Vehicle identification system

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, AN OBJECT MOVABLE RELATIVE TO A PREDETERMINED LOCATION, AT LEAST A FIRST PLURALITY OF SPACED DISTINCT REGIONS ARRANGED ALONG SAID OBJECT, ENERGY DETECTOR MEANS LOCATED AT SAID PREDETERMINED LOCATION SUCH THAT SAID DISTINCT REGIONS ARE SERIALLY PRESENTED TO SAID DETECTOR MEANS UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID OBJECT, FIRST CODE MEANS DISPOSED AT PREDETERMINED ONES OF SAID DISTINCT REGIONS FOR CHANGING THE QUANTITY OF RADIANT ENERGY INCIDENT UPON SAID DETECTOR MEANS AS EACH CODE MEANS IS PRESENTED TO SAID DETECTOR MEANS, AN INFORMATION STORAGE MEANS HAVING SIGNAL STORAGE LOCATIONS, SAID STORAGE MEANS INCLUDING CONTROL SIGNAL RESPONSIVE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION SIGNALS TO SAID SIGNAL STORAGE LOCATIONS, MEANS FOR DEVELOPING A CONTROL SIGNAL AS EACH OF SAID DISTINCT REGIONS APPEARS AT SAID PREDETERMINED LOCATION, CIRCUIT MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID CONTROL SIGNALS TO SAID CONTROL SIGNAL RESPONSIVE MEANS, SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS FOR DEVELOPING AN INFORMATION SIGNAL AS EACH OF SAID CODE MEANS IS PRESENTED TO SAID ENERGY DETECTING MEANS, SAID SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS APPLYING SAID INFORMATION SIGNALS TO SAID INFORMATION STORAGE MEANS.