first mobile communication device 602. The first mobile communication device 602 can transmit the selected route and the characteristics of the third communication area 814 to the server 618 via the network 616.

[0152] In this embodiment, the communication area 814 is depicted as an overlay of the selected route. In this embodiment, the communication region 814 includes a lane 816 with a selected route, shown about half the lane 816 on each side. In other embodiments, lane 816 may not be centered on the route. For example, lane 816 can be offset along the route based on the direction of travel of user 802, whereby lane 816 of third communication area 814 can extend further to the right side of roads 810 and 812 so that user 802 can receive information about the intended direction of travel without having to switch to the other side of the roads 810 and 812. As mentioned about other embodiments of the invention, the position and offset of the communication area 814 can be fully or partially controlled by the user 802 and / or the analytical algorithm 622.

[0153] In some embodiments of the invention, communication areas based on an additional route may be included for various purposes, such as those described for the first and second communication areas 804 and 806 of Figure 8. In some embodiments, various images of the communication areas may be used. together. For example, to determine the area of the open broadcast area, user 802 can use a radial pattern for the first communication area 804 (Figure 8) and a route-based pattern for the third communication area 814. In addition, user 802 can listen to any recordings relating to certain categories (for example, traffic alerts, warning levels and good restaurants) within the third communication area 814, when approaching them.

[0154] As one skilled in the art understands, the third communication area 814 can change its appearance and / or action when the mobile communication device receives an update from server 618 or receives changed parameters through a user interface associated with the mobile communication device. For example, if user 802 changes the route, the third communication area 814 may be recalculated for the new route.

[0155] In some embodiments of the invention, user 802 may receive messages directly from other active users of system 600 and send other information based on factors related to the information received and user 802. For example, user 802 may choose to listen to live conversations and receive recordings and alerts related to traffic, law enforcement and the location of gas stations in the third communication area 814. Analytical algorithm 622 may automatically and relay messages from other active users in the third communication area 814.

[0156] Analytical algorithm 622 may also determine when to transmit appropriate records and alerts based on route characteristics, traffic, past and current driving parameters of user 802, and / or other factors. For example, analytic algorithm 622 may begin transmitting records and location alerts of gas stations a quarter of a mile before exiting the road 810 that user 802 is traveling based on user 802 speed and current traffic conditions. Another example: analytic algorithm 622 can start transmitting alerts about the activities of law enforcement agencies half a mile before their location, but only if the speed of user 802 exceeds the permissible speed on the road 810 or a threshold value above the set permissible speed for the road 810. Another example: if 802 user needs to be in the area where the accident occurred, or if 802 user is approaching the accident area, analytic algorithm 622 may make it easier s transfer record and notifications related to a traffic accident, in the form of verified information received from the users of the system 600, and other information sources. When approaching the accident site, analytical algorithm 622 can determine possible alternative routes of movement, and also decide when to start sending records and alerts based on the proximity of 802 user to possible alternative routes relative to the current route along which the accident occurred. In addition, the area of the accident can be determined on the basis of data, information, messages from other users of the system 600 located in the vicinity of the accident. Moreover, analytic algorithm 622 may make different estimates depending on whether the 802 user is in a city or rural area.

[0157] Figure 10 shows another example of a map with an overlay communication area. As has been said with respect to other figures, a map image may be displayed in an interface associated with any communication device, in whole or in part, or, in some embodiments, may not be displayed.

[0158] Map 800 depicts the location of streets with sections superimposed on a fourth communication area 820, a fifth communication area 822, and a sixth communication area 824. In this embodiment, the user 802 is following the road 810 toward the fifth communication area 822. Analytical Algorithm 622 can determine the direction of travel based on a route selected by user 802, or an analysis of the location change of user 802 over time. For example, the last three locations of the second mobile communication device 606 determined by the location component of the device can be recorded. Based on these past locations, analytic algorithm 622 may operate within the second mobile communication device 606 to determine the direction of movement of the second mobile communication device 606.

[0159] In this embodiment, the fourth communication region 820 is depicted as an overlay circle centered at the location of user 802; the fifth communication region 822 is depicted in a pointed form with a vertex approximately at the location of the user 802; and the sixth communication region 824 is the intersection of the fourth communication region 820 and the fifth communication region 822. The angle defining the fifth communication region 822 may be different depending on a number of factors, including the distance over which the fifth communication region 822 extends from the user 802, as well as other factors, including those already discussed with respect to other embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments of the invention, the top of the fifth communication area 822 is located at a point behind the user 802, so that the fifth communication area 822 surrounds the location of the user 802 at some distance. As mentioned above with respect to other embodiments of the invention, the position and movement of the communication areas 820-824 may be wholly or partially controlled by the user 802 and / or the analytical algorithm 622.

[0160] As discussed with respect to other embodiments of the invention, communication areas 820-824 may establish various communication categories. For example, the fourth communication area 820 may allow communication for a selected group of users (e.g., fans heading for a particular match, tourist columns, etc.), the fifth communication area 822 may allow the transmission of messages and traffic alerts, forecast alerts and other traffic information, and the sixth communication area 824 may provide an open line for communication. As mentioned above, a combination of different forms can be used to display communication areas. As one of ordinary skill in the art understands, communication areas 820-824 can change their appearance and / or action when the communication device receives an update from server 618 or receives changed parameters through a user interface associated with the communication device.

[0161] Figure 11 shows another example of a map with icons associated with specific places. As has been said with respect to other figures, a map image may be displayed in an interface associated with any communication device, in whole or in part, or, in some embodiments, may not be displayed.

[0162] The map 800 depicts the location of the streets and the location of the user 802. In addition, the map 800 includes a first icon 830, a second icon 832 and a third icon 834. Each icon 830-834 is associated with a place depicted on the map 800. In this In an embodiment of the invention, the user 802 moves along the road 808 towards the first icon 830. As mentioned in relation to other embodiments of the invention, the analytical algorithm 622 can determine the direction of movement based on the route chosen by the user 802, or analysis neniya location of the user 802 in time.

