US 11,983,294 B2
Systems and methods for traffic monitoring with improved privacy protections
Christopher Allen Kadoch, Leesburg, VA (US); Jason Skipper, Sanford, FL (US); and Matthew Anthony Hill, Sanford, NC (US)
Assigned to Rekor Systems, Inc., Columbia, MD (US)
Filed by Rekor Systems, Inc., Columbia, MD (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/489,913.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,805, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0100894 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0141 (2013.01); G08G 1/0175 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traffic sensor, comprising:
an imaging unit configured to generate a recognition record by image recognition processing a captured image of a vehicle, wherein the recognition record includes:
personal-identification data useable to identify the vehicle owner, and
additional data not useable to identify the vehicle owner,
an obfuscation unit configured to generate an obfuscated record from the recognition record by converting the personal-identification data exclusive of the additional data into a unique-identifier, wherein the obfuscated record includes the unique-identifier and the additional data; and
a transceiver configured to transmit the obfuscated record to a first off-site server without transmitting the recognition record to the first off-site server.