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US 12,002,317 B2Granted
Systems and methods for securing license plates
OwnerCraig Clarkinventor
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Abstract
Improved systems and methods for securing license plates are disclosed herein. In the preferred embodiments discussed, the systems and methods are applied to the securing of dealer license plates. There are numerous problems with the unauthorized or illegal use of these types of license plates, and the machine and software combination disclosed herein may provide solutions to at least some of these problems.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a control box;
- a plate box connected to the control box, the plate box defining a slot on a front face of a plate door connected to the plate pox;
- and
- a locking mechanism attached to a rear face of the plate door, wherein the locking mechanism is operable to reciprocally lock and unlock an item placed in the slot.
1 more element
A system comprising:
- a system server;
- a control box in networked communication with the system server;
- a plate box connected to the control box, the plate box defining a slot on a front face of a plate door connected to the plate box;
- a locking mechanism attached to a rear face of the plate door, wherein the locking mechanism is operable to reciprocally lock and unlock a license plate placed in the slot;
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium is configured to store instructions executable by the processor to conduct the steps of:
- receiving a biometric information for a user from the control box;
- and
- saving the biometric information in the non-transitory computer readable medium or a database stored on the system server.
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A method of securing license plates, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a system for securing license plates, the system comprising:
- a control box, wherein the control box comprises a touch screen and a fingerprint sensor attached to the control box;
- a plate box connected to the control box, the plate box defining a slot on a front face of a plate door connected to the plate box;
- and
- a locking mechanism attached to a rear face of the plate door, wherein the locking mechanism is operable to reciprocally lock and unlock a license plate placed in the slot;
- wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
- scanning a thumb or a finger on the fingerprint sensor attached to the control box;
- and
- removing a license plate from the slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.