[0163] In this embodiment, each of the icons 830-834 is accompanied by an audio recording associated with a specific location of the system 600 and / or the system user. In other embodiments, icons 830-834 may be associated with other types of records or stored information. Sound recordings may be limited and / or not limited to system 600. For example, system 600 may require that all generated sound recordings be limited in time (eg, only 10 seconds, 1 minute, etc.), content, format, noise parameters and / or other characteristics. In addition, system 600 can control how long a record will be available. For example, analytic algorithm 622 may set a recording access time based on recording characteristics such as its category, time, reliability, relevance, and other features. Analytical algorithm 622 may also set the recording access time based on other factors, for example, user settings, direction of travel, user proximity to the recording location, additional system data 600 and / or other information. When implementing system 600, any or more of the above factors or characteristics may be considered.

[0164] In this embodiment, each icon 830-834 is depicted in its own style, which can be associated with its value, for example, the type of content, user relevance, activity status, and other values. As one skilled in the art understands, any value may be associated with a particular style, while remaining within the scope and essence of the invention. In the illustrated embodiment, each of the three icons 830-834 is depicted in its own style. The style of the first icon 830 indicates that the recording may be related to a traffic situation, such as an accident or law enforcement activity. In some embodiments of the invention, the style of the first icon 830 may change to indicate the predicted hazard level. For example, a checkered pattern may indicate a road situation, and a red background may indicate a high level of danger. The style of the second icon 832 may mean that the record is associated with the activities of a user group, for example, a group of students announces a lesson in a local park. The style of the third icon 834 may indicate that the entry relates to a commercial organization, such as a restaurant, shopping center or gas station. As one skilled in the art understands, any number of styles can be used, which will remain within the scope and spirit of the invention. In addition, the overlay pattern can be various, including the overlay of color, lines (as shown in the figure), animation, degrees of transparency and other patterns and / or any combination of colors and patterns.

[0165] As one skilled in the art understands, various icons 830-834 may change the image style depending on the update downloaded by the communication device from the server 618 or the settings updated by the user. In addition, icons 830-834 can be removed and / or replaced over time based on the definitions of analytic algorithm 622. In some embodiments of the invention, in the settings, the user can delete one or more icons 830-834 and / or select specific icons 830-834 and / or reduce their size. For example, when user 802 sets a route in system 600, icons 830-834 that are not on the route (for example, icon 830) can be reduced, while those that are on the route (for example, icon 832) on the contrary, highlighted.

[0166] After the icons 830-834 appear on the user’s communication device 802, the user can select and listen to the recording by clicking, for example, the icon 830 to listen to the audio recording corresponding to the icon 830. In some embodiments, the user 802 can receive recordings via the route when approaching the appropriate places on the road. For example, if user 802 is driving on road 836, a record corresponding to icon 834 may be automatically played back when user 802 is within a threshold distance from a place corresponding to icon 834.

[0167] In some embodiments of the invention, icons 830-834 may represent information provided by system 600 from a database 620 or other databases. For example, icon 832 may indicate a work area as indicated in an independent database. In some embodiments, the icons 830-834 may correspond to other indicators, for example, highlighted areas of interest and / or significance. For example, icon 832 may be associated with a selected road section, which means that icon 832 touches a selected road section — for example, icon 832 may indicate that active work is underway on a selected road section.

[0168] In some embodiments of the invention, the described systems and / or tools may automatically alert users of legal restrictions on the use of mobile devices in certain places. For example, in places where drivers are forbidden to use cell phones — in school and / or work areas, a user’s communication device may warn the user of approaching a restriction location. In some embodiments of the invention, the described systems and / or tools may temporarily disable mobile devices in certain places. In some embodiments of the invention, a data filter may be used to restrict the display of icons 830-834 and / or other data from the server based on various parameters, for example, communication areas, content, user groups, warning levels and / or other categories or selection restrictions and displaying data, including restrictions on user input.

[0169] Figures 12-16 depict embodiments of a smartphone 900 with various images related to embodiments of the present invention. In each of Figures 12-16, a smartphone 900 is shown with a button 902 and a display 904. One skilled in the art will understand that the invention shown by the example of a smartphone 900 can be used on other devices, including other types of smartphones, with a different design and construction . Other devices may include fewer or more components than a smartphone 900, while remaining within the scope and spirit of the invention. For example, in some communication devices there may be more buttons 902 for the user interface, while in other communication devices there may not be buttons 902 as part of the user interface. Another example: in some communication devices, there may be more than one display 904. In some embodiments of the smartphone, the user interface may include touch screen capabilities associated with the display 904, one or more buttons 902, an audio jack, touch output and / or other interface elements user.

[0170] Various embodiments of the invention may be applied to a smartphone 900 using software, updated hardware, and / or firmware. For example, an embodiment of the invention for a smartphone 900 may be available as a file to download a software application using existing hardware and software of a smartphone 900.

[0171] Figure 12 shows a smartphone 900 with a selection of options 906 on a touch screen with a choice. In this embodiment, options 906 include: a “Report Law Enforcement” key 908; the "Report area to be careful" key 910; “Receive and transmit” key 912; and the Record key 914.

[0172] The Report Law Enforcement button 908 allows the user to report the observed law enforcement activity in a particular location. For example, a user of a smartphone 900 driving a road may see a policeman stopping vehicles. After the user saw the policeman, he can click on the “Report on the activities of law enforcement” 908, as a result of which the smartphone 900 will transmit data to the server (such as described above when analyzing other embodiments of the invention), indicating the location of the detected policeman. In some embodiments of the invention, pressing the "Report on the activities of law enforcement" 908 may open a new image with a form to provide additional data on the actions of law enforcement. In some embodiments of the invention, the application on the smartphone 900 may enable the user to record audio along with a message about law enforcement activity.

[0173] the "Report area to be careful" key 910 allows the user to inform that caution should be taken at a particular place. For example, a user of a smartphone 900 while driving on a road may notice a broken car standing in one of the lanes. After the user sees the vehicle standing, he can click on the "Report area to be careful" 910 button, as a result of which the smartphone 900 will transmit data to the server about the location of the broken car. As mentioned above in the description of another option, pressing the “Report area to be careful” 910 button may open a new screen and / or selection options to provide additional data about the detected dangerous area.

