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US 7,460,023 B1Granted
Automatic electronic device detection
OwnerScott C. Harrisinventor
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Abstract
A system that detects cellular telephone and other electronic use within an unauthorized locations. The location can be detected by GPS or triangulation, and once detected can automatically produce certain operations.
Claims10
A system comprising:
- a combustible material pump, having a first portion that allows dispensing combustible material;
- a camera, associated with said combustible material pump, and having a lens of a type that enables imaging a user who is standing within range of the combustible material pump;
- and
- a connection to a security part, that sends an image obtained by said camera to said security part, wherein said connection includes a connection to a processor that automatically detects use of a communication device at the combustible material pump, wherein said processor looks for known cellular telephone images, and matches items in said image to said known cellular telephone images.
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A method comprising:
- associating a camera with a device for dispensing combustible material, the camera having a lens, and the lens being sufficiently wide angle to enable obtaining images of users who are within the field of view of the dispensing device;
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- sending the image to a security part, that carries out at least one function related to security associated with the dispensing device wherein said sending comprises sending the image to a processor that automatically processes the image to determine security aspects thereof, wherein said processor automatically processes the image to find images of cellular telephones therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.