Communications: electrical – Vehicle parking indicators
Patent
1996-08-14
1998-08-11
Hofsass, Jeffery
Communications: electrical
Vehicle parking indicators
340435, 340436, 340903, 346 27, B60Q 148
Patent
active
057933090
ABSTRACT:
A very low-cost, short-range electromagnetic transceiver uses a low frequency oscillator signal as a means of charging a step recovery diode (SRD) which converts the stored charge into a very short impulse to enable very high energy efficiency frequency multiplication. This impulse is coupled to an antenna which radiates the energy and receives reflections from objects in the vicinity. The energy of the received impulse reflections in an indicator of the distance of the object to the sensor. This system may be used in a vehicle to detect obstructions in its path of motion or a parking facility where it would determine the occupancy of each vehicle parking space. In the parking facility embodiment, information is reported to a central office computer which displays spaces which are not occupied and available for assignment. This system may also be used as a proximity detector for other applications, for example, to automatically detect pedestrians approaching a traffic control signal at a street corner or to detect the proximity of any object to another.
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Bowen Glenn W.
Hofsass Jeffery
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Pope Daryl C.
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