[0174] the Reception and Transmission key 912 allows the user to turn on a mode in which the user can send and receive messages from other participants with the message reception and transmission mode turned on. For example, a commercial truck driver using a smartphone 900 may enter the message reception and transmission mode to communicate with other truck drivers and participants in the message transmission and reception mode. As indicated in the examples with other figures, the communication area and participants can be limited by means of user controls and / or systems. One of skill in the art will understand that the range limiting capabilities of an OD radio can be simulated and improved in the receive and transmit mode of a smartphone 900, providing almost limitless possibilities with respect to range, user controls, user identification, and / or other improvements. As mentioned above in the description of other options, pressing the “Receive and Transmit” button 912 may open a new screen and / or selection options to provide additional controls. In addition, some embodiments of the present invention may provide for the transmission and reception of additional information about users of this mode, for example, topics of discussion (e.g. weather conditions, traffic conditions, etc.), content restrictions (e.g. without curses, without politics, only sports, etc.), user groups (e.g. truckers, tourists, students during spring break, etc.) and / or other necessary information.

[0175] In some embodiments of the invention, the reception and transmission mode facilitates a live communication system among participants in the reception and transmission mode. For example, the systems of the present invention can facilitate the reception and transmission mode by collecting streaming audio packets from one user of the system, transferring them to a server, and then to other users of the receiving and transmitting system in accordance with an analytical algorithm associated with the server. In some embodiments of the invention, the server may copy streaming packets for transmission to each user of the transmit and receive system. In some embodiments, other users will be determined by the operation of analytic algorithms to evaluate participant constraints. In other embodiments, the reception and transmission mode may operate on a half-duplex communication system between the participants of the reception and transmission mode, in which the controls allow you to alternately enable the reception or transmission of audio, but not simultaneously. In yet other embodiments, the reception and transmission mode may operate on a hybrid communication system between the participants of the reception and transmission mode, in which receiving audio requires actuating controls, while outputting sound does not require such an action. For example, a user of a smartphone 900 may need to press a talk key to take part in a discussion, but the user can receive sound through the speakers of a smartphone 900 without having to press a talk key.

[0176] The Record key 914 allows a user to record a message associated with a particular geographic location and transfer it to a database, where the record will be available to other users of the system. For example, a smartphone user 900 may comment that traffic in the stadium area is terrible. In some embodiments of the invention, recording is limited to a small piece of audio and remains available only for a limited period of time. As indicated in the case of other options, the transfer of records and users receiving the recordings may be limited by user controls and / or systems. In some embodiments of the invention, user information is not associated with entries. In such cases, the restrictions set by the sending user are not applicable. As mentioned above in the description of other options, pressing the “Record” key 914 may open a new screen and / or selection options to provide additional controls. In addition, some embodiments of the present invention may provide for the transmission and reception of additional information about users of this mode, for example, topics of discussion (e.g. weather conditions, traffic conditions, etc.), content restrictions (e.g. without curses, without politics, only sports, etc.), user groups (e.g. truckers, tourists, students during spring break, etc.) and / or other necessary information.

[0177] Figure 13 shows a smartphone 900 with a map on the display 904. In this embodiment, the display 904 shows several keys that can be used to facilitate and / or control the operation of a software application. For example, at the top of the display 904 is the Options key 920. The Options key 920 may allow the user to enter additional information into the system and / or configure application settings, such as outputting sound, images, and / or touch-sensitive user interface parameters. In some embodiments of the invention, pressing the key 920 may result in the screen shown in Figure 12.

[0178] On the map shown in Figure 13, various symbols are shown indicating different information provided by one or more of the described systems. For example, the first symbol 922 may indicate a dangerous intersection, and the second symbol 924 may indicate the location of a police officer. A person skilled in the art will understand that the number, type, type, form, color and / or other attributes of the characters may be different, while remaining within the scope of the essence of the invention. In some embodiments of the invention, a user may touch a symbol to obtain additional information associated with that symbol. For example, when a user clicks on the second character 924, a warning level of 87% can be shown at the bottom of the display 904, and a voice message can be played indicating that there is a high probability that a policeman is in the area.

[0179] Figure 14 shows a smartphone 900 with a map image on the display 904. Like Figure 13, the display 904 shows several keys that can be used to facilitate and / or control the operation of a software application, including the Settings key 920.

[0180] The map shown in Figure 14 also shows various symbols indicating different information provided by one or more of the described systems. In this embodiment, the third symbol 930 may indicate a hazardous area, for example, a traffic accident, road work, or a specific hazard to the user. The image shows a window with brief information 932 that may appear when the user clicks on the third character 930. In some embodiments of the invention, the window 932 may automatically appear based on an analysis indicating that the user of the smartphone 900 is approaching the designated area. In this embodiment, window 932 is associated with the record and shows initial information about the category of information (i.e., the hazardous area) and the time it took to create the original record (i.e. 3 hours ago). In addition, in this embodiment, window 932 allows you to choose: listen to or ignore the recording. If the user presses the “Listen” button 934, the recording will be output to the speakers of the smartphone 900 or to the available speakers. Alternatively, the user may press the Skip key 936 to close the warning window without listening to the recording. If the user does not press either the “Listen” button 934 or the “Skip” button 936, the smartphone 900 can determine whether to play or close the recording based on standard or user settings and / or other factors.

[0181] Figure 15 shows a smartphone 900, the display 904 of which shows a number of selectable settings 940. In this embodiment, settings 940 include: automatic power-on adjustment 942; alert sound control 944; notification method regulation 946; and volume control 948.

[0182] In this embodiment, the automatic power-on adjustment 942 is a touch key in the form of a switch showing the current selection. For example, the figure shows that the function of automatically turning on the application is turned off - “Off”. When you press the automatic inclusion control key 942, the switch will shift the displayed circle to the right and turn on the indicated function - “On”. A person skilled in the art will understand that the parameters of the user interface for controlling the operation of application functions may be different, while remaining within the scope and essence of the invention. The auto-enable feature can launch an application and / or an element associated with the system based on a triggering event. In some embodiments of the invention, the triggering event may be the operating range of another system element (e.g., a radar detector, vehicle, computer, OD radio, navigation element, etc.), a specific nature of the vehicle's operation (e.g. threshold speed , sudden acceleration, etc.), adding a location associated with a particular type of warning or warning threshold level and / or other triggering events.

