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US 7,696,864 B2Granted
Vehicle information display apparatus, system and method
OwnerKevin Dilloninventor
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Abstract
A vehicle information identifier apparatus comprises a display, a receiver, a deactivation device, and a substantially encasing member. The vehicle information identifier apparatus, or similarly, the vehicle information apparatus may be practiced according to a vehicle information system by following a method of use thereof.
Claims20
A vehicle information system, comprising:
- a remote computer having a vehicle database adapted for storing a vehicular status indicative of a status of vehicle information for a plurality of vehicles,
- a central processor of said computer, for converting a vehicle status into a deactivating signal;
- a transmitter, for transmitting the deactivating signal;
- and
- a vehicle information apparatus located on a vehicle, further comprising:
- a display visible from the vehicle exterior, wherein said display indicates the vehicle information;
- a transceiver, for receiving the deactivating signal from the transmitter and transmitting a display disabled signal to the computer;
- and
- a deactivation device, wherein the deactivation device is configured to completely disable the display;
- wherein the computer receives said display disabled signal from the transceiver of the vehicle information display apparatus, and wherein the computer updates the vehicle database with display disabled information after receiving the received transmission.
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A vehicle information identifier apparatus located on a vehicle, comprising:
- a display, comprising:
- a hologram member, said hologram member having a front surface and a back surface;
- a transceiver, said transceiver configured to receive a deactivating signal and transmit a display disabled signal to the source of the deactivating signal, wherein the source of the deactivating signal is a computer configured to receive the display disabled signal from the transceiver of the vehicle information display identifier apparatus and automatically update a vehicle database with display disabled information after the computer receives the display disabled signal;
- a deactivation device, said deactivation device coupled to the transceiver utilized for disabling the display once the transceiver receives said deactivating signal;
- and
- a substantially encasing member, said substantially encasing member forming at least a portion of the outer most component of the vehicle information identifier apparatus.
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A method for displaying vehicle information, comprising:
- providing a remote computer having a vehicle database adapted for storing a vehicular status indicative of a status of a vehicle information for a plurality of vehicles, and a central processor of said computer;
- providing a transmitter, for transmitting a deactivating signal;
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- providing a vehicle information apparatus on a vehicle, comprising:
- a display visible from the vehicle exterior, wherein said display indicates an initial vehicle information;
- a transceiver, for receiving the deactivating signal from the transmitter and transmitting a display disabled signal to the computer;
- and
- a deactivation device, configured to deactivate the display;
- generating, by the computer, a current vehicle status;
- converting, by the computer, said current vehicle status into the deactivating signal;
- transmitting, by the transmitter, the deactivating signal to the vehicle information apparatus transceiver;
- receiving said deactivating signal;
- disabling said display with said deactivation device to identify the current vehicle status;
- transmitting, by the transceiver, a display disabled signal to the computer;
- receiving, by the computer, the display disabled signal;
- and
- updating, by the computer, a vehicle database after receiving the display disabled signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.