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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1993
Michael D Valentine, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen R Scholl, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Clarence R Groth, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Valentine Research, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A police radar signal detector detects and monitors radar signals from up to nine (9) radar sources until a detected radar signal has not been redetected for a given number of detector operations, or spectrum sweeps, or until a detected signal has been displaced by a higher priority radar signal. In the police radar signal detector of the present invention, a user of the detector is advised not only of the presence of detected radar signals, the frequency band of detected radar signals and the relative field strength of the signals but also of the number of different radar signal sources which are transmitting signals toward the user's motor vehicle. The information provided to the user for the frequency band of detected radar signals and the relative field strength of the signals is for the highest priority radar signal detected if more than one signal has been detected and is being monitored by the detector of the present invention. In addition, the directions of radar sources are determined and the user of the detector is advised of the direction or directions, front, side and rear, of origin of radar sources transmitting signals toward the user's motor vehicle. If sources are oriented at more than one direction relative to the user's motor vehicle, an indicator is illuminated to advise the user of all the directions of origin with the indicator for the direction of origin of the highest priority signal being flashed to so advise the user of the detector. Further, since multiple radar signals can be detected, each time a new radar signal is detected, a distinctive memo alarm is activated to alert the user to the presence of a new radar signal source.