[0183] In some embodiments, the auto-enable feature refers to the launch of an entire application and / or related applications and equipment in other functionally related applications and / or elements of the systems described herein. In some embodiments, the auto-enable feature can be applied to one or more parts of the application and / or associated applications and equipment in other functionally related applications and / or components of the systems described herein. In such cases, when you select “On” when adjusting the automatic inclusion of 942, additional control keys may appear to select system elements that will start automatically. For example, a smartphone 900 may be associated with a vehicle diagnostic system, which may automatically start to diagnose a vehicle when there is a sharp acceleration in excess of a set threshold value. In addition, the display of user controls and options may vary, while remaining within the scope and essence of the invention.

[0184] Regulation of the notification sound 944 and regulation of the notification method 946 are shown in this embodiment as touch keys displaying selection options highlighting the user's current selection. In some embodiments, adjusting the alert sound 944 and / or adjusting the alert method 946 may consist of two or three keys, each of which is a selectable option. In such cases, the application may limit the choice to one option (for example, the last option selected) or allow the simultaneous selection of several options. For example, a user of a smartphone 900 can use the alert sound control 944 and select both: auto and phone, as a result of which alerts will be played through the car speakers and the audio output of the smartphone 900. In some embodiments of the invention, alert sound control 944 and / or alert method control 946 may be a key showing only the current setting and changing the designation of the selected setting each time you press the control key 944 or 946. In some cases s of the invention a specific selection of one regulation may define and / or limit the choices of the second adjustment. For example, if the alert sound control key 944 is set to “auto”, the alert method control 946 can only be a voice alert.

[0185] In this embodiment, the volume control 948 is presented as a slider control so that the user can adjust the volume. In some embodiments, alternative volume controls may work together or instead of volume control 948. For example, when sound alert control 944 is set to auto, vehicle volume controls can be used to control the total volume of alerts provided by smartphone 900.

[0186] Figure 16 hereinafter describes a smartphone 900 with a set of custom filters with a touch screen 950. In this embodiment, the filters 950 include: a driving mode dial 952; user group regulator 954; content controller 956; range control 958.

[0187] The motion controller 952 is shown in this embodiment as a touch panel button that displays selections and highlights the current selection for the user. For example, a user of a smartphone 900 may use the motion mode dial 952 to select any urban or highway mode. Various possible applications and aspects of driving modes, for example, highway mode and city, are discussed later in this document. As indicated above with respect to other drawings and embodiments, the construction, operation, description and / or other adjustment attributes may vary, while remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention.

[0188] In this embodiment, the user group controller 954 and the content controller 956 are depicted as touch screen buttons that show the current selection as a lever switch. For example, as shown, group user and application content filters are “disabled”. If you click on the user group controller 954, the user group controller 954 can move the displayed circular region to the right, indicating that the parameter is on. In some embodiments, the actuation of the filter facilitates the inclusion of additional filtering options within the activated filter category. For example, the content controller 956 may switch the displayed circular region to the right, indicating that the parameter is turned on if the content controller 956 is pressed. As soon as the content controller 956 is turned on, a separate filter screen may be displayed allowing the user to select specific content filters, for example, a filter for convenience in use by children, carriage filter, weather filter, sports filter, traffic filter and / or other content filters. In some embodiments, filters with additional information may be shown in the filters of the display 950. One skilled in the art will appreciate that the user interface options that control the operation of application parameters may change while remaining within the scope of the inventive concept. In addition, the display of the controls and filter selection may vary, remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention.

[0189] In this embodiment, the range control 958 is presented as a slider to adjust the range of operation by the user. In some embodiments, alternative controllers may work together or replace filter controls that have been depicted and discussed herein. For example, when the filter display 950 shows various settings, various options can be selected or changed using speech modulation. In some embodiments, the application and / or system facilitates the creation, addition, and / or modification by the user of custom filters / controls. For example, a filter for ease of use by children may be a separate parameter that may be integrated and / or work in conjunction with the systems and embodiments shown herein. In some embodiments, the filter for ease of use by children may operate as a separate application on the smartphone of user 900. For example, when a filter for convenience of use by children is selected in the application, voice messages received by smartphone 900 may be routed through the filter application to convenience in the use of children, to reduce the likelihood that the user of the smartphone 900 will receive inappropriate content.

[0190] Figure 17 describes an embodiment of a user system 1000 that can work in conjunction with the systems of the present invention. In this embodiment, the user system 1000 includes a smartphone 1002 and an additional audio device 1004. The additional audio device 1004 in this embodiment is operatively connected to the smartphone 1002 via a cable 1006. In other embodiments, the auxiliary audio device 1004 may be operatively connected to the smartphone 1002 using any active communication standard, for example, BLUETOOTH communication standard, ZIGBEE communication standard, WI-FI communication standard or any other wired or wireless communication standard .

[0191] In this embodiment, the smartphone 1002 includes a display 1008 and a user interface controller 1010. The smartphone 1002 may include one or more additional user interface controls that have the same or additional designs, including voice activation, touch screen, motion control and / or other types of management.

[0192] In this embodiment, the auxiliary audio device 1004 includes an audio communication area 1012 and user management 1014. The audio communication area 1012 is shown in three sections, which may be functional (ie, connected to various functions) or simply ornamental in design . The audio communication area 1012 may include a different number of audio components, including speakers, microphones, transducers, piezoelectric devices, and / or other audio components. In some embodiments, the audio communication area may include only one type of audio component. In some embodiments, audio components associated with the auxiliary audio device 1004 may improve the quality of sound received and / or output from the smartphone 1002. In some embodiments, the auxiliary audio device 1004 may limit the need for the user interface of the smartphone 1002 to input and / or or receiving non-visual information. In such embodiments, the smartphone 1002 may be installed in a preferred location to limit any distraction to the driver.

[0193] The user management 1014 described in this embodiment is a button that can be operated to control the features of the auxiliary audio device 1004 and / or smartphone 1002. For example, a user of the auxiliary audio device 1004 can use speech modulation to activate recording mode. In recording mode, the user can activate user management 1014 to start recording and keep a message in the audio communication area 1012. Upon completion of recording by the user, the latter can reset user management 1014 (or activate user management 1014 a second time) to stop recording process. After recording, it can be associated with the location using the smartphone 1002 and transmitted to the system server. After transmission to the server, a record (or a link to it) can be provided to users of the system. In some embodiments, before transmitting the recording to the system server, the user has the ability to play the recording. In such embodiments, the user is able to send, delete, or overwrite the record. In some embodiments, the auxiliary audio device 1004 may include one or more auxiliary user controls, such as auxiliary buttons, knobs, etc.

