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5453735 |
Loading dock signal and control system
A signal and control system is provided in which signal lights are provided on the inside and outside of a dock facility to give dock personnel and truck drivers clearly visible indications of when...
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5442348 |
Computerized parking meter
A computerized parking meter uses an ultrasonic transducer to precisely measure the distance to a parked vehicle and to reset the parking meter to zero when the vehicle leaves. The computerized...
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5432508 |
Technique for facilitating and monitoring vehicle parking
Parking for vehicles is facilitated, monitored and controlled by using sensors to determine the availability of vacant parking spaces and by indications to alert vehicle operators at a substantial...
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5414624 |
Automated vehicle parking system
An automated vehicle parking system for a parking facility that communicates with a vehicle approaching or leaving the facility with RF signals, or the like, that identify the vehicle and sends the...
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5389921 |
Parking lot apparatus and method
A parking lot traffic control and fee collection system is disclosed for use in stadium type parking lots. A vehicle counter installed in a portable traffic pylon is provided at the entry point for...
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5343237 |
System for detecting and warning an illegally parked vehicle
In a system for detecting and warning an illegally parked vehicle a television (TV) camera images a prescribed roadside zone where parking is prohibited at a prescribed time interval. A produced...
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5341132 |
Vehicle position alarm apparatus
A unitary flexible housing includes a top wall, having first and second contact plates mounted within a housing alarm cavity positioned between the top wall and the bottom wall, wherein a control...
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5339000 |
System for monitoring parked vehicles
A parking system includes a portable parking tag for each vehicle and a reading device. The portable parking tag includes a non-contact data communications circuit for effecting data transfer by...
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5313190 |
Detector for protecting air dams of motor vehicles
A motor vehicle sensing and warning circuit is described that includes a series of N Schmitt triggers with MOS P-channel and N-channel enhancement devices included in a single monolithic structure...
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5285205 |
Laser guided vehicle positioning system and method
A vehicle guidance and positioning system utilizing a laser, the emitted beam from which is directed over the path along which a vehicle is to be guided. The laser beam impinges on a target area...
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5285425 |
Parking time display device equipped in a vehicle with a motor
A parking time display device is provided in a car to display the time during which the car is parked. The parking time display device includes a sensor for detecting a stopping or parking...
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5266947 |
Parking data transfer system
A parking data transfer system has first and second communications devices. The first communications devices each include a timing device, a first display for displaying a parking time and first...
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5243663 |
Vehicle detecting method and apparatus performing binary-conversion processing and luminance variation processing
A vehicle detecting apparatus for detecting a vehicle in each vehicle existence judging region based on binary pixel data, wherein a luminance level at which a variance of luminance of pixels in...
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5231392 |
Portable vehicle parking assistance device
A portable vehicle parking assistance device that can be used in any parking location to indicate when a vehicle has reached a selected point and should be stopped. The device includes a movable...
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5227785 |
Freestanding vehicle parking assist apparatus
Vehicle parking assist apparatus includes a hollow mounting base, an elongated signaling device, such as an upright pole having a signal light mounted thereto, supported on the base for pivotal...
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5208586 |
Ultrasonic vehicle positioning apparatus and method
An apparatus for helping a vehicle operator park or otherwise spot a vehicle at a pre-determined vehicle location. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic pulse generator and receiver which sends a...
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5206643 |
System for managing a plurality of motor vehicles
A system for managing a plurality of motor vehicles that are driven by different people is provided. A parking area having an entrance and an exit is provided with a data acquisition device for...
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5177479 |
Garage parking position indicator
A garage parking position indicator operable on principles of wave energy. A wave energy detector such as an infrared receiver is mounted to one side of the garage access door at a point displaced...
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5173692 |
System and method of vehicle detection
A method for detecting vehicles includes two ultrasonic overhead detectors arranged along a lane or path of travel of a car through an access gate or entrance. The detectors measure the heights of...
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5166680 |
Portable parking meter device and method of operating same
A portable parking meter device comprises, in combination, a portable registering device and an exchangeable card to be used in conjunction therewith, means provided in the registering device for...
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5164700 |
Bus improvement avoids front tire and body damage
In a motor vehicle, for example a bus, sight and sound signals cause the motor vehicle driver to move the motor vehicle steering wheel to avoid a collision of the front or rear tire with the curb...
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5153586 |
Parking stall monitor
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...
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5103400 |
Destination guidance method of vehicle navigating
A navigating apparatus which outputs information for guidance to a destination comprises an input device (1) for inputting a destination and a present position, a memory (4) in which guidance...
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5091727 |
Fully optimized automatic parking facility management system
An automated parking facility management system which determines when a vehicle is at a facility entrance, stores the locations of vacated facility parking spots, determines the location of a...
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5065156 |
Computer controlled parking meter
A computer-controlled coin parking meter for managing the use of a parking lot having up to about ten parking spaces. It includes a first display device which singularly identifies the parking...
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5045834 |
Dock and trailer protector
A warning device provides a plurality of signals as a trailer or other movable object approaches a dock or other stationary object to prevent impact which could cause damage.
