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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Michael J. DeLuca, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kathy Lynch, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Joan S. DeLuca, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A battery operated portable device, or “lockator” facilitates location of a parked automobile within having an unknown or forgotten location. The lockator locks, unlocks and locates the automobile with a simplified user interface. The locator has a combined automobile door lock and unlock transmitter and GPS locator. Pressing a lock button both transmits a lock signal and substantially determines the automobile location. Pressing the unlock button transmits the unlock signal and determines the direction back to the location where the lock button was pressed. Left and right icons on the lockator direct the driver back to the vehicle. The icons blink at a rate indicative of the distance to the automobile and indicate if the driver is heading away from the automobile. Measures are take to conserve power drawn from a battery powering the lockator.