Vehicle location method and system
OwnerMark Joseph Hamzyinventor
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Abstract
Method and system for locating a parked vehicle. A method for locating a parked vehicle includes receiving a vehicle arming signal at a vehicle arming signal receiving unit. The received vehicle arming signal is broadcast throughout a parking area in which a vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal is parked. An arming acknowledgement signal provided by the vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal is detected, and a location of the vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal is identified using the arming acknowledgement signal.
Claims20
A method for locating a parked vehicle, comprising:
- receiving a vehicle arming signal at a vehicle arming signal receiving unit;
- broadcasting the received vehicle arming signal throughout a parking area in which a vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal is parked;
- detecting an arming acknowledgement signal provided by the vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal;
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- identifying a location of the vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal using the arming acknowledgement signal.
A vehicle locating system, comprising:
- a vehicle arming signal receiving unit for receiving a vehicle arming signal;
- a broadcasting unit for broadcasting the received vehicle arming signal over a parking area in which a vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal is parked;
- at least one detecting unit for detecting an arming acknowledgement signal provided by the vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal;
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- a vehicle location identification unit for identifying a location of the vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal using the arming acknowledgment signal.
A vehicle locating system, comprising:
- a vehicle location station, the vehicle location station comprising:
- a vehicle arming signal receiving unit for receiving a vehicle arming signal generated by a wireless vehicle entry device of a user in a vicinity of the vehicle arming signal receiving unit;
- a transmitting unit for transmitting the received vehicle arming signal;
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- a vehicle location identification unit for identifying a location of a vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal to the user;
- a plurality of vehicle arming signal retransmission units in a parking area for receiving the vehicle arming signal transmitted by the transmitting unit and for broadcasting the received vehicle arming signal over the parking area;
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- a plurality of detecting units in the parking area for detecting an arming acknowledgement signal provided by the vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal, wherein the vehicle location identification unit identifies the location of the vehicle associated with the vehicle arming signal to the user at the vehicle location station using the arming acknowledgment signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.