[0194] In some embodiments, the recording is transferred back to the user system 1000. For example, after providing the recording, a character 1016 may be displayed on a smartphone 1002 indicating the location of the user's recording. The style, design, and / or other features of the symbol 1016 may indicate that the recording was created by the user system 1000. In some embodiments, users may provide additional comments related to the existing symbol, which will be further associated with the existing symbol. In such embodiments, the style, design, and / or other features of the symbol 1016 may be changed to indicate additional comments provided. In other embodiments, additional comments may be placed in the same place, but not associated with an existing symbol.

[0195] In some embodiments, user management 1014 may be activated to listen to recordings that are being approached by user system 1000. For example, when a user of system 1000 approaches character 1018, display 1008 of smartphone 1002 may blink, which means that recording is available. The user can listen to the recording by activating user management 1014. In addition, user management 1014 can be applied in various methods, systems and / or modes of operation. For example, when operating in broadcast mode, user management 1014 can be used to control half-duplex radio communication — for example, a user can broadcast when the user control signal 1014 is reduced and listen when the user control signal is not reduced. In some embodiments, user management 1014 is limited to control circular communication, and a separate control on auxiliary audio device 1004 is provided for additional operational capabilities.

[0196] In some embodiments, the accessory audio device 1004 may be operatively connected to any device other than a smartphone 1002, for example, another type of telephone, navigation system, personal digital assistant, laptop, tablet and / or any other device with a user interface and the ability to transmit wireless data. For example, the auxiliary audio device 1004 may be connected via cable 1006 to a navigation device that is operatively connected to the systems of the present invention via a wireless communication standard. In another example, the auxiliary audio device 1004 may be operatively connected to an electromagnetic signal detector with a user interface and the ability to transmit data wirelessly. In some embodiments, implementation, the auxiliary audio device 1004 may be operatively connected to other devices via a smartphone 1002 or other intermediate device.

[0197] Figure 18 describes another embodiment of an auxiliary audio device 1100 that can work with other systems of the present discovery. In this embodiment, the auxiliary audio device 1100 is depicted independently of other communication devices. The auxiliary audio device 1100 may be operatively connected to the systems of the present invention via a wireless communication standard. In some embodiments, the auxiliary audio device 1100 may be operatively connected to the system via a functional connection to the communication device using the first communication standard, as described above in other drawings and embodiments of the present invention. In some embodiments, the auxiliary audio device 1100 may be operatively connected to a mobile, cell phone, smartphone, satellite phone, navigation system, personal digital assistant, laptop computer, laptop, tablet, and / or other device with a user interface and wireless connection.

[0198] In this embodiment, the auxiliary audio device 1100 includes controlling the first user 1102, controlling the second user 1104, a display 1106, and an operation mode indicator 1108. In some embodiments, the auxiliary audio device 1100 may include auxiliary components, for example, a microprocessor, memory, wireless component communication, etc. In addition, the auxiliary audio device 1100 may include any number of internal audio components, including speakers, microphones, piezoelectric devices, and / or other audio components. In some embodiments, audio components connected to the auxiliary audio device 1100 can improve the quality of sound received from the output device of the connected communication device. As mentioned above with respect to other drawings and embodiments, the auxiliary audio device 1100 may limit the need for operation of the user interface of other devices. In this embodiment, the auxiliary audio device 1100 may be installed in a preferred location to avoid any distraction for the driver and for easy use. In some embodiments, the auxiliary audio device 1100 includes one or more built-in components to facilitate disassembling the auxiliary audio device 1100, for example, clips, magnets, Velcro, etc. In some embodiments, embedded components may not facilitate easy removal, for example, bolts, glue, etc.

[0199] The first user control 1102 depicted in this embodiment is presented as a button that can be used to control aspects of the auxiliary audio device 1100 and / or other functionally related devices. As indicated above with respect to other drawings and embodiments, the control of the first user 1102 can be used in various ways.

[0200] The second user control 1104 is depicted as a rotational control. In some embodiments, the control of the second user 1104 can also be represented as a button similar to the control button of the first user 1102. In some embodiments, the control of the second user 1104 can be used to smoothly control, for example, volume and / or range. In other embodiments, second user control 1104 may be applied to assist in navigating other controls. For example, the second user 1104 is controlled by rotation, the options are shown on a display 1106 and / or an additional display operatively associated with an auxiliary audio device 1100, for example, a display of a communication device. When an option is shown and / or displayed on the display 1106, the user may activate the control of the second user 1102 or the control of the second user 1104 to select the displayed option. The display 1106 may include any type of visual output device, for example, a liquid crystal device, an LED array, etc.

[0201] In this embodiment, the operation indicator 11108 may represent another display that describes one or more characters associated with the present operating mode of the auxiliary audio device 1100. In some embodiments, the operation indicator 1108 may represent an indicator lamp, an LED, and / or another visual indicator to indicate the current operating mode. For example, the operation mode indicator 1108 may include an LED located behind the housing to indicate the activity or inactivity of the detected operation mode. In some embodiments, the operation indicator may include visual, audible, tactile, and / or other indication modes.

[0202] In some embodiments, an auxiliary audio device 1100 may be used outside the vehicle. For example, the auxiliary audio device 1100 can be carried by the user and work with a communication device that is within reach, for example, a smartphone in the user's pocket. In another example, the auxiliary audio device 1100 may be magnetically attached to the metal frame of the vehicle while the user is checking the engine, refueling, located on the cargo ramp, and / or next to the vehicle.

[0203] In some embodiments, the auxiliary audio device 1100 may operate as a mobile communication device in systems detected with respect to other drawings and embodiments. For example, the auxiliary audio device 1100 may include a wireless communication component, for example, a cellular communication component.

[0204] Figure 19 shows another embodiment of a user device 1200 that can operate in conjunction with the systems of the present invention. In some embodiments, a user device 1200 may replace, be integrated with and / or work with another device. For example, a user device 1200 may be integrated into a personal radio communication system in which the user can choose to use a personal radio communication and / or communication system through the systems of the present invention.

