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Parking stall monitor
Assignee: Innovision Technology Group Inc
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Filing: 1990-03-13
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Granted: 1992-10-06
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Expires: 2010-03-13
Abstract
Abstract A parking stall monitor located adjacent a restricted use parking stall detects vehicle presence in the parking stall and activates an alarm to provide a warning in response thereto. A disarm/arm circuit associated with the monitor generates a coded input in response to receipt of an identification signal from an authorized user, thereby to disarm either the detector or the alarm to enable the vehicle of the authorized user to occupy the parking stall without a warning being provided. Subsequently, when the authorized user is ready to leave the parking stall, receipt by the disarm/arm circuit of another identification signal, or removal of the initial identification signal, causes the monitor to rearm. The identification signal may be produced nonautomatically or automatically, either actively or passively, and the capability of originating this signal serves to distinguish a selected group of authorized users from those not permitted to use the stall.
Inventors
- 👤 Kip L. Fuller
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 08:47
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/24; G07F17/246; G07B; G07B15/00; G07B15/02; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A parking stall monitor for indicating unauthorized use of a parking stall comprising: means for detecting the presence of a vehicle in said parking stall; means for providing a warning signal upon detecting said vehicle presence; a time operatively associated with said detecting means and said providing means and adapted to provide a time delay of predetermined duration after vehicle detection and before providing of said warning signal; and automatic means at least partially carried by an authorized vehicle for automatically disarming at least one of said detecting means, said timer and said providing means when said authorized vehicle is located in the stall, thereby to automatically enable an authorized vehicle to occupy said parking stall without said warning signal being provided.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A parking stall monitor for indicating unauthorized use of a parking stall comprising: means for detecting the presence of a vehicle in said parking stall; means for providing a warning signal upon detecting said vehicle presence; a time operatively associated with said detecting means and said providing means and adapted to provide a time delay of predetermined duration after vehicle detection and before providing of said warning signal; and automatic means at least partially carried by an authorized vehicle for automatically disarming at least one of said detecting means, said timer and said providing means when said authorized vehicle is located in the stall, thereby to automatically enable an authorized vehicle to occupy said parking stall without said warning signal being provided.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
The parking stall monitor of claim 1 wherein said automatic means for automatically disarming further comprises: a transmitter carried by said authorized vehicle, said transmitter adapted to periodically transmit a deactivating signal to said monitor to deactivate one of said detecting means, said providing means and said timer, thereby to allow said authorized vehicle to occupy said parking stall without the warning signal being provided.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The parking stall monitor of claim 1 wherein said transmitter is adapted to transmit at least one deactivating signal during each time delay.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of indicating unauthorized use of a parking stall comprising the steps of: detecting the presence of a vehicle in the parking stall; providing a warning signal upon detection of said vehicle presence; and controlling selectively possessed identification means to inhibit one of said detecting and providing steps during parking of an authorized vehicle in the stall and to reactivate said one of said steps upon termination of parking of said authorized vehicle in the stall, thereby to enable the authorized vehicle to occupy the parking stall without said warning signal being provided.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
94 words
A method of indicating unauthorized use of a parking stall comprising the steps of: detecting the presence of a vehicle in the parking stall; providing a warning signal upon detection of said vehicle presence; and controlling selectively possessed identification means to inhibit one of said detecting and providing steps during parking of an authorized vehicle in the stall and to reactivate said one of said steps upon termination of parking of said authorized vehicle in the stall, thereby to enable the authorized vehicle to occupy the parking stall without said warning signal being provided.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said controlling step further comprises: inhibiting said one of said steps substantially continuously throughout the duration of authorized parking.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said presence detecting step is performed magnetically.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
109 words
A parking stall monitor for indicating unauthorized use of a parking stall comprising: means for detecting the presence of a vehicle in said parking stall; means for providing a warning signal upon detecting said vehicle presence; and means for selective disarming and rearming of one of said detecting means and said providing means, thereby to enable an authorized vehicle to occupy said parking stall without said warning signal being provided, said selective disarming and rearming means including means for generating an input initiated by selectively possessed identification means, wherein said means for detecting includes a microphone adapted to sense engine noise of a vehicle located in the parking stall.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
109 words
A parking stall monitor for indicating unauthorized use of a parking stall comprising: means for detecting the presence of a vehicle in said parking stall; means for providing a warning signal upon detecting said vehicle presence; and means for selective disarming and rearming of one of said detecting means and said providing means, thereby to enable an authorized vehicle to occupy said parking stall without said warning signal being provided, said selective disarming and rearming means including means for generating an input initiated by selectively possessed identification means, wherein said means for detecting includes a microphone adapted to sense engine noise of a vehicle located in the parking stall.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
The parking stall monitor of claim 7 and further comprising: a transmitter adapted to continuously transmit a disarm signal; and a receiver adapted to receive said disarm signal and to generate a coded input to disarm one of said detecting means and said providing means in response thereto.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
147 words
A parking stall monitor for indicating unauthorized use of a parking stall comprising: means for detecting the presence of a vehicle in said parking stall; means for providing a warning signal upon detecting said vehicle presence; means for selective disarming and rearming of one of said detecting means and said providing means, thereby to enable an authorized vehicle to occupy said parking stall without said warning signal being provided, said selective disarming and rearming means including means for generating an input initiated by selectively possessed identification means, and a timer associated with one of said detector means and said providing means for providing a time delay after one of said presence detection and before said providing of said warning signal, thereby to provide an authorized user sufficient time to move between the authorized vehicle and the monitor to disarm/rearm the monitor without said warning signal being provided.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
147 words
A parking stall monitor for indicating unauthorized use of a parking stall comprising: means for detecting the presence of a vehicle in said parking stall; means for providing a warning signal upon detecting said vehicle presence; means for selective disarming and rearming of one of said detecting means and said providing means, thereby to enable an authorized vehicle to occupy said parking stall without said warning signal being provided, said selective disarming and rearming means including means for generating an input initiated by selectively possessed identification means, and a timer associated with one of said detector means and said providing means for providing a time delay after one of said presence detection and before said providing of said warning signal, thereby to provide an authorized user sufficient time to move between the authorized vehicle and the monitor to disarm/rearm the monitor without said warning signal being provided.
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