Stop violation detection system and method
A stop violation detection system and method includes at least one sensor mounted to establish a light shield adjacent a first vehicle, at least one image capture device mounted to record at least one image adjacent the first vehicle, and a control unit operatively coupled with the at least one sensor and the at least one image capture device to detect breach of the light shield by a second vehicle and record the breach of the light shield by the second vehicle with the at least one image capture device.
1. A stop violation detection system, comprising:
at least one sensor mounted to establish a light shield adjacent a first vehicle;
at least one image capture device mounted to record at least one image adjacent the first vehicle; and
a control unit operatively coupled with the at least one sensor and the at least one image capture device to:
detect breach of the light shield by an object,
measure a size of the object with the light shield, and
when the size of the object, as measured with the light shield, meets a predefined size criteria, record the breach of the light shield by the object with the at least one image capture device.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first vehicle comprises a school bus, and the object comprises a second vehicle of a size that meets the predefined size criteria.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the light shield comprises a horizontal light shield.
4. The system of claim 1 , the light shield to establish a forward zone with respect to orientation of the first vehicle.
5. The system of claim 1 , the light shield to establish a rearward zone with respect to orientation of the first vehicle.
6. The system of claim 1 , the light shield to establish a zone to a specific distance from the first vehicle.
7. The system of claim 1 , the at least one sensor to determine a speed of the object within a zone of the light shield.
8. The system of claim 1 , the at least one sensor to determine a size of the object within a zone of the light shield.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one image capture device comprises a forward facing image capture device with respect to an orientation of the first vehicle.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one image capture device comprises a rearward facing image capture device with respect to an orientation of the first vehicle.
11. The system of claim 1 , the at least one image capture device to retroactively record the second vehicle within or passing through the light shield.
12. A stop violation detection method, comprising:
activating at least one sensor in response to a stop sequence of a first vehicle, including establishing a light shield adjacent the first vehicle with the at least one sensor in response to the stop sequence;
detecting breach of the light shield by an object;
discriminating a size of the object with the light shield; and
in response to the detecting and the discriminating, activating at least one image capture device to record the breach of the light shield by the object.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first vehicle comprises a school bus and the object comprises a second vehicle.
14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
powering the at least one sensor and placing the at least one sensor in a standby mode prior to activating the at least one sensor; and
powering the at least one image capture device and placing the at least one image capture device in a standby mode prior to activating the at least one image capture device.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein establishing the light shield comprises establishing a horizontal light shield adjacent the first vehicle.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein establishing the light shield comprises establishing at least one of a forward zone with respect to an orientation of the first vehicle and a rearward zone with respect to an orientation of the first vehicle.
17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
determining a speed of the object within a zone of the light shield.
18. The method of claim 12 , wherein discriminating the size of the object includes measuring the size of the object with the at least one sensor.
19. The method of claim 12 , wherein activating the at least one image capture device comprises at least one of activating a forward facing image capture device with respect to an orientation of the first vehicle and activating a rearward facing image capture device with respect to an orientation of the first vehicle.
20. The method of claim 12 , wherein establishing the light shield comprises defining a zone to a specific distance from the first vehicle.