Portable electronic parking permit tag and a method for using thereof
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Abstract
A portable electronic parking permit tag for vehicles transporting disabled persons, which comprises (a) a memory module for storing data regarding the person(s) allowed to activate the tag, in which the stored data represents at least the personal biometric information of each of the person(s); (b) a biometric identification module for obtaining biometric data of the person trying to activate the tag; (c) a processing unit for operating the tag according to the obtained biometric data; (d) at least one display unit for indicating the status of the tag, whether activated or deactivated; (e) means for deactivating the tag; and (f) means for powering the tag.
Claims26
A portable electronic parking permit tag for vehicles transporting disabled persons, comprising:
- a) A memory module for storing data regarding the person(s) allowed to activate said tag, in which said stored data represents at least a portion of the personal biometric information of each of said person(s);
- b) A biometric identification module for obtaining biometric data of the person trying to activate said tag;
- c) A processing unit for operating said tag according to said obtained biometric data;
- d) At least one display unit for indicating the status of said tag, whether activated or deactivated;
- e) Means for deactivating said tag;
- f) A transmitter for periodically transmitting, to its vicinity, secured ID data related to the disabled person who activated said tag, to be received and verified by a parking officer;
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- g) Means for powering said tag.
A parking permit method for preventing forging and abuse of parking tags for vehicles, comprising:
- a) storing data regarding the person(s) allowed to activate said tag, in a memory module embedded within said tag, wherein said stored data represents at least a portion of the personal biometric information of each of said person(s);
- b) obtaining biometric data of the person trying to activate said tag via a biometric identification module;
- c) operating said tag according to said obtained biometric data, wherein said tag is operated via powering means;
- d) periodically transmitting secured ID data related to a disabled person(s), to be received and verified by a parking officer;
- e) displaying the status of said tag, whether activated or deactivated;
- and upon completing parking
- f) deactivating said tag by using deactivating means embedded in said tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.