[0205] In this embodiment, the user device 1200 included various user controls, including: a first controller 1202, a second controller 1204, a third controller 1206, a first slide controller 1208, and a second slide controller 1212. In some embodiments, the display 1216 may also include user controls interface, for example, touch screen function. User management can be used to select options that relate to the transfer of data, information, forecasts and / or other information to the system. For example, user management can be used to control and / or filter circular communications. In some embodiments, control may facilitate various operations depending on the mode selected. For example, when selecting a circular communication mode, controls can be used to control aspects of a personal radio communication system, for example, over frequency channels, and when selecting a broadcast mode, controls can be used to operate the limitations of a separate system for communication through systems of the present invention.

[0206] In some embodiments, a separate device may be used operatively associated with a user device 1200 to regulate and / or adjust one or more aspects of the control. For example, a server connected to one or more of the devices of user 1200 may be used to regulate and / or adjust the operation of controls. You can access the server through a computer, mobile device, and / or other device. Settings for user device controls 1200 may include channel selection, display restrictions, range, user group options, direction options, and / or other configuration options. For example, a user may use a tablet to access the communication system configuration page. On the configuration page, the user is able to reconfigure one or more controls associated with the user device 1200. In some embodiments, the user can set user groups, for example, friends, escorts, sports groups, traffic groups, friends addresses, etc., which can be selected as virtual channels associated with the first controller 1202. Settings can also relate to operating modes, navigation routes and / or selected communication areas for arranging 1200 User Properties.

[0207] In some embodiments, a user may customize one or more areas of the display 1216. For example, a user may customize the display 1216 to show the user's choices in sections of the display 1216 over each associated control and warning levels on another section of the display. In some embodiments, indicators 1218-1222 may be configured through a server to indicate specific options. In some embodiments, indicators 1218-1222 may be operatively associated with specific options. For example, one or more controllers can rotate freely, where the actuation of the second controller 1204 may cause the display 1216 to show the currently selected option associated with the second controller 1204 and the rotation of the second controller 1204 will cause the selected option and its The description will change to display the new selection. For clarity, the display can show the current selected range of 50 miles, used when driving in rural areas, but when the user enters more populated areas, the user can rotate the range knob to reduce the range to 1 mile. In some embodiments, certain controls may be limited to a third party. For example, a company may set certain restrictions on the configuration of user devices 1200 provided to employees or suppliers by the company.

[0208] In some embodiments, separate servers may be used in the system, where one server simplifies the operation, communication, and / or implementation of the system, while another server simplifies user management, control, configuration, and / or system configuration. In other embodiments, a single server may be used for work items of two systems and system configuration items. One skilled in the art will recognize that the number of components, for example, servers, user devices, databases, user input devices, etc. in the system may vary, remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention. In addition, various operation and control components may be applied to other embodiments and / or drawings referred to herein. For example, the operation of an electromagnetic signal detector and / or a mobile communication device may be configured using a connected server. One skilled in the art will recognize that variations, configurations, and / or settings may vary while remaining within the scope of the concept of the present invention.

[0209] In some embodiments, the first controller 1202 may be used to select communication groups. For example, each of the first indicators 1218 may represent restrictions for participants in receiving and / or distributing broadcasting systems. The first indicators 1218 may represent options for radio transmission between all groups or individual selected user groups, for example, family, friends, employees, etc.

[0210] In some embodiments, a second controller 1204 may be used to select a communication range. For example, each of the second indicators 1220 may represent a different range for receiving and / or distributing broadcasting systems, for example, 5 miles, 15 miles, 30 miles, etc.

[0211] In some embodiments, a third controller 1206 may be used to select directional restrictions. For example, each of the third indicators 1222 may represent directional restrictions on the receipt and / or distribution of the broadcast system. The third indicator 1222 may represent transmission options in all directions or separation of detected directions, for example, front, rear, same direction of movement, opposite direction of movement, etc.

[0212] In some embodiments, the first slider 1208 can be used to control potentially adjustable filters, such as volume, range, etc. For example, the communication operating range may increase when the slider 1210 moves in the first direction, and it may decrease when the slider 1210 moves in the second direction. In other embodiments, the first slider 1208 can be used to switch between operating modes, for example, between the radio mode and the system mode.

[0213] The second slider 1212 is shown as a three-way switch, in which the slider 1214 may be associated with one of the three options represented by the fourth indicator 1224. For example, the second slider 1212 may allow the user to select the current user status for the system. In some embodiments, user statuses may be indicated: available, busy, invisible, or other statuses. When the “available” status is selected on the user's device, other users of the system can detect the user or user device 1200. When the user device is “invisible”, other users of the system cannot find the user of the user device 1200, however, the user can listen to the broadcast / or posts by other users.

[0214] In some embodiments, a display 1216 may be used to indicate alert levels, scheduled entries, other users of the system, and / or other information. For example, when approaching locations with a warning level, the warning level may appear on the display 1216 and in its area. In another example, when used in a circular connection, names and callsigns of other users may be displayed in order to facilitate the search.

[0215] In some embodiments, the display 1216 displays a changed background color (eg, green, yellow, red, etc.) to indicate the current warning level, while continuing to display other important information, such as available users for circular communication. The warning level associated with the user device 1200 may be based on previous and / or current driving characteristics, analysis of aggregated data and / or other information. For example, an analysis system may determine a high warning level based on an analysis of aggregated data, but a user of the device 1200 may block a warning level based on a setting that the user is traveling at a registered speed or a speed lower than that registered for a given area. In such an example, the user device may not provide indications on the display 1216, or may provide indications, for example, a blue background that indicates the existence of a warning and the correspondence of the user's speed with the current speed mode. In some embodiments, the display 1216 may indicate that other users of the system have recently traveled ahead of you along the current route and no warnings have been detected. For example, a green background on the display 1216 may indicate that the road was checked by other vehicles within the next 15 minutes.

[0216] One skilled in the art will recognize that various aspects of the user interface of user device 1200 may vary, while remaining within the scope of the concept of the invention. For example, one or more controls 1202-1206 and sliders 1208 and 1212 can be replaced and / or changed by users using other controls, for example, buttons, switches, voice modulation, touch screen applications, and / or other components. In some embodiments, the user device 1200 may include a display 1216 for transmitting information received from the detected systems, but not include user management. In such embodiments, the user device 1200 may be operatively connected to other devices that can act as a user interface for the user device 1200. External user input control may be associated with other devices functionally associated with the user device 1200, for example, mobile, cellular telephone, smartphone, satellite phone, navigation system, personal digital assistant, portable computer, laptop, tablet, detail s and / or other device with a user interface.

