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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vincent G. Yost, Harleysville, PA (US);
David A. Saar, Titusville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Intelligent Devices, Inc., Harleysville, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/04 ;
Abstract
A vehicle detector unit and detection method for use with an electronic parking meter for providing the electronic parking meter with the ability to reliably detect the presence or absence of a vehicle in any existing corresponding parking space, independent of the surrounding environment, while using a minimum of power.