Method and apparatus for selective blanking of a motor vehicle license plate
AssigneeNoLimits Enterprises, Inc.
InventorJonathan DANDROW
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Abstract
A license plate assembly includes a frame receiving a conventional license plate and at least one blanking flash generator arranged to generate a blanking flash at the license plate in response to a monitoring flash from an external monitoring device. The monitoring device is designed to take an image of the license plate and the blanking flash is obscuring the license plate to prevent or interfere with the taking of the image.
Claims14
A license plate assembly for mounting a license plate on a motor vehicle, said license plate bearing a license plate image and comprising:
- a frame sized and shaped to receive the license plate;
- a sensor arranged to sense a monitoring flash generated by a license plate recording device;
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- a control device coupled to said sensor and arranged to generate an electrical control signal in response to said monitoring flash, said electrical control signal triggering a blanking flash to obscure or hide said license plate image and thereby prevent the license plate recording device from recording at least part of said license plate image.
A license plate assembly for mounting a license plate on a motor vehicle, said license plate bearing a license plate image and comprising:
- a frame sized and shaped to receive the license plate;
- a sensor disposed in said frame and arranged to sense a monitoring flash generated by a license plate recording device;
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- a control device disposed in said frame, coupled to said sensor and arranged to generate an electrical control signal in response to said monitoring flash, said electrical control signal being selected to direct a blanking flash at the license plate to obscure or hide said license plate image and thereby prevent the license plate recording device from recording at least part of said license plate image.
The license plate assembly of claim 11 wherein said license plate has a perimeter and said flash generators are arranged around said perimeter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.