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5034739 |
Computer-controlled checking system for parking houses, garages or parking lots
A computer-controlled checking system for parking houses, garages, or parking lots. A computer for storing the license number of an entering vehicle calculating a parking fee to be paid and for...
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5029094 |
Computerized parking meter system
The present invention relates to a computerized parking meter system which comprises a host computer and a plurality of parking meters. Each parking meter is provided with a supersonic metal sensor...
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5004997 |
Parking aid device
An electronic parking-aid device for guiding a motorist when parking a vehicle in a parking bay. The device includes a transmitter and receiver which respectively transmits a signal towards the...
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4977400 |
Auto ramp safety signal
An add on signalling apparatus (10) for wheel ramps (50) to warn the operator of a vehicle (100) when one of the wheels (101) of the vehicle (100) has reached a selected location on the horizontal...
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4967180 |
Pre-impact alarm apparatus
A pre-impact alarm apparatus which is adapted to signal the driver of a motor vehicle that obstacles exist in the path of the car while said car is backing up. The pre-impact alarm apparatus has a...
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4965571 |
Garage parking guide
In a preferred embodiment, a motor vehicle driver-indicator guide-device for signifying when it is safe to advance, including support structure mounting a light signaling structure and mechanism...
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4901071 |
Portable reserved parking alarm system
A portable reserved parking alarm system including an electric motor contained in a housing mounted on a base plate and having a gear box mechanically connected to one end of an eccentric rod...
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4894654 |
Method and apparatus for reserving parking spaces and/or security
A method and apparatus for practicing the method by which parking spaces may be reserved and blocked off for use of a designated individual and for security wherein a cylinder or the like is caused...
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4879553 |
Electronic parking time indicator for autovehicles
A telecontrol system for a motor-vehicle (1) includes receiver (2) and transmitter (3). The receiver (2) is incorporated in the rearview mirror (4) of a motor-vehicle (1) and includes an electronic...
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4879554 |
Barrier assembly for a parking space
A barrier assembly used to selectively prevent unauthorized automobiles and like vehicles from entering a parking space wherein a barrier portion of the subject assembly is selectively positionable...
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4876540 |
System for controlling metered parking
A system for controlled meter parking of road vehicles comprising a parking meter and a portable terminal for use by a checker of the controlled meter parking. A keyboard allows drivers to enter...
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4870413 |
Vehicle positioning indicator device
A self contained electronic vehicle parking device that indicates the relative position of a vehicle in a garage to the operator. A multiple timing circuit is provided to preset indicator...
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4847776 |
Microprocessor parking meter internally held in a car
A microprocessor parking meter includes: a casing; a plurality of control keys formed on the casing for selecting several parking areas, for starting a timing operation or for stopping the timing...
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4843373 |
Loading dock signal and control system
A system for use in a loading dock facility includes a control unit which checks the condition of input terminals connected to control switch, locking device, overhead door and/or leveler condition...
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4812805 |
System for interconnecting parking meters having a memory
The invention relates to a system for interconnecting memory slot machines, for example parking meters or ticket vending machines. Each slot machine (B 1 , B 2 , . . . ) includes a circuit (C 1 , C...
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4808997 |
Photoelectric vehicle position indicating device for use in parking and otherwise positioning vehicles
The position indicating device is employed to assist in parking and otherwise positioning a vehicle on a supporting surface. A photoelectric control unit is mounted on an overhead structure spaced...
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4737758 |
Personal security and electronic parking system
The present invention provides an improved electronic parking system which has the capability of providing a relatively inexpensive personal security system to better protect patrons while in the...
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4683974 |
Warning system for vehicle air dam
An air dam comprised of a molded plastic deflector panel is mounted beneath the front end structure of the vehicle forwardly of the front wheels. The deflector panel is subject to engagement with a...
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4682170 |
Apparatus for collecting toll
One or more gates are provided at entry and exit of a toll road or a toll parking lot and at least one of the gates is commonly used for the entry and exit. Vehicles entering into the gate are...
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4670844 |
Traffic control system for drive-in banks
A novel drive-in traffic control for a bank which includes a computer for controlling the various signs, teller stations, supervisor's desk panel, sensors and a printer and which has provisions for...
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4665395 |
Automatic access control system for vehicles
An automatic vehicular access control system for use by various government, business and private operations having a need to control the entrance of vehicles to their grounds or facilities. The...
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4664582 |
Truck restraint system
A restraining device for securing a parked vehicle to an adjacent structure. The device comprises a base plate having a first and a second end, the base plate being adapted to be rigidly secured to...
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4665378 |
Motor vehicle garaging safety methods, and apparatus and systems
A signal light is projected in a concentrated beam downwardly when a garage door is fully opened to provide a light spot on the garage floor where no vehicle obstructs it and on the vehicle, such...
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4603390 |
Computerized parking system
A computerized parking system which includes a first camera for reading the license plate of a vehicle entering a parking area, and a second camera for reading the license plate of the vehicle as...
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