[0217] In another example, the display 1216 may not be included in another embodiment of the user device 1200. In such an embodiment, information that has been indicated regarding the display 1216 can be transmitted to the user using duplicate means, for example, sound, mechanical, tactile and / or other output methods associated with other external devices operatively associated with the user device 1200, for example, a mobile, cell phone, smartphone, satellite phone, navigation system, pocket pen tional computer, laptop computer, laptop, tablet computer, part of a machine and / or other device with a user interface.

[0218] Figure 20 describes another embodiment of a user device associated with the systems of the present invention. This embodiment shows a radar detector 1300, which may be operatively coupled to one or more systems of the present invention. A radar detector 1300 is shown with a first display 1302, a second display 1304, and buttons 1306.

[0219] In some embodiments, the first display 1302 and / or the second display 1304 may be a liquid crystal display, a projected image, and / or any known display or display subsequently discovered. In some embodiments, the first display 1302 and / or the second display 1304 may represent an alternative form of visual indicator, such as a series of LEDs. In some embodiments, the first display 1302 may include one type of display, for example, a liquid crystal display, while the second display 1304 includes various types of display, for example, a series of LEDs.

[0220] In some examples, the first display 1302 may provide information of one type, while the second display 1304 provides information of another type. For example, the first display 1302 may provide information received from current disclosure systems — such as predicted alert levels, signals, weather alerts, user data of information transfer systems, etc. At the same time, the second display 1304 can provide information regarding the detection of the electromagnetic signal of the radar detector 1300. In the same way, other output devices, such as the acoustic output devices of the radar detector 1300, can only be associated with warnings by the system 600 and not based on detecting an internal signal. In some examples, displays 1302 and 1304 may use alternative indications to represent a source of information. For example, an orange color, both on the display 1302 and on the display 1304, may mean that information is coming from the internal components of the radar detector 1300, and a blue color, both on the display 1302 and on the display 1304, may mean that information is being received from one or more current disclosure systems.

[0221] In some embodiments of the radar detector 1300, buttons 1306 may be missing. For example, one or more buttons 1306 may be replaced and / or changed using other user controls such as knobs, switches, voice controls, touch screen applications, and / or other details. In some examples, the radar detector 1300 may have one or more displays 1302 and 1304 for transmitting information received from the internal electromagnetic signal detector and / or current disclosure systems, but is not equipped with user controls. In such examples, the radar detector 1300 can be effectively connected to other devices that can be used as a user interface for the radar detector 1300.

[0222] Some embodiments of a radar detector 1300 may operate as a black box without a user interface. In such examples, the radar detector 1300 can be equipped with parts of an electromagnetic signal detector, as well as a communication component in order to interact with systems and / or devices for current data disclosure. For example, a radar detector 1300 can detect a radar signal and send data regarding the detection of mobile communication devices using a communication component. The mobile communication device may subsequently transmit detection data to other components of the current data disclosure systems, as well as receive information from other components. In addition, the mobile communication device may function as a conductor for transmitting detection data to current data disclosure systems. In some such examples, the mobile communication device may be used as a warning display formed by parts of systems other than the radar detector 1300.

[0223] Thus, the invention described hereinafter in the claims may be modified in various ways. The descriptions associated with various examples may apply to other examples of current disclosure. Such changes are not considered as a departure from the essence and scope of the invention, and all such changes, understandable to a specialist in this field, are intended to be made within the framework of the described system, method, product of a computer program.

