Ford Motor Company filed a patent application for technology to surveil and detect speeding violations in surrounding vehicles.
The patent application, published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on July 18th, is titled “Systems and Methods for Detecting Speeding Violations.”
Ford initially filed for the patent on January 12, 2023.
The patent application reads:
The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for detecting and responding to speeding violations. An example method executed by a processor in a first vehicle (a law-enforcement vehicle, for example) can include receiving, from a vehicle speed detection system, a speed measurement associated with a second vehicle. The processor may determine that the speed of the second vehicle exceeds a threshold speed and may operate a camera to capture an image of the second vehicle. The image may be evaluated for determining at least one identifying feature of the second vehicle. A record may then be generated. The record can include the speed measurement, the image, and the first identifying feature. In some cases, the record may be transmitted to another law-enforcement vehicle for pursuing the second vehicle and/or to an Internet-of-Things (IoT) roadside unit for tracking the second vehicle.
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“A Ford spokesperson said the technology is only intended for law enforcement vehicles that the automaker sells to police,” The Record reports.
“Traffic police typically face various types of challenges when dealing with speeding violations. Among these challenges is a need to quickly and accurately identify a speeding vehicle and take responsive action. It is desirable to provide systems and methods that assist traffic police and/or other law enforcement officers perform such tasks,” the patent application read.
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The Record reports:
“The patent explicitly states this idea for a system is specific for application in law enforcement vehicles, such as the Ford Police Interceptor, as it would automate a capability that law enforcement already have in use today, except this could utilize the built-in systems and sensors in law enforcement vehicles in the future,” the Ford spokesperson said via email.
However, while the patent application does not state whether the technology could be used in cars sold to average consumers, it also does not explicitly state that the technology would exclusively apply only to vehicles Ford sells to police.
Read the full patent application HERE.