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A server for a mobile communication device used to support communication with an electromagnetic signal detector, characterized in that it consists of: a communication element facilitating information interaction by means of a second communication standard between said server and said mobile communication device and used to interact with said electromagnetic signal detector by the first communication standard, wherein said communication element receives data from at least one of said mobile communication devices and said electromagnetic signal detector, and said data includes voice messaging, wherein the communication element facilitates the transmission of said data via the second communication standard to the second mobile communication device based on a geographical location associated with said second mobile communication device, and the user interface of said second mobile communication device transmits said data to a user of said second communication device, and wherein said first communication standard is different from said second communication standard; a data storage component is configured to aggregate said data for analysis; and the processing component is configured to use an analytical algorithm for the specified data, for the analysis of the specified data, in which the specified data form a forecast of the warning level based on the assessment of voice messaging and geographic location associated with at least one of these mobile communication devices and the specified second communication devices, wherein said forecast is transmitted to at least one of said mobile devices, said second mobile communication device, and The indicated electromagnetic signal detector. 2. The server according to claim 1, characterized in that said forecast is transmitted to said user at least partially based on user input from at least one of said user interfaces of said second mobile communication device and user interface of said first mobile communication device. 3. The server according to claim 1, characterized in that it further includes a voice message recognition element, where the specified voice message recognition element evaluates the specified transmission of voice messages. 4. The server according to claim 1, characterized in that it further includes a control element that facilitates the configuration of at least one installation associated with at least one indicated mobile communication device, said second mobile communication device and said electromagnetic signal detector. 5. A mobile communication device interacting with a server, characterized in that it consists of: a communication component interacting with the server through a communication standard, wherein said server aggregates data received from a plurality of communication devices, as well as facilitating the transfer of at least a portion of the aggregated data to said mobile communication device, and said data is associated with a geographical location; a data filter restricting said data received by said mobile communication device based on at least one parameter; and a user interface transmitting filtered data to a user of the specified mobile communication device. 6. The mobile communications device according to claim 5, characterized in that said parameter includes at least one geographical location, route, communication area, restrictions on displaying data on the screen in the form of a map, content category, user group, course, direction, speed and warning level. 7. Mobile communication devices according to claim 5, characterized in that said parameter is based at least partially on user input. 8. The mobile communication device according to claim 7, characterized in that said user-entered information is associated with at least one user specified by said mobile communication device and the user who created the specified data. 9. The mobile communication device according to claim 5, characterized in that said mobile communication device subsequently receives a forecast regarding a warning level from said server based on a geographical location associated with said mobile communication device via said communication standard, and said forecast is based on an analysis of said aggregated data, and the specified user interface transmits the specified forecast to the specified user. 10. The mobile communication device according to claim 5, characterized in that said mobile communication device generates a forecast of a warning level based on a geographical location associated with said mobile communication device through said communication standard, wherein said forecast is based on an analysis of said aggregated data, and said the user interface transmits the specified forecast to the specified user. 11. The mobile communications device according to claim 5, characterized in that said aggregated data includes information related to at least one of the following parameters: geographical location, speed, acceleration, course, direction, as well as a navigation route associated with a car a vehicle interacting with the specified mobile communication device. 12. The mobile communications device according to claim 5, characterized in that said aggregated data includes information related to at least one of the following functions: detection of an electromagnetic signal, restriction of a road section, transmission of voice messages, as well as a predicted warning level. 13. A system for recordable communication between a plurality of mobile communication devices with a recording device, characterized in that it consists of: the specified set of mobile communication devices, which: a) transmitting a data record by means of a communication standard, wherein said data record includes said recorded information, and based on a geographical location associated with said mobile communication device and a parameter, b) display a map and signals representing at least one of the indicated data records, and c) transmitting said data record to a user of said mobile communication device; and server which: d) receives said data record from at least one mobile communication device by means of said communication standard, wherein said data record is associated with said geographical location and said parameter; d) analyzes the specified geographical location and the specified parameter, and e) facilitates the transmission of said data record to said mobile communication device by means of a communication standard based on said analysis. 14. The system of claim 13, characterized in that said data record is transmitted by said communication standard based on at least one of the following parameters: threshold value of data, threshold amount of data memory and time schedule. 15. The system of claim 13, characterized in that said parameter is at least one of the following parameters: warning level, content category, recording format, user control, as well as user group restriction. 16. The system according to p. 13, characterized in that the data record is an audio recording of speech. 17. The system according to p. 16, characterized in that it also includes an analytical algorithm for determining the time range in order to transmit the specified speech recording based on at least one of the following parameters: content category, activities associated with the specified speech recording, and assessment other data records near the specified speech record. 18. The system of claim 13, characterized in that said data record is transmitted to said user based on at least one of the following parameters: the distance between said mobile communication device and said geographical location associated with said data record, information entered by the user by the user interface of the specified mobile communication device, as well as the warning level associated with the specified data record. 19. The system according to p. 13, characterized in that it also includes a control element, wherein said control element contributes to the configuration of at least one installation associated with at least one mobile communication device or the specified server. 20. The system according to p. 19, characterized in that it includes a second server, while the specified second server includes the specified control. 21. The system according to p. 13, characterized in that it is made facilitating the transfer of the specified data record and includes: ensuring the transmission of these signals to the specified mobile communication device, receiving a user request associated with the indicated signals, and providing transmission of the specified data record to the specified mobile communication device based on the specified user request. 22. The system according to p. 21, characterized in that the specified user request is based on at least one of the following parameters: the installation associated with the specified mobile communication device, user input information associated with the specified signal, as well as analysis associated with the specified mobile device. 23. The system of claim 22, wherein said analysis associated with said mobile communication device is based on at least one of the following parameters: geographic location, speed, acceleration, course, direction, and a navigation route associated with with the specified mobile device. 24. The system of claim 13, characterized in that said server facilitates the transmission of said geographical location associated with said data record. 25. The system of claim 13, characterized in that said server facilitates transmission of said signal in combination with said geographical location associated with said data record. 26. The system of claim 13, characterized in that said server generates a forecast of a warning level based, at least in part, on an analysis of voice message recognition of said data record, and associates said forecast with said geographical location. 27. The system of claim 26, wherein said server facilitates transmitting said prediction to at least one mobile communication device. 28. The system according to p. 26, characterized in that it also includes a control element, while the specified control element contributes to the configuration of at least one installation associated with at least one mobile communication device or the specified server. 29. The system of claim 28, wherein said system also includes a second server, wherein said second server includes said control. 30. A system for broadcast communication between multiple mobile communication devices, characterized in that it consists of: the specified set of mobile communication devices, which: a) transmit data on broadcast channels based on the geographical location associated with the specified mobile communication device through a communication standard, characterized in that the data transmitted on the broadcast channels include voice, and b) transmit said data via broadcast channels to a user of said mobile communication device; and server which: c) receives the specified data on the broadcast channels from at least one mobile communication device through the specified communication standard, while the specified data transmission on the broadcast channels is associated with the specified geographical location, g) analyzes the specified geographical location associated with each mobile communication device from the specified set, and e) facilitates the transmission of said data via broadcasting channels to at least one mobile communication device from said set by said communication standard based on said analysis. 31. The system of claim 30, characterized in that said analysis is subsequently based on at least one parameter. 32. The system of claim 31, wherein said parameter is at least one of the following parameters: warning level, content category, broadcast format, user control, communication area, and user group restrictions. 33. The system according to p. 31, characterized in that it also includes an identification component for determining users of the specified set of mobile communication devices to which the specified server transmits the specified data via broadcast channels. 34. The system of claim 30, characterized in that said data is transmitted via broadcast channels to a specified user based on at least one of the following parameters: the distance between said mobile communication device and said geographical location associated with the transmission of said data via broadcast channels information entered by the user through the user interface of the specified mobile communication device, as well as the warning level associated with the specified data record. 35. The system of claim 30, wherein said server generates a forecast of a warning level at least partially based on an analysis of recognition of voice messages of said data transmitted via broadcasting channels, and associates said forecast with a geographical location associated with said broadcasting of data channels. 36. The system according to p. 35, characterized in that said server provides the transmission of said forecast to at least one mobile communication device. 37. The system of claim 35, characterized in that it also includes a control element that facilitates the configuration of at least one installation associated with at least one said mobile communication device and said server. 38. The system of claim 37, further comprising a second server, said second server including said control. 39. A computer-readable storage medium for communication, intended for a mobile communication device, characterized in that it consists of: a material machine-readable data medium on which a program code executed on a computer is stored, as a result of which the processor program code executed on a computer implements by a processor implements a method including: a) data transmission by the indicated mobile device to the server via a data network, wherein said data includes voice messaging; b) obtaining said data through said data transmission network based on an analysis of the geographical location and at least one parameter; and c) transmitting said data to at least one user of said mobile communication device and a user of another device based at least in part on user input received from the user interface of said mobile communication device.

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